By Kevin Williams Sour cream is such a flavor enhancer. And most Amish cooks have a ready supply of the stuff, actually homemade versions which taste even better than the Daisy brand you buy in stores. And they don’t don’t just pitch it, they use it to baked goods to infuse flavor and add bulk […] Read more
By Kevin Williams This week’s trending recipes feature a few surprises and some good seasonal stuff. I’m seeing some ham recipes creep into the top, trending posts this week as we creep closer towards Easter. Ham and ham recipes are always big towards Easter. As we creep towards warmer weather the heavy stews and soups […] Read more
Take a look at this amazing recipe that comes to us from an Amish woman in Wisconsin, a hearty, six-layer plate-piler. This type of meal is a staple in Amish kitchens because it is easy to throw together and it replenishes a lot of calories after a hard day in the fields or the workshop. […] Read more
By Kevin Williams AMISH CHERRY COFFEECAKE: I am not really a cherry fan, but if I am going to eat cherry, having it baked into a coffeecake is how I would enjoy it the most. I still think I’d prefer a blueberry or apple cake over cherry coffeecake, but an Amish cherry coffeecake? Well, you […] Read more
By Kevin Williams Man, this cake is amazing. I don’t want to raise expectations too much because perhaps one of the reasons the cake was so tasty is that I had low expectations going in…I mean, this cake has 7 ingredients, it couldn’t be anything that special, could it? Ah, but I was wrong…this cake […] Read more
By Kevin Williams We have some interesting Amish in the News this week, so let’s get right to it! MILLIE’S HOMEMADE BUTTERHORNS: With formal Easter meals coming up, now is a good time to look at a recipe for these and Millie Otto delivers on it. Click here to check in with Illinois Amish writer […] Read more
THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER Writing is something I enjoy, in fact in many ways after writing for a while I feel like I’ve come back from a refreshing walk. As a young school girl I loved writing stories, I would never tell anyone, though. Everyone else seemed to hate writing, especially when it […] Read more
