Recipe for "noodle-kugel"

NAME

     NOODLE-KUGEL - Egg noodles, raisins, cinnamon, and apples

INGREDIENTS (Serves 12)

     6         eggs
     280 g     sugar
     15 ml     baking powder
     15 ml     vanilla
     100 g     raisins (1 small box)
     4         apples
     450 g     wide egg noodles (one box)
     100 g     butter (1 stick)
               cinammon (for top)

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Peel the apples and  and  slice  them  into  small
               wedges.
          (2)  Beat the eggs until they are foamy, add the  sugar
               gradually and beat well.
          (3)  Cook the noodles according to package  directions.
               Drain.
          (4)  Melt the butter in a 20cmx30cm metal  baking  pan.
               Swirl it around to coat the pan, and then pour the
               excess butter into the egg mixture.
          (5)  Add baking powder and vanilla to egg mixture,  mix
               well,  and then slowly add drained noodles, apples
               and  raisins.  Mix thoroughly until all  the  noo-
               dles have been coated and look gooey.
          (6)  Pour the egg/noodle mixture into  the  metal  pan,
               top  with  cinammon if you desire, and bake at 220
               deg. C for about 45 minutes to an hour,  or  until
               the  top  looks  a  little  brown and crispy.  The
               kugel should feel springy to the touch and not  be
               ``wet''.
          (7)  Let cool, cut into squares, and serve.

NOTES

     I use Muller's egg noodles.  This feeds about 12 very hungry
     people  (knoshers, as we call them) or 16 normal ones.  What
     you don't eat right away you can wrap in aluminum  foil  and
     freeze  for  a  month  or  two.   If it's too sweet for your
     taste, you can use peaches or other  fruit  instead  of  the
     raisins.
     Warning: this stuff sits very heavy in the ol'  stomach,  so
     don't try to eat more than 2 pieces in a 24-hour period.
     Don't thank me, thank my mom.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy to moderate.  Time: 20 minutes preparation,
     1  hour  baking,  1/2  hour cooling.  Precision: measure the
     ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     From stern@tilt.FUN
     --hal stern, princeton university computer science dept.
       { allegra, seismo, ihnp4 }!princeton!flakey!stern