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Polish Angel Wings {Chrusciki}

December 20, 2018 by Nicole Crocker 4 Comments

Polish Angel Wings

Polish Angel Wings or Chrusciki are delicate crispy little cookies. They are made from an egg yolk dough then rolled out super thin, cut into strips and deep fried. Chrusciki are traditionally made around Lent but we love to eat around Christmas as well. This post contains affiliate links, which won’t cost you any more […]

Filed Under: Cookies, Desserts, Heritage Series, Holiday Tagged With: Grammy's recipe, holiday, Polish food

Polish Poppy Seed Roll {Makowiec}

November 1, 2018 by Nicole Crocker 19 Comments

Polish Poppy Seed Roll

Polish Poppy Seed Roll is a traditional Polish pastry served at the holidays. Sweet yeast bread is rolled around a dense sweet poppy seed filling that features sweet citrus and nutty flavors. In Polish it is know as Makowiec. This post contains affiliate links, which won’t cost you any more to purchase, but does help […]

Filed Under: Breads, Desserts, Heritage Series, Holiday Tagged With: Celebrating Our Heritage Series, Polish pastry, Polish recipe

Old World Christmas Tree

December 22, 2016 by Diane Lavoie 12 Comments

Old World Christmas Tree

Today Mom is sharing some of her Christmas memories about some of the Christmas trees that she’s had over the years including this year’s Old World Christmas Tree. This is her first post here on “FTT” so make sure you show her some love and leave her a comment below! I have had a variety […]

Filed Under: Celebrating Our Heritage Series, Heritage Series, Holiday, Mom's Corner Tagged With: Charlie Brown tree, Christmas memories, Christmas Trees, Lithuania, molded honey ornaments, Nativity set, ornaments, straw ornaments

Polish Cream Cheese Cookies

December 20, 2016 by Nicole Crocker 38 Comments

Polish Cream Cheese Cookies

Warning!! You will not be able to eat just one of these Polish Cream Cheese Cookies (Kolaczki cookies)! These little Polish Cream Cheese Cookies or Kolaczki are sooo good!  I really could not resist going in for seconds, thirds, fourths….. You get the picture! Yes!  I ate an embarrassing amount of cookies!   Mom was […]

Filed Under: Celebrating Our Heritage Series, Cookies, Desserts, Heritage Series, Holiday Tagged With: Celebrating Our Heritage, Christmas, Kolaczki, pastry, pie crust

Oplatek Christmas Tradition

December 16, 2016 by Nicole Crocker 5 Comments

Oplatek Christmas Tradition

Christmas is right around the corner and we are getting ready to celebrate our Polish/Lithuanian Oplatek Christmas Tradition! This post contains affiliate links, which won’t cost you any more to purchase, but does help support this site. The best part about Christmas for me is being with family.  The traditions that we celebrate are what […]

Filed Under: Celebrating Our Heritage Series, Heritage Series, Holiday Tagged With: Celebrating Our Heritage, Christmas, Lithuania, Polish, traditions

Family Favorite Easter Recipes

March 24, 2016 by Nicole Crocker Leave a Comment

Family Favorite Easter Recipes

Easter is one of my favorite holidays to cook for!  If you’re planning on hosting Easter this year or are just looking for an amazing recipe to impress your family look no further.  Here’s 40 of our Family Favorite Easter Recipes to give you a hand! Whether you’re planning to entertain at your own home […]

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Dad’s Favorite {Family Table Treasures} Recipes

December 3, 2015 by Nicole Crocker 2 Comments

One of Dad’s favorite past times was eating!  He loved food and he definitely had his favorites.  Today I’m rounding up Dad’s Favorite {Family Table Treasures} Recipes!  Enjoy! Dad was the oldest of eight children.  His mother was an incredible cook and feeding that many mouths was no easy task!  So it goes without saying […]

Filed Under: Beverages, Breads, Brownies, Cakes, Candy, Celebrating Our Heritage Series, Desserts, Heritage Series, Main Dishes, Pies, Poultry, Side Dishes, Soups, Vegetables Tagged With: childhood, holidays, incredible cook, Memories, mother

{Memere’s} Sucre a la Creme

October 8, 2015 by Nicole Crocker 15 Comments

Dad's Favorite {Family Table Treasure} Recipes

Do you have a favorite recipe from your childhood? This sweet treat is Dad’s all time favorite from his!  {Memere’s} Sucre a la Creme is a sugary confection made with brown sugar, butter and heavy cream. Every Christmas without fail my Aunt stops by with a batch of {Memere’s] Sucre a la Creme for Dad. […]

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Kugelis

March 31, 2015 by Nicole Crocker 1 Comment

Kugelis {Celebrating Our Heritage Series}

Welcome to {Celebrating Our Heritage Series} Kugelis or (Potato Pudding) is a classic Lithuanian dish served at almost every holiday.  It’s considered to be a National dish of Lithuania and is usually served with applesauce, lingonberry or sour cream.  Bits of bacon are also commonly added to it as well. I thought I was wrapping […]

Filed Under: Gluten free, Heritage Series, Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Vegetables Tagged With: Easter, holiday spread, Lithuanian, National dish of Lithuania, Potato Pudding

Decorating Easter Eggs {With Onion Peel Dye} {Celebrating Our Heritage Series}

March 26, 2015 by Nicole Crocker Leave a Comment

Decorating Easter Eggs {With Onion Peel Dye} {Celebrating Our Heritage Series}

Welcome back to {Celebrating Our Heritage Series}!  Decorating Easter Eggs is a fun tradition celebrated around the world.  Today I’m sharing Grampa’s Lithuanian tradition of Decorating Easter Eggs {With Onion Peel Dye}! When I was a kid I always looked forward to all of the fun Easter traditions.  Waking up early on Easter Sunday to […]

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