Best Ever Noodle Pudding

SERVES: 18

COOK TIME: 45 Min

This traditional Jewish dish is sometimes called noodle pudding, but it's best known as noodle kugel! This recipe comes from Howard's Grandma Rose, so you know it's going to be something delicious and special! Grandma Rose's Best Ever Noodle Pudding is sure to be a sweet addition to any menu; with its unique flavors and rich heritage, you can't go wrong!

What You'll Need

1 pound medium egg noodles
2 sticks (1/2 pound) butter, cut into 1-inch chunks
4 ounces cream cheese, cut into 1-inch chunks
1 1/2 cup sugar
6 eggs, well beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (16-ounce) container sour cream
1 (16-ounce) container small curd cottage cheese
9 cinnamon graham crackers, coarsely crushed

What to Do

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
In a large pot, cook noodles according to package directions. Drain and return hot noodles to pot. DO NOT RINSE! Add butter and cream cheese to noodles and stir until melted.
Add sugar, eggs, vanilla, sour cream and cottage cheese; stir until well combined. Pour mixture into baking dish.
Bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven; top with crushed graham crackers, and bake 15 to 20 minutes more or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Test Kitchen Tips

Some people insist it's not noodle kugel without raisins, so feel free to add 1/2 cup raisins to mixture before baking. It's up to you!
If you're looking for a sweeter variation, check out our recipe for Pineapple Noodle Pudding. It's the best of the traditional noodle kugel, with a tropical twist!
Be sure to check out our wonderful bread pudding recipes! You'll love this "Banana Bread" Bread Pudding because it's a perfectly sweet dessert option that the whole family will love.
Looking for more Jewish recipes to make your dinner table feel like home? Try our Chocolate Chip Rugelach after dining on our Perfect Potato Pancakes!

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bubbegreta 9897142

Jan 07, 2015

This recipe is delicious, but it has a million calories per serving. If you leave out the sugar you don't have a sweet kugel which is what this is supposed to be. And don't serve it with brisket, it belongs with bagels and lox.

Member 2972460

Mar 10, 2015

try using Splenda in place of sugar and agave nectar in place of honey.

leslieday 5797789

Jan 08, 2014

This is great . Grew up on noodle pudding, My problem now is that heir are only there of us now and need help inscaling this back. This is grat for Church Suppers. Marg Day

grannyblu

Nov 22, 2013

Wonderful old fashioned Jewish dessert if you like you can use vanilla wafers, corn flakes or whatever even leave it out and just have the noodles which is more traditional BUT it must have raisins this recipe is a fattening fantastic Favorite!

jkschmid 5867446

Nov 21, 2013

Will dividing the reoipe in half affect the over all flavor? I'm not sure about "sweet noodles".

flabug 0219353

Sep 16, 2013

Only three words to describe: I LOVE IT!!

srgrantus 6007576

Feb 03, 2013

this is great with raisin, cherries-marishino, and pinapple tidbits top with cinna mon.

k8s craft

Jan 15, 2013

How many calories are there in this yummy sounding pudding? And what are graham crackers? we don't have them in England. Or if we do I don't know where to find them.

jward809

Jan 15, 2013

Most kugel recipes do NOT call for graham crackers at all so feel free to leave them out.

grmaymin 0946468

Feb 02, 2013

You can use corn flakes which is how my mother always made this. Just add some cinnamon to the mixture-the amount is up to your personal preference. Hope this helps!

sandrabpl 5389080

Jan 08, 2014

I think Graham crackers are called Digestive Biscuits in England. Using 1/2 digestive biscuits and 1/2 crushed rich tea biscuits may make it similar to Graham Cracker crumbs.

ms925 7497191

Apr 05, 2014

How many calories? If you really want to enjoy this, you don't want to know. ; )

bhamilton33 743737 6

Jan 14, 2013

I ate some of this as dessert at a Greek Restuarant. Me and my girlfriend asked for the recipe and they wouldn't give it to us. Later at the shopping mall, we thought about going to a book store and looking for the recipe. We had good luck and found it. It was just like this one,only it didn't have the graham cracker crumbs. I lost my receipte moving and have not seen another one like it until I saw this one. Plan to make it tomorrow. It is delicious.

chattycalicat 2188 892

Jan 14, 2013

Is this a dessert of a side dish. Sounds really good. Served warm or cold?

jward809

Jan 15, 2013

Can be both, ususally warm is better! Just from experience!

sbakas

Jan 14, 2013

For me, i would reduce the butter by at least half, only four eggs, cut out the sugar completely and just dust with cinnamon (and maybe sliced almonds) on the top rather than the graham crackers. We like to add pre-soaked white raisins and use the wide noodles, not the thin ones in the image. It becomes more of a savory side to brisket or poultry than a dessert.

nancoinboca 679853 2

Dec 06, 2011

I lost my mother's recipe for Noodle Pudding and have tried several that were not very good. I tried this recipe and it was like old home week! It was everything I remembered my mother's recipe to be! Excellent!!