15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (2024)

Pick and choose from our favorite Hanukkah flavors to blend old and new traditions. These classic dishes, including challah, brisket, latkes, and more, feature festive new twists to help bring family together.

01of 15

Beef Brisket with Dried Fruit

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (1)

Brisket is a traditional food served during Hanukkah, and we have lots of brisket recipes to choose from. When it comes to tender, juicy brisket, don't hurry a good thing. Let the meat cook slowly in a casserole dish with carrots, potatoes, and dried fruit for a mix of savory and sweet, then serve with a savory red wine sauce. The brisket's layer of fat, which is left on during cooking, keeps it extra moist.

02of 15

Best Basic Challah

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (2)

Feeding a crowd? This easy challah recipe is your answer. Our recipe makes enough fluffy slices to serve 48. Keep it classic with our basic egg-brushed bread or satisfy any sweet cravings by trying our chocolate challah and cinnamon-sugar challah. Use a pastry to brush butter onto the rolls before adding toppings. You can even make your challah shaped like a star. Now that says Happy Challah-days!

03of 15

Spice- and Honey-Roasted Carrots

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (3)

Save time on your Hanukkah side dishes by serving vegetables whole! This carrots are more sophisticated than a vegetable tray with dip. Flavored with cumin, hazelnuts, and honey, these roasted carrots are hard to resist. For a pretty display of color, swap regular carrots for rainbow carrots.

04of 15

Roast Vegetable Tsimmes with Apricots

View Recipe

Fruit Salad with Goat Cheese Coins

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (5)

Looking for a side salad to serve at Hanukkah? This salad combines the sweet flavor of peaches with mixed greens, shallots, almonds, and a light vinaigrette. Don't forget the goat cheese coins! Coated in bread crumbs and rosemary then baked until golden, thin goat cheese slices add the perfect amount of creaminess to the rich salad. Unfamiliar with goat cheese? Check out our cheese guide. We love the way this salad looks served up on a wood serving board.

06of 15

Pear-Pistachio Cake

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (6)

This delicious Hanukkah dessert is a mix of fresh fruit and sweet spices. It's one of our favorite pistachio Hanukkah recipes. Don't worry if you don't have a Bundt pan—our recipe can be adapted to bake in individual pans, too.

07of 15

Mochi Latkes

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (7)

Put a creative twist on classic potato latkes. This recipe adds mochi flour for a delicious, chewy texture. Serve them with lox, sour cream, cucumbers, and apple sauce for a fun holiday spread that's ready for your Hanukkah menu.

08of 15

Parsleyed Green Beans

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (8)

What do you get with 2 teaspoons of garlic, a pinch of salt, and a dash of pepper? A favorite Hanukkah side dish. When you make these green beans, chop the garlic with a good pinch of salt—it will soak up the garlic flavor and transfer it to the beans. A bit of parsley on top adds extra flavor to your Hanukkah menu.

09of 15

Homemade Applesauce

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (9)

We're not sure how applesauce became a go-to Hanukkah food, but we're not complaining! You can make this simple applesauce ahead of time or in your slow cooker. Serve as its own treat or use as a healthy swap for traditional baking ingredients. Fresh thyme sprigs add a touch of sophistication to the traditional side dish. And have we mentioned it's a delicious dip for latkes?

10of 15

Lemon Olive Oil Cake

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (10)

Yes, you can bake with olive oil! This fresh and fruity cake will win you over instantly with its lemon-infused batter and fresh fruit topping.

11of 15

Sweet Potato and Currant Latkes

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (11)

Sweet potato, currants, and a mix of spices add sweetness and color to these potato cakes. These can be made in under 10 minutes from start to finish—just throw them on a baking sheet. They pair well with applesauce, but you can try some of our other favorite sweet potato recipes, too.

12of 15

Sweet Root Vegetable Kugel

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (12)

This comforting casserole gets silky, nutty flavor from schmaltz, aka rendered chicken fat. Chopped dried prunes add a touch of sweetness.

13of 15

Good Ol' Babka

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (13)

Make this swirly bread recipe in any flavor you want! We recommend trying cinnamon-streusel, hazelnut, and dried-fruit babka fillings.

14of 15

Matzo Ball Soup

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (14)

Baby, it's cold outside—so dish up a bowl of hot soup! You can glance through our favorite thickening soups, but for large gatherings, a pot of matzo ball soup can go a long way.

15of 15

Bagel and Lox Pasta Salad

View Recipe

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (15)

With smoked salmon and a warm caper dressing, this veggie-packed pasta salad is a playful riff on a brunch classic.

15 Recipes to Serve Your Family During Hanukkah (2024)

Beef Brisket with Dried Fruit

Best Basic Challah

Spice- and Honey-Roasted Carrots

Roast Vegetable Tsimmes with Apricots

Fruit Salad with Goat Cheese Coins

Pear-Pistachio Cake

Mochi Latkes

Parsleyed Green Beans

Homemade Applesauce

Lemon Olive Oil Cake

Sweet Potato and Currant Latkes

Sweet Root Vegetable Kugel

Good Ol' Babka

Matzo Ball Soup

Bagel and Lox Pasta Salad

References