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Commercially prepared kichel are dry, bow-tie shaped pastries sprinkled with sugar.<ref>[https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/kichels-recipe-jewish-bow-tie-cookies/ Kichels Recipe: Jewish Bow Tie Cookies]</ref> They are traditionally served at the kiddush in synagogues after [[Shabbat]] services and are also a popular dessert at [[Rosh Hashanah]].<ref>[https://100jewishfoods.tabletmag.com/kichel/ Kichel]</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nathan |first=Joan |date=2002-09-04 |title=To the New Year, Southern Style |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/04/dining/to-the-new-year-southern-style.html |access-date=2022-05-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Kichlach seem to have developed in central or eastern Europe in Ashkenazi Jewish communities by the nineteenth century and subsequently gained popularity around the world with the diaspora and migrations in the twentieth century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Folksongs. Patch, Patch, Kichelech! sung by Ruth Rubin |url=http://polishjews.yivoarchives.org/archive/?p=collections/controlcard&id=34281 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=YIVO Archives}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1999 |title=Kichlach |url=https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/lifestyle/Pages/KICHLACH.aspx |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Consulate of the General of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic}}</ref> Kiddush in early twentieth-century Ashkenazi synagogues centered around kichlach, [[pickled herring]], and [[schnapps]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Koenig |first=Leah |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1089264811 |title=The 100 most Jewish foods : a highly debatable list |date=2019 |publisher=Artisan |others=Alana Newhouse, Stephanie Butnick, Noah Fecks, Joana Avillez, Gabriella Gershenson |isbn=978-1-57965-927-1 |location=New York |pages=153 |language=en |chapter=Kichlach: History Lesson |oclc=1089264811}}</ref> Jews in South Africa still serve kichel with [[Vorschmack|chopped herring]], also a common practice in American synagogues until the 1950s.<ref name=":0" /> Kichlach are sometimes eaten with another kind of savoury dip or topping.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riklin |first=Matt |date=21 Jan 2021 |title=Go Eat Houston: Kichel, teiglach and marunchinos, oh my! |url=https://jhvonline.com/go-eat-houston-kichel-teiglach-and-marunchinos-oh-my-p28633-148.htm |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Jewish Herald-Voice}}</ref>
Due to their light, airy texture, the cookies are sometimes called "nothings."<ref>[http://www.breadland.org/2012/01/mmm-kichelicious.html Mmm… kichelicious!]</ref> Kichlach have a reputation for being a dry cookie and are often dipped in a hot beverage such as [[tea]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Wayne |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1089264811 |title=The 100 most Jewish foods : a highly debatable list |date=2019 |publisher=Artisan |others=Alana Newhouse, Stephanie Butnick, Noah Fecks, Joana Avillez, Gabriella Gershenson |isbn=978-1-57965-927-1 |location=New York |pages=152 |language=en |chapter=Kichlach |oclc=1089264811}}</ref> When prepared with matzah meal rather than flour, kichlach can be consumed during the [[Passover]] holiday.
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[[Category:Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine]]
[[Category:South African cuisine]]
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