Noodle Kugel with Orange Marmalade

Submitted by Maura666

"After reading a lot of different recipes, I "stole" what I liked from each one and came up with this. I'm not a kugel expert, but this recipe has worked for me on several occasions. The marmalade was used simply because I happened to have a jar of it handy, and it went well with the cinnamon. If you aren't as sugar-crazy as I am, by all means eliminate or reduce the amount of sugar (or, use unsweetened marmalade). This is a great dessert or side-dish for a crowd of people! :)"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• For the kugel

• 1 (16 ounce) package egg noodles
• 6 eggs
• 2 cups low-fat sour cream
• 2 cups low fat cottage cheese
• 2 cups orange marmalade
• 1⁄2 cup dried apricot, chopped
• 1 apple, peeled &,chopped
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 tablespoon cinnamon

• For the topping

• 1⁄3 cup plain breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*.
2. Bring a pot of water to boil, then add the egg noodles.
3. Allow them to boil for about 5 minutes, or until*just* al-dente.
4. (Noodles will continue cooking while in the oven.) Drain noodles.
5. Return noodles to (now empty) pot.
6. Add marmalade to noodles.
7. (The hot noodles should melt the marmalade& make it easy to mix)-- Mix well.
8. Whisk sour cream, eggs, cottage cheese, cinnamon, and sugar together in a bowl.
9. When mixture is smooth, add fruit and stir.
10. Pour egg mixture over noodles.
11. Mix well.
12. Spray a 9 x 12 casserole dish with cooking spray.
13. Pour kugel mixture into casserole.
14. Mix topping ingredients together, and sprinkle over kugel.
15. Bake at 350* for 1 hour, or until the top has become crispy.