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    Home » Recipes » Amish Desserts

    Amish Bob Andy Pie

    Published: Jul 18, 2022 · Updated: Jul 18, 2022 by Kevin Williams | 7 Comments

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    Bob Andy Pie was one of the first desserts I ever encountered when visiting the Amish for the first time  over 20 years ago.  It is admittedly one of the more unusually named pies.  How did it get its odd name?

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    Bob Andy Pie, a refreshing, very thin pie, but worth the effort it flavor!

    Well, depends on which story you believe. One is the simple version that an Amish homemaker named the pie after her two sons, Robert and Andy who liked it so much.  Another version is that an Amish husband liked the pie so much he named it after his prize geldings who were named Bob and Andy.

    Whichever version you ascribe to you, you'll love this pie will its cool, creamy, cinnamony goodness which is perfect on a warm summer weekend (like this one!)  I have seen some variations of the recipe that call for flaked coconut, but this version does not call for that.  And, you know, you can leave the cloves out. I often do.

    Pie Crust
    Best-Ever Pie Crust. Yum!

    You can use your own homemade pie crust or you can cheat and buy a frozen one at the supermarket. Either way, the pie will turn out super.

    Cloves aren't my favorite and the pie does just fine without them.  Doesn't this pie look tasty?    This pie has more midwestern roots, you won't find it in Amish settlements in the east as much as you do in Indiana and Iowa. Some people compare it to the more common Hoosier sugar cream, while others compare it to a chess pie.  Either way, you'll say yum!

    This recipe is also a classic example of inventive, creative, scratch-made culinary creativity. I mean, if you think about it, this recipe is just very basic: milk, sugar, cinnamon, flour, eggs, and, geez, I suppose there's another reason for the name of the pie...Bob Andy Pie just sounds more "interesting" than Sweet Milk Pie?

    Bob Andy Pie, a refreshing, very thin pie, but worth the effort it flavor!

    Bob Andy Pie Ingredients

    • 2 cups white sugar
    • 2 cups milk
    • 1 /2 teaspoon cloves
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 3 heaping tablespoons flour
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • 3 eggs (beat yolks and whites separately)

    📋 Instructions

    1. Mix together sugar, flour, cloves, and cinnamon.
    2. Add butter, beaten egg yolks, and milk.
    3. Then add whites of eggs.
    4. Pour into two unbaked pie shells and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until toothpick in the center comes out clean.

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    Amish Bob Andy Pie

    a smooth, sweet summer pie
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    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 cups white sugar
    • 2 cups milk
    • ½ teaspoon cloves
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 3 heaping tablespoons flour
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • 3 eggs (beat yolks and whites separately)

    Instructions
     

    • Mix together sugar, flour, cloves, and cinnamon.
    • Add butter, beaten egg yolks, and milk.
    • Then add whites of eggs.
    • Pour into two unbaked pie shells and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until toothpick in the center comes out clean..
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    Comments

    1. Rhonda Gayle Nash-Hall

      October 12, 2013 at 12:16 am

      this recipe looks quite similar to our Southern Virginia Chess Pie, and I agree that maybe the cloves are an acquired taste and could be easily left out. Yummy goodness!!!

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    2. Pat

      May 23, 2014 at 4:00 pm

      So do you just bake it as long as you think or is there an actual amount of time it should bake?

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      • Kevin

        May 23, 2014 at 4:06 pm

        Pat, this is a yummy pie...I'd give it about 30 minutes, make sure it is "set" in the center...use the toothpick or butterknife test - Kevin

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        • Pat

          March 27, 2015 at 11:12 am

          Wondering why that important piece of information is not added to the recipe instructions.

      • Will

        March 05, 2017 at 10:30 pm

        the recipe says 30 minutes

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    3. Pam

      August 28, 2014 at 3:36 pm

      Are the cloves whole cloves or ground

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      • Kevin

        August 29, 2014 at 10:44 pm

        Good question, Pam, they are ground cloves!

        Reply

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