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...

"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 came up with this simple spring salad when my garden gave me a bunch of arugula coming up from last years seeds. Then at Trader Joe's was French green beans right from France. And fresh strawberries................. I added spring scallions and my fabulous dill mustard dressing made with my Recipe #53926 giving this dressing a what is that flavor?..."

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Ingredients: Grey Poupon, baby greens...

"This is my mom's famous recipe (at least with those who have tasted them) for pickled red beet eggs. They're a must at any picnic, and never go to waste. The longer they marinate, the better they look and taste, so try not to dip into them for at least 3 days. TIP: I like my eggs to be a nice dark pink, and to have plenty of extra beet slices,..."

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Ingredients: hard-boiled eggs, salt, sugar...

"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...

"A nice little treat for diabetics"

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Ingredients: crushed pineapple, light cream cheese...

"I invented this at church one day when I tried to put a twist on hot chocolate. It turned out to be a steamer! Super easy and super yummy"

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Ingredients: French vanilla flavored coffee creamer, milk...

"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...

"Cool, creamy and crunchy. This is an easy one that will wow the family or party guests."

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Ingredients: cucumbers, milk, onions...