Weekend Cooking: Noodle Pudding

Every now and then when I read a book, I get motivated to look up the food that's mentioned, especially when I've never heard it before, so when the words "Noodle Pudding" danced along the pages of Night Swim by Jessica Keener, I thought I might give it a whirl. It has egg noodles, cottage cheese, and... sugar? I initially expected a dessert of some sort, especially since it has Graham Cracker Crumbs as a topping.

I'm not knowledgeable on the best cookbooks, so after I exhausted Google, I clicked on one option from allrecipes.com and thought it sounded simple and unique. And it was. I liked it a lot and I've never tasted anything quite like this! I found it was actually more suited to be a good side dish for a big family meal. I might make this for Thanksgiving this year.

My husband loved it. He ate it as a side with chicken, and even warmed some up for breakfast.

Here's the family recipe from agk1.

Noodle Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 (16 oz) package wide egg noodles
• 1 (16 oz) package cottage cheese
• 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 pint sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• 6 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup butter, melted

Topping

• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup white sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large casserole dish.
2. Cook egg noodles until al dente; drain.
3. In a large bowl, blend together cottage cheese and cream cheese until smooth.
4. Mix in sour cream, vanilla extract, sugar, and eggs.
5. When noodles are done, drain, and return noodles to pot; set on cooled stove top.
6. Stir 1/2 cup melted butter into noodles.
7. Combine cheese mixture and noodles into bowl; blend well.
8. Place into casserole dish.
9. Topping: Mix graham cracker crumbs, butter, and sugar. Sprinkle evenly over top of noodle mixture.
10. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
11. Then, lower temperature to 325 degrees and continue baking for 45 minutes.
12. Cool before cutting; serve warm.

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