KUGEL

2 tablespoons butter
8 ounces broad egg noodles, cooked
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
Dash of salt
4 eggs, beaten well
1 (20 oz.) can apple pie filling
Ground cinnamon (optional, for garnish)

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a 13-by-9-inch Pyrex dish.

Combine the remaining ingredients except the apple filling and cinnamon in a bowl and pour into the pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and spread apple pie filling on top. Bake an additional 30 minutes.

You can sprinkle the top with cinnamon if you like.

Source: Julie Sagan of Swampscott to The Eagle-Tribune of North Andover, Mass.