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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Recipes of the week


Thank You Casserole
   Slice potatoes into a buttered baking dish. Break up meat and mix into potatoes with soups and onion. Crumble a few potato chips over top and cover tightly. Bake at 375° F for about one hour. 5 potatoes
1 lb. hamburger
1 onion - diced
1 can vegetable soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup



 
This excellent collection of authentic Amish recipes will be a treasured addition to any cookbook collection. Includes Amish home remedies. 217 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", comb bound, illustrated. The Amish Way Cookbook 


Crazy Chocolate Cake
   Preheat oven to 350° F. Combine dry ingredients and sift into large mixing bowl. Add eggs, shortening, sour milk and boiling water. Stir until moistened. Beat until smooth Pour into greased 9x13" pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Cool and frost. 3 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. cocoa
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs
2/3 c. shortening
1 c. sour milk
1¼ c. boiling water



This excellent collection of authentic Amish recipes will be a treasured addition to any cookbook collection. Includes Amish home remedies. 217 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", comb bound, illustrated. 
The Amish Way Cookbook

Oatmeal Chocolate Cake

   Pour boiling water over oatmeal. Let stand 10 minutes. Add sugar and butter. Stir till butter is melted; add rest of ingredients, except half of chocolate chips and nuts. Pour in greased 9x13" pan. Sprinkle nuts and rest of chocolate chips on top. Bake at 350° for about 40 minutes. 1¾ cups boiling water
1 cup uncooked oatmeal
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 large eggs
1¾ cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. cocoa
12 oz. chocolate chips
3/4 cup nuts

When Norman and Marlena Miller, along with the entire Evart, MI Amish community, set out to compile their family favorites, they did so with a song and plenty of inspirations. And that's exactly the recipe they used for Cooking With Praise. This cookbook has a delicious spread of Amish favorites: Potato Salad, Poor Man's Steak, Tator-Tot Casserole, and Oreo Pudding, to name a few. Then there are the seven sections for those who watch their diet. Then like a good cook who adds a pinch of this and a dash of that, bringing the taste to perfection, the Millers have added hymns and inspirational thoughts throughout. Cooking With Praise is ready for your table and your guests. 450 recipes. 254 pages. Spiral bound with laminated covers. Fully indexed.
Cooking With Praise. 


Amish Cake
  Preheat oven to 375° F. Cream butter and brown sugar. Add buttermilk, soda, flour and vanilla. Bake for about 30 minutes. Topping:
Mix above ingredients and spread over cake. Return cake to oven and bake until topping is bubbly.
1/2 c. butter
2 c. brown sugar (packed)
2 c. buttermilk or sour milk
2 tsp. soda
3 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
Topping:
6 Tbsp. soft butter
4 Tbsp. milk
1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. nuts



This excellent collection of authentic Amish recipes will be a treasured addition to any cookbook collection. Includes Amish home remedies. 217 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", comb bound, illustrated. 
The Amish Way Cookbook


Chocolate Covered Cherries
  Mix sugar, juice and butter thoroughly. Make small balls, press dough with thumb to make a dent to put cherry in. Fold dough over it, roll into ball again. Dip within 2 hours or centers will get soft and hard to dip. Spread cherries on towels overnight for easy work. Cherries can be cut in half and only a half used in each ball.
From mouth-watering Amish-style main dishes to kitchen dream desserts, this on has it all. Over 600 from-scratch recipes that please the appetite and are easy on the food budget.  You'll get a whole section on canning and food preparation. The Amish, long known for their originality in the kitchen, share their favorites with you. This 275 page spiral bound cookbook has over 600 recipes . Cooking with the Horse & Buggy People.




Amish Cereal
   Mix all together and toast at 300° till golden brown. 12 cups rolled oats
6 cups coconut
6 cups wheat germ
3 cups sugar
3 tsp. salt
1 cup vegetable oil or oleo

Here's an intimate visit to the Amish home and food of 17-year-old Miriam Miller. Miriam's mom, grandma and aunts open their recipe boxes here. In addition to sharing her families favorite authentic time-tested recipes, Miriam shares childhood memories, stories, and personal details of her life as a young Amish girl. Take a walk through Miriam's life with art and stories about her home, and everyday activities. 194 pages. 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" spiral bound. Laminated cover. Double indexed.






The Mess
  Fry hash browns, meat, peppers and onions in butter. When hash browns are done, add eggs. Fry until eggs are set. Serve with toast or pancakes. This is also delicious made over a campfire1 package frozen hash browns
1 lb. Li'l Smokies or ham, cut up
peppers, optional
onions, optional
salt
pepper

Taste the old fashioned goodness of Amish style chicken, experience the delight of mouth watering apple pie. If you want authenticity - then get a piece of homemade goodness - Cooking with the Horse & Buggy People II. This 320 page  spiral bound cookbook has over 600 recipes.Cooking with the Horse & Buggy People II 




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I've created this website out of my own interest in the Amish/Mennonite culture and of living in the country. Its a place for people who are interested in the Amish like myself, and its also a place to share Images of the beautiful country side that is all around me. my name is Richard, and I live very close to an Amish settlement here in Pennsylvania. This site is dedicated to my mother, who had started all of this by taking me as a child to Lancaster,pa from our apartment in the Bronx projects..........THANK YOU MOM............... Richard