noodle kugel

By barbell

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb wide egg noodles
• 4 large eggs
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 lb cream cheese, at room temp
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup butter,melted
• 2 cups cottage cheese
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 golden deicious ,gala apples or 1/2 cup raisins,or 1cup pineapple
• grated zest of 1 orange
• topping
• 1 cup panko or other coarse dried bread crumbs
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter,melted

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

1preheat oven to 350. butter a 9x13 baking dish
2.bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook noodles for about 6 minutes or until al dente
3.in a large bowl, beat the eggs with an electric mixer of medium speed. beat in the sugar. add cream cheese, sour cream,butter, cottage cheese and vanilla. beat until cream cheese in completely blended. stir in the apples and orange zest and mix to blend. stir in the drained noodles spoon into prepared dish
4.to make the topping, in a small bowl , combine the panko,brown sugar, cinnamon and butter and mix with a fork to combine. scatter the topping envenly over the noodles
5.bake for 1 hour or until kugel is set. let rest for 25 minutes. cut into squares and serve immediately


may make up to 8 hours ahead through step 4.cover,refrigerate. remove from fridge 1 hour before baking