The nosh: Apple-cranberry kugel
This mash-up is somewhere between an All-American apple-cranberry pie and a traditional Jewish kugel. Thanks to the apples and cranberries, it's (literally) bitter-sweet. Serving suggestions: fresh and warm, at which point the dessert gives off an intoxicating "shiksa goddess" scent; or cold and just slightly stale but still better than nothing, at which point it's best served with a handful of Doritos.
The recipe:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 cup oats
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 stick margarine, melted
2 granny smith apples, peeled and sliced thin
1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
Instructions:
1. In a medium bowl, mix together everything but the apples and cranberries. Pat down half of the mixture in round cake pan.
2. Mix together the apples and cranberries and put them in the cake pan next.
3. Top the kugel off with the rest of the crumble mixture.