Tears on My Pillow Pie
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By Kevin Williams
The Amish known for some recipes that have funny names: whoopie pies, shoofly pie, dancing lettuce, and so on. Â But if you ask around it appears that most of the origins of the names have been lost to history and that is a shame. Â But at least the recipes endure. Here are five of my favorite named Amish recipes:
TEARS ON MY PILLOW PIE: Â One of the most classically named Amish recipes is this delicate, sweet pie. Â Click here for the recipe.
BOB ANDY PIE: Â Click here for this classic Amish pie recipe with a funny name.
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TOLD YOU SO COOKIES - this is a gooey, chocolate chip cookie with nuts and oatmeal added for good measure.
- 1 Cup Shortening
- ¾ Cup Brown Sugar
- ¾ Cup White Sugar
- 2 Eggs, beaten
- 1 tsp. Hot Water
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
- 1½ Cups Sifted Flour
- 1 tsp. Salt
- 1 tsp. Baking Soda
- 2 Cups Oatmeal
- 1 Cup Chopped Nuts
- 1 Pkg. Chocolate Chips
- Mix shortening, flour, sugar, eggs, hot water and vanilla together in a large bowl.
- Sift together flour, salt and soda.
- Stir well and add oatmeal, nut and chocolate chips.
- Drop by teaspoon on a cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
SLAPSTICK CHICKEN - a brown-sugar sweetened chicken that would send Laurel & Hardy packing!
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts OR 6 split breasts
- 8 cloves of garlic, minced
- 8 tablespoons of brown sugar
- 2-3 TB Extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- Start by mincing the cloves of garlic and toasting in a small saute pan with extra virgin olive oil.
- When the garlic is light brown, remove from the pan and put into a small bowl.
- Let the garlic cool a few minutes and then mix in the of brown sugar.
- Add salt and pepper and toss to combine.
- Then place the chicken breasts in a baking dish.
- Then simply sprinkle the brown sugar and garlic mixture over the chicken.
- Roast chicken on 450 degrees for 30 minutes or until juices run clear.
- While the chicken is cooking the brown sugar will become very bubbly.
- When the chicken is done, let it rest in the pan for several minutes before serving
OLD LADY ON A BUS CHICKEN - Â Funny named recipe from a Mennonite cook in Virginia. Enjoy! Click here
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