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12 oz. broad egg noodles
1 stick butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
a pinch or two of cinnamon
4 eggs
16 oz. cottage cheese (Friendship is the best)
16 oz. sour cream (full fat please!)

Basic Kugle Recipe:
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 60-75 minutes

16 oz pkg good quality egg noodles--Goodman's, Muellers etc. Don't use store brands--they won't come out right
4 oz stick of unsalted butter
4 eggs
1-1/2 teaspoon salt
4 qts boiling water with 1 tablespoon salt added
2-qt round pyrex baking dish, well greased with butter or olive oil

0. preheat oven to 400 F
1. Put water on to boil. Add the 1 tablespoon of salt.
While the water is coming to a rolling boil:
2. melt butter
3. Into a 4 quart mixing bowl, crack the 4 eggs
4. Let the melted butter come to room temp
5. Add the 1-1/2 tsp salt to the eggs
6. Gently whisk the melted butter into the eggs
7. Set egg-butter-salt mixture aside
8. Into boiling water add egg noodles
9. Boil noodles to al dente stage
10. Drain noodles into a colander.
11. Immediately fill noodle cooking pot with ice and water or very cold water and throw noodles in until they have cooled to room temperature
12. Drain noodles again into the colander
13. Add drained noodles to butter-egg-salt mixture. stir thoroughly. adjust salt to taste.
14. Empty noodle-egg-butter mixture into well-greased 2-qt pyrex bowl.
15. Place uncovered into pre-heated 400 F oven
16. After 15 minutes, reduce oven temp to 360 F
17. Cook until top is golden brown, about 60-75 minutes total.
18. Remove from oven. Let rest 5 minutes. Using a spatula, loosen from bowl. Turn out onto plate for serving.

Variations:
Salt Kugle:

Basic Kugle Recipe PLUS...
1 med-large onion

Before boiling water, coarsley mince 1 medium large onion and saute until caramelized to a rich deep golden brown, starting on high heat and being careful to stir and periodically reduce heat as onions begin to brown.
Add caramelized onions to butter-egg-noodle mixture. Add another tsp or more of salt. Add a generous amount of black pepper (probably more than you think is needed). If you have it, add 1/2 cup of triple strength chicken stock--the kind that's been boiled for days on end. Mix thoroughly, pour into well greased 2-qt pyrex bowl.
Bake as per basic kugle recipe.
Serves 8-10 as a side dish

2. Cheddar Cheese kugle
Follow Basic Kugle Recipe (and Salt Kugle Recipe if you have the time)
Coarsely grate 10 oz of very sharp cheddar. Add to noodle-egg-butter mixture
Bake as per Basic Kugle recipe.
Serves 4-6 as a main course

3. Sweet Kugle
Basic Kugle Recipe PLUS...
3 medium size cooking apples (Mac, Staymen, Courtland); the same as you would choose for a pie
about 1/2 cup (or more) of raisins
Cinammon
White Sugar
Light Brown Sugar

While water is boiling, and before you boil the noodles:
Core and Quarter the apples. Slice thinly. Set Aside. Save about 24 of the nicest slices for decorating the top.

Sweet Kugle Assembly:
Pour 1/3 of the noodle-egg-butter mixture into the well-greased pyrex bowl. Completely cover with a single layer of sliced apples. Sprinkle generously with raisins, white sugar and cinammon. Then sprinkle with light brown sugar. Pour in 1/2 of the remaining noodle-egg-butter mixture. Completely cover with a single layer of the sliced apples, then sprinkle with sugar, raisin, cinammon , brown sugar. Pour in the remainding noodle-egg-butter mixture. On the top center place a ring of overlapping nicely quartered apple slices, about 3 inches in diameter, bearing in mind that they will shrink by about half when cooked. Sprinkle white sugar over the entire top. Lightly brush with butter.
Bake as per Basic Kugle recipe.
Serves 8-12 as a side dish
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GRANMA'S NOODLE KUGEL

Serves: 12

• 1 cup cottage cheese, small curd
• 1 cup sour cream
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 5 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 ts cinnamon, freshly grated from stick cinnamon
• 1/4 ts nutmeg, freshly grated
• 1/2 ts salt
• 1 pound wide egg noodles, cooked, drained
• 2 cups apples, chopped (with or without skin)
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

Mix everything all together until well blended. Pour out into a greased 13x9 inch baking pan, sprinkle with a mixture of 1 tb sugar and 1 ts cinnamon (optional). Bake in medium oven 350f for 50-55 minutes or until you can stick a knife into it and it comes out clean.