Holly Coulson sent in two recipes for Aldona Collani of Saylorsburg. The recipes are for German Kuchen and Lithuanian Varskes Cepelinai (potato-cheese dumplings). The recipes are from Holly’s ...

1/4 cup ( 1/2 stick) butter, melted Sliced fresh fruit (optional) Sugar mixture (optional): To make dough, scald milk and add shortening to melt. Let mixture cool to lukewarm and stir in yeast. Let ...

German grandmothers have been passing along the kuchen tradition for generations: mixing up sweet yeast dough to form coffee cakes filled with fresh fruit of the season and rich, creamy custard made ...

ACEQUIA • Darlene Moser learned early in life to be thrifty and skillful in the kitchen. Her traditional German-Russian kuchen — coffee cake — shined at Acequia Days, the town’s centennial celebration ...

Betty Noga of Terrebonne, Ore., wrote that she would greatly appreciate “a recipe for kooka. I’m not sure I spelled it correctly, but I enjoyed it as a child in a German friend’s home.” Her response ...

1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan. Sprinkle the pan with flour and tap out the excess. 2. In a bowl, whisk the flour, cornmeal, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, and ...

The Ladies Aid of Trinity Congregational Church are baking and cooking up a storm in preparation for their Spring 2011 Old-Fashioned German Supper this Saturday. Supper coordinator Margaret Mindt ...

The mid-afternoon is a signal to many Germans for a traditional pick-me-up in the form of “Kaffee und Kuchen” - literally, coffee and cake. Be it with coworkers, friends, or family, the culture of ...

Imagine a feeling that encompasses coziness and warmth, but with an added sense of belonging and inner peace—that’s Gemütlichkeit, just one of many non-translatable German words (yes, we're ...