You will want greater than eight nights to get pleasure from these basic and inventive Hanukkah desserts — in fact, these wealthy, satisfying, and celebratory sweets may be loved all 12 months spherical. Discover doughnut recipes with roots throughout the Mediterranean and Europe, babkas, kugels, cookies, apple and honey desserts, and extra. Mild the candles, and get away the desserts!
Date and Walnut Rugelach with Tahini Glaze
Frederick Hardy II / Meals Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen
In these spiced rugelach from Religion Kramer, a satisfying and candy date and walnut filling is wrapped in a cardamom- and cinnamon-scented dough with a lemony tahini glaze drizzled on high.
Orange Soufflé Espresso Cake
James Ransom / Meals Styling by Julian Hensarling / Prop Styling by Julia Bayless
An ethereal Bundt cake aromatic with orange and draped in silky chocolate, Ruth Reichl’s elegant espresso cake may be served any time of day.
Candy Noodle Kugel with Dried Cherries
Meals & Wine / Picture by Morgan Hunt Glaze / Meals Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Josh Hoggle
A basic for good motive, this custardy and comforting candy noodle kugel is studded with dried cherries and topped with crunchy pecans and cornflakes.
Cinnamon-Cardamom Sufganiyot
Jennifer Causey / Meals Styling by Ali Ramee / Prop Styling by Christina Daley
A cream-centered tackle sufganiyot, this basic Hanukkah dessert is fried earlier than it is tossed in cinnamon sugar and stuffed with cardamom pastry cream.
Cinnamon-Apple Babka
Jennifer Causey / Meals Styling by Ali Ramee / Prop Styling by Christina Daley
This gooey cinnamon-apple babka is baked in a skillet and may be served for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Slice apples tremendous skinny to make sure a extra workable dough whereas rolling.
Coconut Macaroon Brownies
Greg DuPree / Meals Styling by Paige Grandjean and Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Christine Keely
This mashup of brownies and macaroons is one we did not know we would have liked — and occurs to be gluten free.
Apple Sharlotka
Meals & Wine / Picture by Jason Donnelly / Meals Styling by Holly Dreesman / Prop Styling by Addelyn Evans
A Hanukkah dessert that hails from Russia, this recipe combines thinly sliced apples, nutmeg, and almond extract in a light-weight and fluffy apple cake that is then dusted in confectioners’ sugar.
Honigkuchen (Gluten-Free Honey Cake)
A gluten-free honey cake impressed by a Thirteenth-century German cookbook, this moist and malty dessert stands the check of time.
Black and Ruby Cookies
A brand new spin on the long-lasting New York Metropolis basic, this recipe from Paola Velez pairs the acquainted darkish chocolate with a fruity ruby chocolate ganache on stunning, celebratory cookies.
Hanukkah Doughnuts
A basic Hanukkah doughnut, or sufganiyot, from Andrew Zimmern, these are coated in cinnamon sugar and stuffed with strawberry jam.
Coconut Macaroons
David Malosh
These delightfully merely coconut macaroons solely have 5 components (not counting the bittersweet-chocolate drizzle) and are as unfussy as they’re scrumptious.
Chocolate Babka
Con Poulos
This decadent chocolate babka from baker Melissa Weller goes all in on the cocoa: bittersweet and milk chocolate in addition to ground-up chocolate wafer cookies make up the filling, whereas a glaze incorporating each bittersweet and milk chocolate is poured on high.
Doughnuts in Cardamom Syrup
Keller & Keller
Candy, spicy, and crunchy, these doughnuts are good Hanukkah desserts that need to be made 12 months spherical. The dough, toasted almonds, and cardamom syrup can all be ready a day upfront.
Bimuelos with Cranberry Curd and Cardamom Honey
Dan Perez / Meals Styling and Prop Styling by Nurit Kariv
The doughnut varieties are many: Bimuelos are a Sephardic equal of the Ashkenazi sufganiyot with robust roots in Spain and Latin America. These fried dough balls are doused in cardamom-laced honey and cranberry curd.
Honey Cake with Citrus Frosting
This gentle and tender honey cake is infused with hints of espresso and orange juice and topped with candied orange slices complementing the zesty, citrus frosting.
Sfinj (Moroccan Doughnuts)
Christine Han
These doughnuts — hailing from Morocco — have a crispy exterior and fluffy inside. This recipe serves them with a saffron and cardamom syrup.
Honey Tahini Cookies
Anja Schwerin
These chewy gluten-free tahini cookies, rolled in sesame seeds, style “like elegant, fascinating variations of peanut butter cookies,” says one F&W editor.
Apple-Raisin Crumb Cake
Stephanie Meyer
Andrew Zimmern shares a crumb cake laced with caramelized apples and pecan streusel, the proper companion for a day — or after dinner — cup of espresso.
Ramen Kugel
Ian Knauer
A variation on the basic candy casserole, this homey and satisfying kugel is made with ramen noodles.