Coconut Almond Kugel

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9×13 baking dish with butter or nonstick spray (really though, use the butter).

Bring a large pot of water to boil. Toss in the noodles and cook for four minutes. Drain off the water by pouring the noodles into a colander. Toss the stick of butter into the still hot pot. Dump the noodles back in over the butter. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, combine cottage cheese, eggs, sugar, 1 cup of coconut, vanilla and salt. Mix to incorporate.

Mix the noodles with the now melted butter. Once the noodles are evenly coated, dump the cottage cheese mixture over the noodles. Mix well.

Pour the noodle mixture into the greased baking dish. Top with remaining coconut and almonds. Cover the dish with tin foil and bake for 35 minutes. Remove foil after 35 minutes and continue to bake for another 25 minutes or until golden brown and set.