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    Home » Recipes » Amish Desserts

    The Amish Cook: Homemade Pumpkin Torte

    Published: Nov 21, 2022 · Updated: Nov 21, 2022 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

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    Amish Pumpkin Torte

    This article is a part of "The Amish Cook Column", a weekly series of featuring a story & recipe from Gloria Yoder, Amish widow & mother of six from Flat Rock, Illinois

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    • 📸 Amish Pumpkin Torte Recipe and Photos!
    • 🎃 Amish Pumpkin Torte
    • 📋 Instructions
    • 🎃 Amish Recipes Using Pumpkin
    • 🖨️ Full Recipe

    t’s downright cold outside- the perfect weather for sipping lattes, snuggling in soft blankets, and watching the gentle flicker of a candle.

    Each year as spring arrives, I wonder how I could ever have been eager for winter, but here I am again. There’s something about knowing your garden and yard work is done for another winter that makes one feel relaxed. And all the pre-annual flowers, trees, and grass are patiently waiting to show their character and color until my favorite season rolls around and the sun warms them once more. 

    Hmm, that reminds me of seasons in life. Does your life, too, hold various stages and seasons? Do we have a choice of any value besides looking to our Savior each step of the way?

    Despite the extra work of getting everyone dressed warmly to go outside, I love watching the children breathe in the fresh, crisp air and come in with pink cheeks and broad smiles.

    They love bundling up, especially wearing gloves. They wanted to start wearing gloves even before it was cold. I told them once their coats, shoes, stocking caps, and scarves are placed in their little stalls each time they come in, they can wear gloves any time they please.

    Picture our little entrance with a row of seven stalls along one side. It works perfectly until coats tumble off the hooks or the boots and shoes fail to find their place beside each other under their assigned stall. With six children in no time, it can look like a disaster.

    Recently I did some basic math in my head. If we each wear shoes and socks, a sweater, and a scarf, that means having an additional 42 pieces of clothes to have clean and ready to go and put away upon arriving home. I keep reminding myself that when I train them to be organized, I’m not only doing it for them but also their families or friends in the future.

    Several weeks ago, I moved my clothes one notch over into Daniel’s section to give Joshua his slot. It does seem crude to go on with life without caring for Daniel like I found so much joy in, yet trying to keep everything the same will not work forever. I know Daniel would smile and say, “Of course, you use my spot! It’s all just so temporal til you get here to heaven!”

    Now talking of chilly days, I know most of you probably enjoy walking into a heated garage to jump into your vehicle to go where you need to go and not even have to get cold wherever you want to go. I’m happy for you, yet I would love to invite you to join the children and me as we bundle up and climb onto our open cruiser for a crisp drive! The children love going on drives, especially in this cold weather which gets Sapphire, our large standard-bred mare, going at extra speeds.

    Though we also have other enclosed buggies, the open cruiser remains our favorite, which easily holds a dozen or more people. Bring an extra blanket to ward off the wind. Since Daniel is not here to help me hitch up Sapphire, I harness her, tie her to the hitching post, pull the wagon up, and fasten the straps. Julia and Austin both enjoy driving horses, but with the amount of zip Sapphire shows, I’m the one who drives her.

    You may sit up front or join the children in the back on the two seats facing each other. On super chilly drives on the way home from an evening hymn singing, it’s not unusual for Julia to sit between the two seats on the floor with the youngest children to be entirely out of the wind.

    What is better than coming home to a cozy warm house, enjoying a mug of spiced cider, and lighting a candle? No, life is not perfect, and it is hard, but it is okay to open our hands to simple blessings and receive them as gifts.

    Winding up, we’ll top off our chat with a yummy Amish Pumpkin Torte recipe shared by a friend whose husband passed away when she had five young children. It may be a perfect pick for your Thanksgiving table!

    📸 Amish Pumpkin Torte Recipe and Photos!

    Amish Pumpkin Torte

    All the ingredients for this torte are very basic. No need for torte reform with this recipe! (ha ha).

    This is what it looks like mixing up the liquidy mixture, which will be poured onto the cooled crust and then baked.

    Amish Pumpkin Torte

    🎃 Amish Pumpkin Torte

    Part One:

    • 24 graham crackers, crushed
    • ⅓ cup sugar
    • 1 cup butter
    • 8 ounces cream cheese
    • ¾ cup sugar
    • 2 eggs

    Part Two:

    • 1 /2 cup sugar
    • 1 /2 teapsoon salt
    • 3 eggs, separated
    • 1 /2 cup milk
    • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
    • 2 cups pumpkin
    • 1 tablespoon gelatin
    • 1 /4 cup cold water

    📋 Instructions

    Part One:

    1. Mix crackers, sugar, and butter and put in a 9 X 13 inch pan. 
    2. Top with last 3 ingredients.
    3. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

    Part Two:

    1. Cook sugar, salt, egg yolks, milk, cinnamon, and pumpkin until thickened.
    2. Then add gelatin soaked in hot water mixture and set aside to cool.
    3. When cooled, beat the egg whites and add to pumpkin mixture.
    4. Pour this on top of cooled crust.
    5. Let stand in refrigerator a few hours and top with whipped topping.

    🎃 Amish Recipes Using Pumpkin

    Pumpkin is a versatile Amish favorite this time of year, found in all sorts of dishes!

    Amish Pumpkin Crunch

    A classic, crunch, that is so good!

    Pumpkin Pie Squares

    A nice twist on an old favorite!

    Holiday Pumpkin Cake

    Delicious! This is a cake you can pretty much eat anytime between October and Christmas. Or, heck, who says you can't enjoy pumpkin in April or May?

    🖨️ Full Recipe

    Amish Pumpkin Torte

    Amish Pumpkin Torte

    a delicious twist on pumpkin pie!
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    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    Part One

    • 24 graham crackers, crushed
    • ⅓ cup sugar
    • 1 cup butter
    • 8 ounces cream cheese
    • ¾ cup sugar
    • 2 eggs

    Part II

    • 1 /2 cup sugar
    • 1 /2 teapsoon salt
    • 3 eggs, separated
    • 1 /2 cup milk
    • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
    • 2 cups pumpkin
    • 1 tablespoon gelatin
    • 1 /4 cup cold water

    Instructions
     

    Part One

    • Mixcrackers, sugar, and butter and put in a 9 X 13 inch pan. 
    • Topwith last 3 ingredients
    • Top with last 3 ingredients

    Part Two

    • Cook sugar, salt, egg yolks, milk, cinnamon, and pumpkin until thickened.
    • Then add gelatin soaked in hot water mixture and set aside to cool.
    • When cooled, beat the eggwhites and add to pumpkin mixture.
    • Pour this on top of cooled crust.
    • Let stand in refrigerator a few hours and top with whipped topping.
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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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