Foodie Friday: 8 Hanukkah Dessert Recipes

Starting tomorrow, the next eight days and nights are filled with important ritual for Jews worldwide: prayer, lighting the menorah, singing, and, last but certainly not least, some major noshing!

With traditional recipes passed down from both Ashkenazi and Sephardi ancestry, a Hanukkah-ready kitchen lures its guests with aromas ranging from those of a sweet Polish bakery to a spicy Spanish cocina. Whatever the cookbook and country of reference, we at The Traveler’s Collection have pulled 8 of our favorite desserts for this year’s festival of lights and they are:

Apricot Gelt Recipe

Sufganiyot Recipe

Hungarian Chocolate Walnut Torte

Just As Sweet As Honey Cake

Poached Pear Fritters

Rugelach

Amaranth-Walnut Cookies with Brandy

Double Deep Chocolate Hanukkah Layer Cake

Even if you simply celebrate with close family members, use this occasion to serve in style with Mexican aluminum platters as such:

Aluminum Oval Platter

Happy Hanukkah!

-the team at The Traveler’s Collection