Currently Featured Amish Recipes
2 1/2 cups warm water
2 packages dry yeast
1/3 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon salt
7 1/2 - 8 cups flour
Mix yeast and warm water. Beat together eggs, sugar, salt and shortening. Add to yeast mixture. Add 4 cups flour and beat, then stir in rest of the flour. Dough will be soft. Do not knead. Place in a bowl and cover tightly. Store in a cold place overnight. The dough will keep for a week in the refrigerator. If you want rolls for dinner, form them in the morning and put in a warm place to rise. Bake at 350o until golden brown.
1 can cream of celery soup
1/2 cup milk
1 cup diced cooked ham
buttered bread crumbs
cooked cauliflower
Mix soup and milk together. Pour over cooked cauliflower. Add diced ham and mix lightly. Pour into casserole. Sprinkle bread crumbs over top. Bake at 375o for 1/2 hour or until bread crumbs are browned.
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 3/4 cups hot water
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
Preheat oven to 350o. Sift together in a bowl: flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and 2 tablespoons cocoa. Stir in milk, vegetable oil and nuts. Pour into 9 inch square pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa. Pour hot water over mixture. Bake in 350o oven for 45 minutes. Cake mixture will rise to the top. Serve with or without whipped cream.
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp soda
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup milk
1 3/4 cup sifted flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
marshmallows
powdered sugar
Cream sugar and shortening; add egg. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Add nuts and mix well. Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake at 350o for 8 minutes. After baking, top with 1/2 of the marshmallows and return to oven until marshmallow is warm. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
The Amish Way cookbook, compiled by Adrienne Lund, published by Jupiter Press, copyright revised edition 1994. Adrienne Lund is the author-publisher of nine Amish cookbooks and a children's book about the Amish way of life. Her books are available in our gift shop and in our online store. Visit her website at amishwaycookbooks.com. Used by permission.
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