Growing up in my Coal Region home during the 60’s and 70’s meant a house bursting at the seams with family on Thanksgiving and Christmas. […]
Pies
Old-fashioned Homemade Mincemeat for Pies and Tarts
My memories of my Nana in the kitchen often revolve around the foods she cooked that my parents, Pappy, and I favored, like chow chow […]
Lemon Crumb Pie
I am a fan of anything lemon-flavored. I have a confession to make; my best friend and I devoured a lemon sponge pie ourselves one […]
Cook Along with A Coalcracker In The Kitchen – Wet Bottom Shoo Fly Pie
Welcome to “Cook Along With A Coalcracker In The Kitchen”. These posts will help guide you step-y-step through making some of The Coal Region’s favorite […]
Pennsylvania Dutch Funny Cake
A spoonful of sugar We Pennsylvania Dutch like our sweets, and oooey gooey takes the prize every time in my Coalcracker Kitchen! When thinking of […]
Dry Bottom Shoo Fly Pie
As popular as Shoo Fly Pie is in the Coal Region and Pennsylvania Dutch country, say, “Shoo Fly Pie” and the majority of people seem […]