Noodle Kugel

Ingredients

• 1 pound wide egg noodles
• 1/2 stick butter
• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 2 cups sour cream or Greek yogurt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 cup raisins

Topping ingredients

• 3 cups crushed cereal (raisin bran crunch, cornflakes, etc.)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons soft butter, cut into bits

Directions

1. Preheat to 350.
2. Grease/Butter a 13 by 9 by 2 inch glass or ceramic dish.
3. Cook noodles with a good pinch of salt according to directions until al dente.
4. Drain well, then return to the pot and add butter, totally coating the noodles.
5. Whisk together eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt.
6. Then stir in sour cream or Greek yogurt.
7. Lastly, fold in cottage cheese.
8. Combine your noodles with the mixture, and transfer into the dish.
9. To make the topping, toss together cereal, sugar, cinnamon and butter and sprinkle evenly over noodles.
10. Bake kugel for 1 hour until golden brown. 
11. Let stand at least 5-10 minutes before serving. 
12. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Notes

Source
http://whatjewwannaeat.com/noodle-kugel

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/dave-lieberman/noodle-kugel-recipe.html

http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/noodle-kugel-0128633.html

Marsha’s Challah

Ingredients

• 8-10 cups flour
• ½ cup butter
• 1 ¾ cup boiling water
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ¼ tsp allspice
• 2 packages yeast
• ¾ cup warm water
• 4 eggs

Directions

1. Dissolve yeast in ¾ cup warm water (110-115 degrees) stir in 1 tsp sugar. Allow to stand 15 minutes. (Yeast mixture should be bubbly) 
2. Mix 3 eggs and the white of the 4th, reserve the yolk for the top of the bread.
3. Melt butter in boiling water in a large bowl. 
4. Add flour, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and allspice to food processor. When just lukewarm, add the yeast and egg mixture. Mix well and as you mix, gradually stir in more flour if needed.
5. Blend all for 5-7 minutes. 
6. Grease large bowl, place dough in this bowl, oiling the top of the dough so that it does not dry out. Cover and leave in a warm place until dough has doubled in bulk (2-2 ½ hours)
7. When dough is ready, knead by punching down. Then divide into 4 equal sections. Take each section and divide in thirds. [optional: knead in raisins or other dried fruit.] Braid dough and place loaf on a greased cookie sheet. Cover and allow to rise until double (1/2 to 1 hour).
8. Beat egg yolk and mix with a little cold water. Using a pastry brush, brush the egg yolk mixture on each loaf. [optional: Sprinkle with poppy or sesame seeds.]
9. Bake at 375 for 25 to 30 minutes until well browned.
10. Cool on a wire rack.

Notes
As a child, I would spend hours with my grandmother, Dora, in the kitchen mixing, kneading, shaping and baking challah.  Grandma made her challah by feel – a bissel of this and a bissel of that – no recipe.  She passed away when I was 13, before I could master her challah-making secrets.  This recipe is the closest I’ve ever found to her challah.  – Marsha Friedman

Drunken Pumpkin Chili

Ingredients

• 1.5 lbs ground beef
• 1 med yellow onion
• 1 yellow bell pepper
• 15.5 oz black beans, drained and rinsed
• 15.5 oz kidney beans, drained 
• 15.5 oz diced tomatoes, drained 
• 8 oz pumpkin puree 
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 1/2 cup pumpkin beer
• 1 tbs minced garlic 
• 4 oz tomato paste
• 1 tbs allspice
• 1tbs chili powder 
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• salt & pepper 

Instructions

1. Brown ground beef with salt, pepper, garlic, onion, and bell pepper until meat is no longer pink
2. drain fat and return to heat
3. add all remaining ingredients
4. bring to boil then cook on low for 4-5 hours

Notes
Serves 4-6

Source
http://thescrumptiouspumpkin.com/2012/10/24/drunken-pumpkin-chili