Pennsylvania Dutch Seasonal Recipes

"I was in a search for a great cocoa mix that tasted very similar to the store bought kind. I tried a couple of recipes but they just weren't it. So, I combined a few of them together and came up with this! My family just thinks it is fabulous. You can substitute different flavors of pudding but we find Chocolate fudge works the best!"

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Ingredients: instant chocolate fudge pudding, non-dairy coffee creamer...

"Traditional Pa Dutch New Year's Day meal. Serve with mashed potatoes. :)"

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Ingredients: pork loin roast, salt...

"Old time, simple recipe for pork and sauerkraut. Delicious!"

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Ingredients: salt and pepper, pork shoulder...

"A comforting homemade chicken noodle soup with a little sherry and cream to add the special, unique touch of a special lady. This recipe is a combination of Emeril and Paula Deen's chicken noodle soup recipes combined with a unique twist of a special lady!"

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Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, medium egg noodles...

"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...

"LOVE this - from the Mennonite Community Cookbook. My mother made a skillet version of this a lot when I was a kid. She used fresh corn from our garden. Of course, fresh corn cut off the cob makes this recipe even more yummy! A great summer recipe."

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Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, canned corn...

"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...

"This is truly a family tradition during the summer months. My mom makes it the best - I don't care how many times we follow the recipe - her's always tastes best - must be her touch of love that adds to the flavor. (Note: the cooking time includes boiling the potatoes and making the dressing)"

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Ingredients: pepper, eggs, onions...

"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...

"I learned this recipe from an old friend's mother about 15 years ago. I was over for supper one night and this is what she made. I fell in love with the recipe and had to have it. I have put my own spin on things to perfect this basic winter recipe. (Unfortunately for me, I recently became a vegan...but my family eats it up!) It's delicious!"

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Ingredients: fresh rosemary, olive oil...

"Take these to your next potluck or picnic and watch them disapear!"

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Ingredients: great northern beans, ketchup...