Kosher Jewish (Ashkenazi) Recipes

"This recipe originally comes from Kosher by Design by Susie Fishbein. I've been making this challah every week for the last two months, and it makes a delicious, rich challah. I don't use the bread machine method, making the dough in my Kenwood mixer and giving the final knead by hand, then braiding the challah and baking it in the oven. I'm posting..."

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Ingredients: egg yolks, eggs, oil...

"We eat hamentashen on the holiday Purim. They are triangle shaped cookies because Haman had a triangle shaped hat. My dad owns a bakery and is a baker my whole life. He makes these hamentashen every Purim. They are my favorite. When I was in college he always mailed me a box. Now I just make them myself. Hamentashen are traditionally filled with poppyseed..."

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Ingredients: eggs, lemon zest, margarine...

"A Jewish recipe, originally from "Foods From Eastern Europe Add Variety to Purim Menus" which I have adapted from one I found on www.jewish.com. Posted for the 2005 Zaar World Tour."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, egg noodles...

"I started making my own pickles when I discovered how easy it was to do so. Now I can make them as hot or as mild as I like."

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Ingredients: cucumbers, dill, garlic...

"Found on the Web in response to a request from a fellow Zaar member for a Montreal-style bagel. Malt powder or syrup is typically found in home-brewing (do-it-yourself-beer) stores."

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Ingredients: dry yeast, eggs, honey...

"Wanted to make a "honey-dinner" on Rosh Hashana and this was the main course."

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Ingredients: cumin, curry powder, honey...

"My friend Debbie Yakobian's son Nadav is in the Israeli army. He brought home this recipe and Debbie has started making it every Friday for the Sabbath. My family and I have been fans of this challah and today I finally got the recipe. My challahs are cooling now but we just couldn't resist and had a taste -- delicious! In spite of the fact that there..."

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Ingredients: dry yeast, eggs, warm water...

"This makes a great gift, if you don't finish it all yourself first!"

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Ingredients: fresh lemon juice, oranges...

"they tell me no holiday would be complete without this dish"

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Ingredients: pepper, eggs, oil...

"Mildly sweet, utterly delicious. The texture is cake-like. For the high holidays I double the amount of honey, to make it just a bit sweeter, for a sweet new year. Most of the time involved is passive, for dough rising and baking. Edited to add: a note about the yeast. I use instant (rapid rise) yeast, which can be added dry directly to the dough...."

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Ingredients: eggs, warm water, honey...

"These plain or jelly-filled doughnuts are a favorite treat in Israel and a sweet alternative to the traditional latkes. Few people say no to doughnuts and this variety fits any appetite. I generally make a double batch of dough, refrigerate it and pinch off portions as I need for fresh treats or for taking along to a Chanukah party."

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Ingredients: egg yolks, eggs, fine sugar...