Mom’s New Noodle Kugel

Name: Mom’s New Noodle Kugel
Yield: Serves about 6
Ingredients: 1–2 apples (any type), peeled, cored and cut into short, thin slices (1–1½ cups); ¾ cup raisins; 3 tablespoons amaretto; 1 cup ricotta or Low-Fat cottage cheese; ½ cup sugar; 1 cup plain yogurt; 6 large eggs; 1 pound wide egg noodles; 3 tablespoons sliced almonds; 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon sugar; ¼ cup coarsely crushed corn flakes

Preparation info

Serves about
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

Years before everyone started to wring their hands over cholesterol, my mother was cutting back on butter and substituting yogurt for sour cream in baking. Here’s her basic noodle pudding.

Ingredients

¾ cup raisins
3 tablespoons amaretto
1 pound

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, with a rack in the center. Butter a 13-×-9-inch baking dish; set aside. In a small bowl, soak the raisins in the amaretto.
Cook the noodles in the boiling water until just