The Amish Family Cookbook

From the home of bestselling author Jerry Eicher (more than 350,000 books sold) and his wife, Tina, comes this warm and inviting peek into an Amish kitchen, complete with.... Amish recipes: Hannah Byler’s Pecan Pie Beat on low speed slightly or with hand beater: 3 eggs 1/3 cup butter, melted 1 cup light corn syrup 1⁄2 t. salt 2/3 cup sugar Stir in: 1 cup pecan halves. Pour into: 1 pie crust Bake at 375 for 40-50 minutes. Amish proverbs: It takes seven to cook for to make a really happy wife. and Amish humor: The Englisha visitor suffered through a three-hour Amish wedding service, sitting on the hard backless church bench. “Why does it take so long to tie the knot?” he asked afterward. “Well,” the bishop said, stroking his long white beard. “So that it takes ‘em a lifetime to untie it.” Readers will laugh, pray, and eat robustly with The Amish Family Cookbook at their side.

Taste the goodness of Amish life. Bestselling cookbook author and food columnist Lovina Eicher brings together the best of Amish cooking in The Essential Amish Cookbook: Everyday Recipes from Farm and Pantry. Join Eicher as she shares traditional Amish recipes along with her own kitchen tips and secrets. Growing up, Eicher learned to cook and bake at an early age alongside her mother, longtime columnist and Amish cookbook author Elizabeth Coblentz, and has put those skills to use in her own Amish kitchen as she cooks for her eight children. The easy-to-follow, authentic recipes you’ll find in The Essential Amish Cookbook are prepared every day in countless homes in Old Order Amish communities across North America. Many of the more than 100 recipes are richly illustrated with step-by-step photographs to help you learn Amish cooking just as if you were in Lovina’s kitchen. From hearty main dishes to substantial sides—plus a generous sampling of scrumptious cakes, pies, cookies, and other delectable desserts—learn how to make the hearty, simple dishes that the Amish cook together and serve at home, church services, and weddings. In a fast-food, digital world, the book’s colorful photos and conversational tone provide a real taste of Amish life and invite you to slow down. Your family will come to love her Zucchini Chocolate Chip Bread, Rhubarb Juice, Roast Beef with Veggies, Oven Crusted Chicken, pickles, jams, and so much more. Experience the simple joys of Amish life—food, faith and family!

• BEST SELLING cookbook, now in paperback with smaller trim size and lower price point. • Nearly 24,000 copies of the hardcover edition sold in 1st year. • 294 authentic recipes gathered from Amish and Mennonite cooks from across the United States and Canada. • Smythe sewn binding lies flatter for easy countertop use.

This “grandmother of all Mennonite cookbooks” brings a touch of Mennonite culture and hospitality to any home that relishes great cooking. Mary Emma Showalter compiled favorite recipes from hundreds of Mennonite women across the United States and Canada noted for their excellent cooking into this book of more than 1,100 recipes. These tantalizing dishes came to this country directly from Dutch, German, Swiss, and Russian kitchens. Old-fashioned cooking and traditional Mennonite values are woven throughout. Original directions like “a dab of cinnamon” or “ten blubs of molasses” have been standardized to help you get the same wonderful individuality and flavor. Showalter introduces each chapter with her own nostalgic recollection of cookery in grandma’s day—the pie shelf in the springhouse, outdoor bake ovens, the summer kitchen. First published in 1950, Mennonite Community Cookbook has become a treasured part of many family kitchens. Parents who received the cookbook when they were first married make sure to purchase it for their own sons and daughters when they wed. This 65th anniversary edition adds all new color photography and a brief history while retaining all of the original recipes and traditional Fraktur drawings. Check out the cookbook blog at mennonitecommunitycookbook.com

Straight from an Amish family’s recipe box. Savor the authentic, time-tested recipes of an extended Amish family in your own kitchen. In Amish Family Recipes, beloved Old Order Amish newspaper columnist Lovina Eicher shares more than one hundred mouthwatering recipes. Colorful photographs of easy-to-prepare dishes and pictures of life in an Amish household reveal a people committed to faith, family, community, and simplicity. Chock-full of delectable dishes from four generations, Amish Family Recipes includes recipes and memories of Lovina’s mother, Elizabeth Coblentz, who wrote The Amish Cook newspaper column. Stories from Lovina, her sisters, and her children offer family lore and mealtime memories. Practical sections devoted to cooking with children, preparing for family picnics, and making large dishes for reunion meals round out this scrumptious collection. A taste of what’s inside: Overnight Cinnamon Pecan Cake Caramel Dumplings Sweet Spicy Baked Chicken Autumn Vegetable Dish Campfire Shish Kebabs Cherry Blueberry Supreme Whoopie Pies Recipes passed down in families are the best kind.

More than 75 traditional Amish recipes, practical gardening tips, and firsthand accounts of traditional Amish events like corn-husking bees and barn raisings. The Amish Cook is based on a newspaper column of the same name that started when aspiring editor Kevin Williams convinced Elizabeth Coblentz, an Old Order Amish wife and mother, to write a weekly cooking column. Each week Elizabeth shared a family recipe and discussed daily life on her Indiana farm, spent with her husband, Ben, and their eight children and 32 grandchildren. A truly unique collaboration between a simple Amish grandmother and a modern-day newspaperman, The Amish Cook is a poignant and authentic look at a disappearing way of life.

Experience the timeless goodness of Amish cooking with simple to follow directions and basic ingredients. Treat your family to delicious Amish cooking in your own home with luscious recipes like the famous Amish date pudding, delicious cherry bars, onion patties and an assortment of easy to prepare casseroles that will be a treat for your family. This book was featured in the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper as an excellent Amish cookbook. There is also a section on Amish home remedies that are interesting and helpful for simple ailments. The Amish Way Cookbook would be a treasured addition to any cookbook collection and makes a great gift for a friend.Laminated cover.

For twenty years, this bestselling cookbook from award-winning Amish fiction author Beverly Lewis has brought the homespun taste of Amish country to kitchens around the world. Now updated and expanded, this 20th anniversary edition includes · more than two hundred authentic, time-tested recipes--including ones never before published! · time-saving tips for your kitchen and gatherings · beautiful new interior and lay-flat binding · beloved book excerpts surrounding Plain culture · Amish sayings and scriptural wisdom · personal glimpses into the Plain life Passed down in recipe boxes for generations, these favorite dishes and desserts bring the tasty heritage of the Amish to your table, "for sure and for certain" becoming a lasting part of your family's mealtimes--and creating unforgettable moments for years to come.