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Get the Best Mouth Watering Country Vermont Recipes

Enjoy these traditional Vermont Recipes

We hope you enjoy these wonderful, country Vermont recipes. They have been shared with us by real Vermonters who have lived and worked in our beautiful state through generations. Just the sort of dishes you would expect from families brought up in small villages, family farms, maple orchards and maple tree filled woodlands.

Vermont recipes

A special thanks to Scott Wheeler of the Vermont Northland Journal for making these recipes available to us. Scott’s work is famous around the world and highlights the history of the fabled Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Give yourself, friends or loved ones a gift of a subscription to his wonderful publication today!


Pittsburgh Potato
The following recipe was provided by Donald Wheatley. In the early 1930’s his mother Mary, was asked to make a casserole for a church supper and was given the recipe. Like many cooks at that time she made extra to feed the family at home. It proved to be something that the family did enjoy – and still does. Donald’s mother passed away in 1979 at 92 years of age. This recipe is just a small token of something wonderful she left behind.
(from Mary Markolf Wheatley, born 1886 – died 1979)
– 1 quart of raw potatoes, cube and boil until slightly tender, drain and put in baking dish
– 1 small onion
– 1/2 can pimentos, cut into small pieces and added to onion and cook 5 minutes
Add to:
White Sauce
* 2 tablespoons of flour
* 2 tablespoons of butter
* 1 teaspoon of salt
* 1/2 teaspoon of pepper
* 1 pint of whole milk
* 1/2 pound of cheddar cheese
Pour over potatoes and bake until brown.


Maple Pudding Cake
Rachel Ducharme, shares a family recipe

* 1-1/2 cups flour
* 3/4 cup sugar
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* Pinch of salt
* 3/4 cup of milk
* 1-1/2 cups maple syrup
* 3/4 cup of water
* 2 tablespoons butter
Directions: Heat the maple syrup, water and butter in small saucepan until butter melts. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and milk. Pour into a greased 8″ pan. Pour heated syrup over the batter, do not stir. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped topping. Serves about 6.


Almond Macaroons
* 1 – (7 ounce) package  almond paste (7 or 8 ounces)
* 1/4 cup  all-purpose flour
* 1 1/4 cups  powdered sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon  almond extract
* 2 egg whites
* 3 dozen  blanched whole almonds
Directions: Grease cookie sheet. Break almond paste into small pieces in large bowl. Stir in flour, powdered sugar and almond extract. Add egg whites. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed about 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally, until smooth.
Place dough in decorating bag fitted with #9 rosette tip. Pipe 1 1/2-inch cookies about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet. Top each with almond. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
Heat oven to 325º. Bake about 12 minutes or until edges are light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Store in airtight container.


Banana-Cornmeal Cookies
* 1 cup  packed brown sugar
* 1/2 cup granulated sugar
* 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
* 1/2 cup mashed very ripe banana (1 medium)
* 1 egg
* 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 cup yellow cornmeal
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/4 cup granulated sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions: Heat oven to 375º. Grease cookie sheet. Beat brown sugar, 1/2 cup
granulated sugar, the butter, banana and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. (If dough is too soft to shape, cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.)
Mix 1/4 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on cookie sheet. Flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with fork dipped into cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

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Vermonter.com was started back in the mid 1990's as a Vermont resource guide. Since then it has evolved into more of a quirky historical and unusual chronicle of off beat Vermont folklore, myths and legends. It's easy to create a Vermont resource but damn hard to corral all the "good stuff" in one place. But hey, I'm having fun! This website is best enjoyed on a dark, rainy day with a cup of coffee and a loyal dog (or cat) asleep at your feet. So enjoy and have fun. "There be WEIRD stuff here!" Comment below, if you dare!
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