Kichel (Yiddish: קיכל, plural kichlach קיכלעך, the diminutive of קוכן kukhn "cake") is a slightly sweet cracker or cookie in Jewish cuisine.

Made from eggs, flour, and sugar, the dough is rolled out flat and cut into bow-tie shapes.

[3] They are traditionally served at the kiddush in synagogues after Shabbat services and are also a popular dessert at Rosh Hashanah.

[6][7] Kiddush in early twentieth-century Ashkenazi synagogues centered around kichlach, pickled herring, and schnapps.

[8] Jews in South Africa still serve kichel with chopped herring, also a common practice in American synagogues until the 1950s.