Jewish (Ashkenazi) Hanukkah Recipes

"Fragrant, Autumnal, Delicious. Dairy or Parve (if you omit the butter or use olive oil instead) Make this ahead of time and bake at the last. I like to experiment, remember! So this is one that went well. Really, really, really, well. My Mom went crazy for it, my sister, who hates all things rice, loved it, my Dad who wants "just plain..."

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Ingredients: coffee, Kahlua...

"Every Israeli mother makes this when in a hurry or lazy. Great for parties or the Shavuot holiday. You can make it as small or as large as you need. There are also many ways to make it less rich to cut down calories but the taste will be affected. I often drizzle flavors on the top and between layers like maple syrup, silan (date honey), fig honey,..."

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Ingredients: white cheese, cream cheese spread...

"An adaptation of my mother's recipe, with techniques from Cook's Illustrated. Serve with applesauce or sour cream"

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Ingredients: eggs, yukon gold potatoes...

"Deliciously sweet, soft oat challah. Not the same tasting as regular challah, but a lot better than most gluten free breads! Adapted from a frumceliac recipe."

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Ingredients: rice flour, egg whites...

"This recipe is from Melissa Clark's new cookbook, "In the Kitchen With A Good Appetite." Don't make the potato batter ahead (not even grating the potatoes). It's better to fry the latkes ahead and keep them warm in a 200 F oven than to have the batter sit and turn brown while it waits. ave everything measured out before your guests arrive,..."

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Ingredients: chicken fat, eggs, duck fat...

"This is a recipe I have in a book called the "King Arthur Cookie Companion". Originally it was a "Cherry Nut Rugelach", but I wanted to stick with what felt more like home with me, so I went ahead and tweaked it. You can use walnuts or almonds, just make sure that you TOAST THEM before chopping them up!..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, cream cheese, eggs...

"These perfect latkes (potato pancakes) are from Molly O’Neill's classic, "The New York Cookbook". The recipe is from her friend David Firestone who hosts a latke party every Hanukkah in Queens. Serve with applesauce and sour cream. Makes 16 latkes."

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Ingredients: eggs, fresh parsley...

"I'm not Jewish and I can not remember where I found this recipe but I absolutely love it. The cookie itself is a bit tangy from the cream cheese and the dried apricots and raspberry preserves add some sweetness along with the cinnamon sugar. The preparation is a bit time consuming but its well worth the effort."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, dried apricots...

"This recipe came from an old Mrs. Field's Cookie Cookbook. Originally the cookies are designed to be like ravioli cookies. You take one of the cut out circles, put some of the chocolate topping on it, them top with another cookie and press around the edges with a fork. You are then supposed to sprinkle with powdered sugar. I prefer to make them as if..."

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Ingredients: chocolate chips, salted butter...

"I have lost my macaroon recipe and was trying to find a new one on the web. However, there was not one that seemed to me was the "correct" recipe so I have composed my own recipe from memory. Most recipes did not use egg whites and instead added flour which made no sense to me since they are not cookies… I must say that MY recipe..."

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Ingredients: chocolate chips, egg whites...

"The yeast makes this less dense and a little more breadlike than a regular potato kugel. This recipe is from George Greenstein's wonderful cookbook, “Secrets of a Jewish Baker.” Serve with sour cream and/or applesauce."

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Ingredients: rolls, eggs, warm water...