Amish Friendship Bread

Make note, kiddos! Don’t use metal bowls or utensils with this stuff as it’ll react weirdly. Ceramic, plastic and wooden kitchenware is the best choice.
The Starter
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/4 c. warm water
1 c. flour
1 c. sugar
1 c. warm milk (110 degrees)
Making the starter:
Day 1:
Soften active dry yeast with 1/4 cup warm water for 10 [...]

Krautsuppe – Cabbage Soup

4 Thick slices bacon, diced
1 head green cabbage, shredded
2 onions, sliced
4 cup chicken stock ( boullion will do, but doesn’t taste as
“right” )
1 turnip, sliced and without the greens
2 cup water
2 carrots, diced
6 sprigs parsley
2 potatoes, cubed ( can leave skin on if desired )
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
1) Tie together the parsley [...]

Penn Dutch Cooking – An Honest Explaination

“Also referred to as Pennsylvania German and incorrectly as Amish, this rural style of regional American cookery underwent its greatest flowering during the nineteenth century. It became one of the primary regional cookeries of the Middle Atlantic and Midwestern states, encompassing communities scattered throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, [...]

Frankfurter Bohnensuppe ( Bean Soup With Frankfurters )

1 pound navy beans, dried
2 onions; small, chopped
8 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
3 cup beef broth
1/4 teaspoon pepper, white
1 carrot, chopped
6 frankfurters, sliced
1 celery stalk, chopped
2 tablespoon parsley, chopped
4 bacon; strips, cubed
1) Soak beans overnight.In a 3-quart saucepan bring beans, water and beef froth to a boil. Cook for about 1 hour. Add carrot and celery [...]

Braune Zucker Platzchen – Brown Sugar Cookies

1 1/2 cups brown sugar; frimly packed
2/3 cup shortening
2 eggs; large
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon orange rind; grated
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups unbleached flour
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup nuts; chopped, if desired
1) Cream sugar and shortening until light and fluffy.  Beat in eggs, milk and orange rind. 
2) Stir togethr baking powder, [...]

Chow Chow #17

3 cups Lima beans
3 cups Corn
5 Bell pepper, green
1 quart Onion
1 Head cauliflower, large
2 cup Sugar
3 quart Cider vinegar
1/2 cup Salt
2 tablespoon Celery seed
2 tb Mustard seed
1/2 lb Mustard, dry
1 tb Turmeric
tomato, green
string beans
1) Cut the string beans in pieces; break the cauliflower into flowerets, add the lima beans and corn and cook together about [...]

Traditional Amish Shoo-Fly Pie (Makes 2 Whole Pies)

Shoo-fly is a bit of an anomaly. A riddle wrapped in confusion, if we may. It’s well known in Pennsylvania, especially around the famous haven of the Old Order Amish, Lancaster. Here’s the oddness tho: Even tho most englishers recognise it as a perfectly Amish tradition, other Amish communities outside of PA don’t even know [...]