Recipe: Grandma Honey’s sweet kugel (and meet Atlanta grandma Carolyn Chayet)

Photo by Sarra Sedghi This week we re bringing Rough Draft readers a sweet kugel recipe from Carolyn Chayet aka Grandma Honey as part of our Grandmas of Atlanta recipe series Chayet has lived in Atlanta for nearly years She and her husband were seeking warmer climes in the s relocating their Cleveland-based food delivery business to Atlanta At Chayet likes to stay proceeding In addition to reading baking and spending time with her six great-grandchildren Chayet attends weekly pilates classes makes it a point to visit New York-style deli Bagelicious in Marietta every Friday and is an avid mahjong athlete She learned to play mahjong at the age of My husband bought me a mahjong set and he my brother and my sister-in-law taught me how to play Chayet announced who still plays mahjong once a week with a group of friends We only play Siamese mahjong now she added According to Chayet s granddaughter Jaime Levitt Corry she worked at a metro Atlanta wholesale bakery in the s As for the nickname Grandma Honey Chayet disclosed she manifested that moniker on her own When my grandchildren were born I wished them to call me honey because I call everyone honey Chayet explained Grandma Honey was a good choice because honey makes people smile Related How younger players are finding mahjong More recipes from Rough Draft Chayet with one of her six great-grandchildren Courtesy of Jaime Levitt Corry Grandma Honey s kugel recipe is topped with a mixture of butter sugar cinnamon and cornflakes Photo by Sarra Sedghi Kugel a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish recipe containing eggs sour cream spices and egg noodles or potatoes is often served on holidays or for special occasions and can be made either sweet or savory Chayet s sweet variation on kugel features a cinnamon-sugar cornflake crust and carries a flavor profile reminiscent of French toast casserole Plenty of years ago when I worked at Pacesetter Steel Institution our controller Jon Rapaport used to bring in this kugel a multitude of mornings Chayet noted in her cookbook It smelled so good while baking and tasted even better I have a great number of good kugel recipes but this one is the best