Kichel—with a Sugar-Free Version

Whenever my father came home from the bakery, he always made sure to bring a bag of fresh kichel for my mother, Clara, who ate them every night after dunking them in her coffee. Born in Poland, at ninety-four years old she still so loves what are sometimes known as “Jewish bow tie cookies” that we regularly ship a supply to her home in New Jersey.

The name of these tasty little treats comes from the Yiddish for cookie or “little cake” and has its roots in the Ashkenazi Jewish cultur