Pennsylvania Dutch Comfort Food Recipes

"My grandmother used to make these for me as a child, and as strange as they may sound, they are wonderful!!! A good way to 'sneak' in a vegetable for kids!"

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Ingredients: creamy peanut butter, cucumbers...

"This is an old standby in Pensylvania Dutch country! To use as a stuffing, increase bread to 6 slices and add 2 beaten eggs."

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Ingredients: onions, potatoes...

"These squares are so popular in our N. E. Pa. area and are often requested for bake sales. At times more flour, little at a time, may have to be added to make it easier to roll without the dough falling apart. It is a very forgiving dough, though. If you seem to have extra filling left over it may be used to make small tarts using pie crust dough."

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Ingredients: crushed pineapple, eggs...

"A great way to bump up dietary fiber and part of your five-a-day plan. Comfort food from the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947."

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Ingredients: onions, salt and pepper...

"Usually I work too much to get any use out of my slow cooker, but on snow days I can put it to good use and make this delicious comfort food. I originally had the inspiration for this recipe at Garryowen Irish Pub in Gettysburg, PA. I've done my best to re-create the textures and flavors of their dish on my own."

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Ingredients: vegetable soup mix, eggs, milk...

"This might not be for "everyone"...but we have found it curiously yummy for a week night meal without meat. If you love sweet potatoes and want to try them in a savory mix of black beans, rice and cumin...then come on! If you want a richer sauce, add 1 T. butter to the orange juice mixture. (Recipe compliments of Betty Crocker.)"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, cornstarch, cumin...

"I have been looking for a recipe my mom used to make us as kids, for a long time and someone helped me out in the Zaar forums recently and told me the real name of it. This is what I came up with after reviewing many recipes and concocting one of my own. I am thinking the noodles aren't quite what I remember so I will be tweaking them and may repost..."

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Ingredients: eggs, cold water, olive oil...

"Light Fluffy dumpling that looks like a snow ball. Those southern thingies are pot pie noodles any good Dutchman could tell you that. This can be used for Sauerkraut dishes such as pork or hot dogs and sauerkraut or in our version of Chicken and dumplings, Ham and dumplings, Beef and.. you get the picture.. any meat stew."

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Ingredients: eggs, milk, salt...

"Rivels are essentially unformed bits of from-scratch noodles. From the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947"

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Ingredients: eggs, salt, flour...

"The mere mention of this has been known to cause severe homesickness. From the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs, milk...

"Easy and delicious. From the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947. Cooking time is approximate."

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Ingredients: eggs, potatoes, salt...