carrot kugel & lace cookies

It's about time for more recipes.

I made this carrot kugel for a pot luck last week. I wish I had made two. No one in my family except me wants to eat it, but I thought it was great. I used a few different recipes I found online and elsewhere and did not measure much. There is a souffle version where you beat the egg whites, but I did not do that either. There are all kinds of versions, one where you cook the carrots first, etc., but I did it the easy way.

About 8 carrots chopped fine in the food processor - most recipes say 3 and a half cups - I think I was kind of heavy on the carrots, which might explain why it took so long to cook.
2 eggs
3/4 cup brown sugar was in the recipe, I used only about 1/4 cup. It could have been sweeter.
1/4 cup oil
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
juice of 1/2 lemon - or more
cinnamon to taste
some vanilla

Mix it up, put it in a pan and bake it for a long time at around 375. I think it took like almost an hour. Cut it in squares and eat it. I think it's pretty healthy, does not cost much, and it definitely got eaten at the potluck.

I also made lace cookies on Friday when I was feeling low which were not very lacy but were delicious. Then coincidentally my mom send me a recipe for them. My mom's friend said she made them parve, but that sounded blasphemous to me. Here's what I did, modified from Fanny Farmer cookbook:

1 1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal
about 1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup melted butter
1 egg beaten
1/2 tsp vanilla
I added some craisins (hamutziyot as they are called here) - about 1/4 cup

Mix all this and bake at 350 on greaseproof paper. Hide them so your family won't eat them up.

If you've read this far, I will tell you that the life of a Fanny Farmer cookbook in my house is about 10 years or less. Judy K. kindly gave me a new one when we were making aliyah to Israel, but it is now broken into two pieces. If you are coming my way and have room in your suitcase, please consider bringing one!