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Hanukkah Recipes: Latkes and the Festival of Oil

Hanukkah cooking celebrates oil – and nothing celebrates it better than a latke fried to golden, lacy-edged perfection. Below: the classic Ashkenazi latkes and their lighter air-fryer cousins, cheese blintzes for the holiday dairy custom, and the jam-filled sufganiyot.

Chag urim sameach – happy Festival of Lights.

The Latkes

Traditional Latkes

THE CLASSIC

Traditional Latkes

Shredded potato and onion, fried until deeply golden. History and technique inside.

Healthy Latkes

LIGHTER TAKE

Healthy Latkes

Air-fried or oven-baked, with zucchini and whole wheat flour – the crisp stays.

The Dairy Side

Traditional Blintzes

CHEESE

Traditional Blintzes

Cheese-filled crepes, eaten for the holiday dairy custom.

Healthy Blintzes

LIGHTER TAKE

Healthy Blintzes

The same crepes with a lighter cheese filling.

The Doughnuts

Traditional Sufganiyot

THE OTHER CLASSIC

Traditional Sufganiyot

Jam-filled yeast doughnuts, deep-fried and dusted with powdered sugar – Israel’s signature Hanukkah sweet.

Healthy Sufganiyot

LIGHTER TAKE

Healthy Sufganiyot

Baked or air-fried, with half whole wheat flour and far less sugar – still jam-filled and dusted.

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