It's that time of year again--I am reposting my family's favorite Passover recipes. Feel free to use them all (together or in separate articles).

Cohen Family's Favorite Passover Recipes

by Merri Cohen, Marlboro-Manalapan Publisher Mom

Easy and Delicious Pineapple Matzah Farfel Kugel

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 3/4 box matzah farfel
• 1 can (20 oz.) crushed pineapple with juice
• 1 stick margarine
• 3/4 cup of white raisins
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

1. Beat eggs, pineapple, sugar, raisin, vanilla, and margarine.
2. Mix together, and add matzah farfel.
3. Pour into a well-greased pan.
4. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

Make Your Own Passover Candy...Chocolate-Covered Toffee Matzah

This is my kid's favorite Passover recipe! We go crazy, and use all different kinds of baking chips (milk chocolate, toffee, peanut butter, dark chocolate, white chocolate). Then we paint on the chocolates, mix them up, and cover them with colored sprinkles, nonpareils, nuts, candy, etc. They are truly a work of art! And this is a perfect recipe for getting rid of all the leftover matzah after Passover!

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb matzah
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 8 ounces chocolate chips

Directions

• Line a cookie sheet with foil and lay matzah on pan.
• Melt brown sugar with butter in saucepan; boil until mixture coats a spoon.
• Brush matzah with brown sugar mixture.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 3-4 minutes (watch closely-it burns easily!!!) until it starts to bubble.
• Cover with chocolate chips and put back in the oven until the chips start to melt.
• Spread the chocolate to cover the matzah. Optional: Sprinkle with nuts, sprinkles, candy, etc.
• Refrigerate chocolate-covered matzah until hard, then break into pieces.

Passover Lemon Berry Muffins

These Passover muffins make an excellent breakfast, snack or accompaniment to lunch or dinner. Use fresh or frozen raspberries, blueberries or blackberries for these muffins. The berries burst out of the muffins--these are so good, you may want to make them after Passover!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup matzoh cake meal
• 1/4 cup potato starch
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries, blueberries, or blackberries
• 1 tsp. lemon zest

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners or grease generously.
2. Beat sugar and oil together. Beat in eggs.
3. Add cake meal, potato starch and salt, stirring until combined.
4. Rinse berries and pat dry. Fold berries and lemon zest into batter.
5. Fill muffin tins up to the top with batter. Bake 45 minutes.

Macaroon Fudge Bars

Ingredients

• 6 oz. semi sweet chocolate
• 1 c. unsalted margarine
• 1 c. sugar
• ¼ c. brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp. vanilla sugar
• 3 eggs
• ¾ c matzoh cake meal
• ¼ c potato starch
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 1 ½ c. lightly packed, coarsely chopped macaroons (any flavor)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease an 7 x 11” brownie pan, or a 9 x 9 baking pan. In a saucepan, melt the chocolate and margarine over low heat. Cool to room temperature. Stir in all of the sugars, eggs, cake meal, potato starch and salt. Mix until well blended. Stir in the macaroon pieces. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake 40 – 50 minutes until the top seems set and is beginning to take on a crackled appearance. Do not overbake! Cool the brownies in the pan until serving time.

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1.Mama to 3: one going to college, an 11-year old fashion dive and a 9-year-old superhero who was diagnosed with Autism and teaches her a new perspective daily.
2.Daughter of hippies, she was raised in the Virgin Islands which taught her culture and diversity and instilled a love of the beach.
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