Pennsylvania Dutch Comfort Food Recipes

"My Grandma was Pennsylvania Dutch and this is the very simple recipe she used to create a savory, mouth watering main dish. These are the dough squares that are added to your favorite broth. Another "comfort food" that brings back fond memories of Mom and Grandma's kitchens. My favorites include: Ham, beef, chicken, or turkey...."

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Ingredients: ham, salt, turkey...

"A combo of my maternal and paternal grandmothers' recipes. It's what I grew up on....slow-cooked stuff w/ the veggies cooked to mushiness. Kinda comforting sometimes. They made their own pot pie noodles--I buy 'em. They used onion; I like leeks. I also added a bay leaf. It's a tummy-warmer. You could use chicken thighs and/or breast, but thighs..."

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Ingredients: pepper, noodles, fresh parsley...

"This is my Nana's mother's recipe, which was probably her mother's (who only spoke Pa-German). Nana made this every holiday with turkey and ham. It's a bit of work, but well worth it. Nana always made it the day before and baked it the day of eating it."

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Ingredients: pepper, eggs, fresh parsley...

"This is the first recipe I ever used to can apple butter. Recipe starts out with applesauce, great for any time of year. It was my first time canning and it turned out great! This would make great Christmas gifts. I gave a lot of mine away earlier this year and everybody loved it. Their only complaint: put it into bigger jars! This recipe make a dark,..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, ground allspice...

"When my mom was little she used to get this at a favorite diner. For years, she has told me how she misses this recipe for chicken & waffles and how she wished she found a recipe. I found it for her and she was sooo happy. It brought back many happy memories 8) I thought it was a cozy, yummy recipe to post. Enjoy!"

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Ingredients: waffles, low sodium chicken broth...

"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...

"A fine recipe for a Sunday breakfast or brunch. Serve with fresh fruit."

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Ingredients: eggs, margarine, milk...

"Another recipe from the 1980 version of the Grace Evangelical Congregational Church cookbook from Muir, Pennsylvania that was given to me by my Nana when I became an adult. This recipe was submitted to the cookbook by the Tallman Family. They run a potato processing plant in town. So, it make sense they submitted a potato recipe. As with so many..."

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Ingredients: pepper, egg yolks, margarine...

"An easy potato salad that has a zingy sauce and always gets recipe requests."

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Ingredients: cider vinegar, instant minced onion...

"This makes a great side-dish for pork, beef, or chicken."

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Ingredients: condensed chicken broth, green onions...

"This is a recipe that is done mainly by taste so trust your own tongue!!.... I was raised on this salad but for most people when you say PEA SALAD, they have never had it but it is really good and the kids LOVE it..it's a good way to get kids to eat peas!..It is ALWAYS great for a picnic or BBQ..it is also a conversation starter as it is unique!..VERY..."

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Ingredients: hardboiled egg, mayonnaise...