SLIDESHOWS: Midwestern Recipes

Grandma Zerr’s Apricot Kuchen

Kuchen is a traditional German fruit- or cheese-filled yeast cake that’s common in North Dakota (Nancy Olson says it’s in countless church cookbooks) and served at any time of day. This is Olson’s adaptation of her grandmother’s version. “I love that this is a hearty, rustic, belly-filling pastry; nothing dainty about it,” she says.

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