My favorite thing about Hanukkah has got the be the food.  And the presents.  And the fact that there are 8 days of food and presents.

I love the stories behind traditional foods- and the nice thing about Hanukkah is that several recipes are fried in oil to symbolize the burning oil lamps that should have only lasted one day, but miraculously lasted eight days. 

Alas, even I can't eat fried food eight days in a row. 

We did, however celebrate this weekend with latkes and sufganiyot.

The jelly donuts were surprisingly easy to make, and I was thrilled that mine looked just like real donuts.

I used Martha Stewart's recipe.  That bitch knows her holidays- all of them.

Filling the donuts was really easy with the pastry bag, but I've heard it's even easier with a turkey flavor syringe.  I don't have one of those, so pastry bag it is.

Always taste testing. 

The donuts puffed right up for easy filling.