Hanukkah Recipe Roundup: Latkes, Sufganiyot, Brisket, Manischewitz Granitas & More

Everyone's Hanukkah traditions vary, but most can agree on the importance of good potato latkes, sufganiyot (fried jelly doughnuts), gelt for all, and kosher wine. Some opt for brisket (the longtime favorite cut of the Jews), blue-sugar-sprinkled butter cookies, the occasional babka, and even borscht.

Covering all these touchstones in approaches both classic and tradition-bending (apricot gelt, manischewitz granitas, anyone?), are the recipes below. If we're missing your favorite approach to one of these classics or a different dish altogether, add it to the slideshow by clicking the 'Add a Slide' button below.

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Latkes: The World's Best Potatoes

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The absolute most perfect use of potatoes, better even than French fries, is to turn them into potato pancakes, which have crunchy mahogany edges, crispy golden midsections, and tender, rich, meaty interiors. They are hash browns on steroids.

Get the recipe, plus tips for cooking latkes.

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The absolute most perfect use of potatoes, better even than French fries, is to turn them into potato pancakes, which have crunchy mahogany edges, crispy golden midsections, and tender, rich, meaty interiors. They are hash browns on steroids.

Get the recipe, plus tips for cooking latkes.

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[Mij13]

06:00 AM on 12/05/2010

Noodle Kugel! We had lots of Jewish neighbors when I was growing up. One, Mrs. Heller, used to send over Noodle Kugel whenever my sister or I wasn't feeling well. We all loved it. When my mom sent me to return the casserole dish and thank her, she'd always say, "I'm glad you liked it James. I made it with my feet!" I've tried making it a few times, but it never tastes as good as hers.

[deweydecimal]

05:48 PM on 12/04/2010

What no hamantashen? Bah

[Mr Charlie]

01:55 AM on 12/05/2010

wrong time of the year for that.

[ScottSutton]

10:37 PM on 12/03/2010

Babka is wonderful!!!

[mlaiuppa]

01:56 AM on 12/03/2010

Some of those cats don't look too happy? Bris accident?

[MohammedAbbasi]

04:16 PM on 12/02/2010

Gosh! Thats tasty stuff!

[Tunghoy]

03:32 PM on 12/02/2010

With this year's proximity of Hannukah to Thanksgiving, I found that my homemade cranberry sauce makes a great topping for latkes. It's much better than apple sauce. (It could be the Grand Marnier I add to the cranberries...)

[Murphdogg]

01:10 PM on 12/02/2010

I could seriously go for some latkes right now.

[sabelmouse]

10:10 AM on 12/02/2010

german food [ at least where i am from] and jewish/jiddish? foods are so similar.

[GraphicMatt]

10:24 AM on 12/02/2010

Yiddish is a language.

[sabelmouse]

11:07 AM on 12/02/2010

i know it's a language but what do you call the food then that comes from this particular culture. it's not middle eastern so much as eastern european and german but cooked and eaten i supose mainly by jewish people of german/eastern european decent.
as oposed to sephardic jews who i asume would have a more mediterranean diet.

[Tunghoy]

03:35 PM on 12/02/2010

I grew up with sauerkraut and mustard on kosher hot dogs. Now that I'm vegetarian, I still love the kraut and mustard on veggie dogs.

[sabelmouse]

07:35 AM on 12/03/2010

i love to add some soja mince to sauerkraut while it cooks. helps to regulate the accicidy.

[Jamie Schler]

03:17 AM on 12/02/2010

Great roundup and so many things I now want to make!

[Schweik]

12:29 AM on 12/02/2010

Haim yells at his pooch Sol:" Fetch Fetch!

The dog thinks: "Oy what a noodnick my onwer is. My paws hurt. And I am freezin' here."

Haim yells again: Fetch my slipper, Sol."

Oy, thinks the dog, "He said fetch. I thought he said kvetch."

[Jamie Schler]

03:16 AM on 12/02/2010

I love this and so will my husband (who always says that I was born to kvetch!)! Thanks for the joke!

[Schweik]

01:10 PM on 12/02/2010

Enjoy.

[Sonya Michelle Kreizman]

09:11 PM on 12/01/2010

Happy Hanukkah with these Delicious looking shalomgirls in Hollywood --> http://bit.ly/eGHTeO

[Tunghoy]

03:38 PM on 12/02/2010

Mmmmmmm.......Scarlett Johansson.

[Sonya Michelle Kreizman]

09:05 PM on 12/01/2010

Delicious looking Jewish people in Hollywood --> http://bit.ly/eGHTeO

[Sonya Michelle Kreizman]

09:04 PM on 12/01/2010

Delicious looking Jews in Hollywood --> http://bit.ly/eGHTeO

[crom14]

09:03 PM on 12/01/2010

My Grandma drank a glass of Manischewictz every night...... this made me smile.

[wolfiegirl]

09:00 PM on 12/01/2010

mmmm.... thanks for the butter cookie recipe!