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    Home » Recipes » Plain Culture

    The Amish Cook: End-of-Summer Recipe Redux

    Published: Aug 22, 2016 · Updated: Aug 22, 2016 by Kevin Williams | 2 Comments

    The Amish Cook

    By Gloria Yoder

    It’s hard to believe that summer is coming to a close and that the Amish school next to us will soon be filled with scholars eager to begin another year.  Before you know it, the air will begin to get a frosty nip to it, although that happens later here in southern Illinois than it does back where our family is from in northern Ohio.

    I get recipe requests from readers from time to time from columns they missed or clipped out and then misplaced, so I wanted to re-run a couple of most requested recipes this week from the past couple of years, hopefully this will help!  And next week I’ll share my thoughts about feeding your physical and spiritual hunger with healthier food.

    This first recipe comes from my mother.

    EASY PIE WEDGE DINNER ROLLS

    1 /3 cup white sugar

    1 /3 cup brown sugar

    1 tablespoon salt

    1 /4 cup flour

    1 cup boiling water

    2 cups cold water

    2 tablespoons yeast

    8 cups flour (6 cups white, 2 cups wheat)

    3 /4 cups cooking oil

     Mix sugars, salt, and flour. Pour boiling water over mixture and stir well. Add cold water and yeast. Add flour gradually, then add oil. Let rise. Punch down and divide dough into 4 sections. Roll out each section in a circle and cut pie style.  Roll up each piece starting at the wide end and place on greased cookie sheets.Let rise again.Bake at 350 til done. Bottoms will be slightly golden.

    This is another favorite in the Yoder household and one that a reader requested!

    HOMEMADE PIZZA POCKETS

    POCKETS:
    2 tablespoons yeast
    1 /2 cup warm water
    3 /4 cup warm evaporated milk
    1 /4 cup oil
    1 egg
    1 /4 cup sugar
    1 teaspoon salt
    3 to 4 cups flour

    FILLING:
    1 pound sausage
    1 cup pizza sauce
    Pepperoni
    Shredded cheese
    Onions
    Peppers
    Mushrooms
    .
    POCKET: Dissolve yeast in water. Add the rest of ingredients adding flour last and let rise once, till double. Then roll dough thin. Let rise again about 10 minutes.
    FILLING: Fry sausage and add pizza sauce. Layer ingredients as you like on dough circles.. Fold in half and press shut. Bake at 350 until golden brown.

     

    This is a perfect recipe for a cool summer treat!

     

    LUSCIOUS LEMON PIE

    1 cup sugar

    3 tablespoons cornstarch

    1 cup milk

    3 egg yolks

    ½ cup lemon juice

    ½ teaspoon lemon extract

    pinch salt

    4 tablespoons butter

    1 cup sour cream

    Mix sugar and cornstarch and add milk. Bring to a boil and cook several minutes and add egg yolks and boil gently. Next add lemon juice, lemon flavoring and a pinch of salt plus butter. Cool a bit and add 1 cup sour cream. Pour into a baked 9-inch pie shell, top with whipped topping. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

     

    LORENE’S DELICIOUS BARS

    2 cups butter, softened

    2 cups brown sugar

    4 eggs

    ⅔ cup vanilla instant pudding

    1 teaspoon vanilla

    2 cups flour

    2 ½ cups quick oats

    ¼ teaspoon baking powder

    2 teaspoons soda

    1 cup coconut (optional)

    1 ½ cups chocolate chips (optional)

    Prepare pudding according to instructioins and put aside.

    Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs , pudding, and vanilla. Mix well and add dry ingredients Put into an 11 ½ X 16-inch pan. Bake for 16-20 minutes at 350 degrees.

     

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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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    1. Judi Hamilton

      August 23, 2016 at 1:30 am

      Hi Kevin. I hope you wife is feeling okay. I've missed reading the column. For some reason I am not receiving it. I have had some issues here so I didn't have time to delve into the problem. Maybe you can get me back on the mailing list from your end. Thank you so much. Love this column and have been a reader and supporter since it started.

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      • Kevin

        August 23, 2016 at 5:16 pm

        Weird, Judi, looks like you somehow unsubscribed from the list...I tried to add you back, but it won't let me...you have to join the email list yourself...I hope you can, you've been a wonderful reader!

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