Yoder's Baked Goods

By Kevin Williams

I had heard about an Amish bakery near Kenton, Ohio that is sort of a hole-in-the-wall type place and that you could place an order ahead of time for pick-up if you knew where to go and how to reach them.   The Amish family's last name is Yoder and I was able to track down their address several months ago.  I sent them a letter, explaining who I was, what I was interested in, etc.  I'm most interesting in visiting them and sharing the experience with all of you, so I wanted to make sure it was okay to bring my camera, etc to take pictures of the baked goods.

These distinctive signs are found throughout the Hardin County, Ohio Amish community from those selling baked goods and items from their homes.

So I will be visiting as soon as feasible and I'm excited about sharing photos and recipes with you.  They offer a large selection of cookies with or without icing and their prices are pretty darn decent. $3 for a dozen cookies with icing, flavors include: sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, oatmeal raisin, oatmeal chocolate chip, peanut butter, whoopie pies, and oatmeal creme pies.

The bakery sells a loaf of homemade white bread for $2, $2.50 for a six pack of cinnamon rolls, and a whole range of pies for $5.50.  That's not bad, I know more upscale grocery store pies masquerading as homemade go for $8, $9 or more, so $5.50 for a handmade, homemade Amish pie is a bargain.

So, stay tuned over the weeks ahead when I'll pay a visit and share lots with you!