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'''Kichel''' ({{lang-yi|קיכל}}, plural '''kichlach''' {{lang|yi|קיכלעך}}, the diminutive of {{lang|yi|קוכן}} ''kukhn'' "cake") is a slightly sweet [[Cracker (food)|cracker]] or [[cookie]] in [[Jewish cuisine]]. Made from eggs, flour, and sugar, the dough is rolled out flat and cut into bow-tie shapes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nathan|first=Joan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=38xF7g37ZT0C&dq=kichels+%22joan+nathan%22&pg=PA100|title=Joan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbook|date=2011-01-12|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-77785-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Levi|first=Yona|date=2019-12-15|title=Is Kichel a Cracker or a Cookie?|url=https://www.aish.com/j/fs/Is-Kichel-a-Cracker-or-a-Cookie.html|access-date=2021-03-01|website=aishcom|language=en}}</ref>
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>
They are sometimes eaten with a savoury dip or topping. Jews in South Africa serve kichel with [[Vorschmack|chopped herring]]. 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> When prepared with matzah meal rather than flour, kichlach can be consumed during the [[Passover]] holiday.
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