36 pennsylvania recipes

Peanut mojhy, a Pennsylvania Dutch molasses and brown sugar candy loaded with peanuts. An old-fashioned hard crack candy poured onto buttered tins with just five ingredients.

Lehigh County oatmeal cookies with almond extract, rolled oats, and melted butter. A thin, crispy Pennsylvania Dutch heritage cookie that bakes in just 5 minutes.

Hot Dutch slaw with shredded cabbage steamed tender and dressed in a sweet-sour egg vinegar sauce. A traditional Pennsylvania Dutch warm cabbage side dish.

Tender pork knuckles simmer slowly with tangy sauerkraut until falling-apart tender, then fluffy dumplings drop into the bubbling pot for a hearty Pennsylvania Dutch comfort meal steeped in Old World tradition.

Bring out the Amish in you with these delicious cookies made from molasses.

Old-fashioned Pennsylvania steamed pudding with mashed carrots, suet, molasses, raisins, currants, and warm spices. Three hours of steaming yields a dense, spiced holiday treat.

Old-fashioned stovetop fudge made with unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, condensed milk, and corn syrup. Beaten smooth, studded with nuts, and cut into squares. Classic candy making.

Old-fashioned Pennsylvania Christmas drop cakes loaded with currants and lemon. Thin, buttery, crispy-edged holiday cookies made the way they were a hundred years ago. A vintage gem.

Old-fashioned Pennsylvania nut cookies with walnuts, raisins, and currants in a buttery cinnamon drop cookie dough. A heritage recipe with warm spice and chewy dried fruit in every bite.

Old-fashioned mince meat with calf tongue, suet, dried fruit, candied citrus, brandy and whiskey. The traditional pie filling, aged in a crock for at least 7 weeks for deep holiday flavor.

Plum conserve with oranges and walnuts: a rich, old-fashioned preserve of plums and whole ground oranges simmered with raisins and sugar, studded with walnuts. A nutty, jammy spread for toast and cheese.

Pennsylvania Dutch lima beans and potatoes boiled together then finished with butter and milk. A simple, thrifty Lancaster County side dish with just five ingredients.

German vegetable soup built on a long-simmered soup bone broth with cabbage, turnip, lima beans, corn, and tomatoes, thickened with a flour-milk slurry. Pennsylvania Dutch comfort food.

Old-fashioned Pennsylvania Dutch chow chow relish packed with green tomatoes, string beans, lima beans, corn, cauliflower, and peppers in a tangy mustard-vinegar brine. A Southern pantry staple for canning season.

Traditional homemade wine fermenting dried apricots with raisins, citrus slices, ginger, and yeast for 30 days before bottling.

Classic chocolate whoopie pies with two soft cocoa cake rounds sandwiching a fluffy marshmallow buttercream filling. The Pennsylvania Dutch lunchbox favorite that freezes beautifully.