Pennsylvania Dutch Seasonal Recipes

"Sweet and creamy cooked dressing on a beautiful old fashioned salad. From a 1960 cookbook "Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking". I usually peel the apples and omit the nuts."

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Ingredients: dry mustard, hard-boiled eggs...

"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 Ida Unger. So many of the recipes in the cookbook didn't specify serving yield. So, I am guessing on it for this recipe. Let"

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Ingredients: yellow mustard, hard-boiled eggs...

"Great served for the Fourth of July for a true American treat! A whoopie pie, sometimes alternatively called a gob or a black-and-whitie, is a baked good traditional to the Pennsylvania Dutch culture as well as New England, made of two small, chocolate, disk-shaped cakes with a sweet, creamy frosting sandwiched between them. I came up with this..."

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Ingredients: cream of tartar, dutch process cocoa...

"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 Emma E. "Auntie Em" Brown. She didn't specify serving yield so I am making a guess. Also, the cooking time doesn't include..."

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Ingredients: crushed pineapple, mayonnaise...

"Passed down from PA Dutch decendents. Perfect for summer evenings."

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Ingredients: eggs, fresh blackberries, milk...

"Ok, for all of those out there who are crazy about cranberries this recipe is crazy good and best of all, it is really good for you! This is the most delicious baked oatmeal you'll ever have. The berries will burst in your mouth with every bite!! I use overflowing 1/4 cups for both the unsweetened applesauce and the brown sugar."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, cinnamon sugar...

"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...

"An heirloom recipe impractical for most modern cooks. From the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts institute of Chicago, 1947. Posted as a historical novelty. Fermentation time not included in preparation time."

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Ingredients: salt, cabbage...

"Forget the Pillsbury stuff in a box-- this has simply the best ingredients and gets its moisture from all that pumpkin. I whip this up in my bread machine on the quickbread cycle and it does all the work. Can easily be veganized by using ground flax seed with water to replace the egg. I used 1/2 cup Sun Crystals stevia-sugar blend for baking instead..."

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Ingredients: egg whites, pumpkin pie spice...

"Traditional pumpkin pie passed down from generation to generation. It is important to use a Green Striped Cushaw Pumpkin and King Syrup."

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Ingredients: eggs, golden syrup, milk...