By Kevin Williams I have to admit I had never heard of "mashed potato candy" until I encountered it an Amish b

    Okay, day one of my Maryland journey.  Stayed in a total dump last night, but it was better tha

By Kevin  Williams I'm always looking for an easy, quick dessert to make.  Aster enjoys watching baking and

  By Kevin Williams I was looking for an easy, quick Amish dessert recipe to share with all of you on thi

This is a recipe from an Amish cook in Highland County, Ohio.  Holy cow, this recipe has 10 teaspoons of baki

By Kevin Williams Homemade doughnuts are common in Amish kitchens, an easy,sweet staple to start the day or to

By Kevin Williams Amish Vegetable Potluck  Pizza Deluxe: Vegetable pizzas are a "go to" recipe for Amish cook

By Kevin Williams Macaroni salad recipes are a dime a dozen, but most make a mushy, watery, bland salad.   So

This is a sweet, sticky pull-apart bread that also goes by the name "monkey bread."  It is a favorite among A

By Kevin Williams You wouldn't think chicken and pork would go together well, kind of like wearing striped pan

By Kevin Williams Strawberries are a classic Amish spring staple and what better way than to merge them with a

By Kevin Williams Strawberry season is in full swing and that means shortcakes, jams, ice cream and even straw

Amish cooks are like any other group, you have some "lazy" (don't mean that in a bad way) cooks who just buy a

By Kevin Williams Well, if you are on my email list (and if you aren't, why aren't you???!:), you know why thi

By Kevin Williams I have been discussing my visit to Acadia this week in far northern Maine and comparing and

By Kevin Williams I have so many recipes from so many different Amish cooks stored in my office that I could p

THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER Last week we as a church joined together in preparing an Amish meal that was to

By Rosanna Bauman Spring is in full swing and that means at least one thing here at the Baumans: rhubarb cream

  By Kevin Williams SIX FAMOUS AMISH DESSERTS: Desserts are changing among Amish cooks and not always for

Easiest Chocolate Caramel Cake Ever! This cake goes by various names, but I think it should just be called "ea

By Kevin Williams I actually posted a recipe for a peanut butter banana cake a few weeks ago and it was...fair

There are many variations on the traditional peanut butter cookie recipe floating around Amish kitchens, but t

An Amish homemaker typically has a pretty ready supply of meats on hand and they know how to stretch it’s us

AMISH BUTTERMILK PIE By Kevin Williams I'd venture to say most Amish families have at least one milk cow.  Ce

This is a recipe for a delicious soup given to me by a German Baptist cook .  For newbies here, the German B

Easy Cake Cookies are just like they sound: easy to make and tastes like cake!:) Mmmmmm, these cookies tasted

BEST-EVER BROWN SUGAR ICING By Kevin Williams A quick, easy and delicious frosting bursting with brown sugar f

By Kevin Williams Ah, autumn. That's when we typically think of fresh cider, crisp apples, frosty mornings and

THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER Greetings from Illinois.... "Love is not just looking at each other, it's looki

By Kevin Williams Baseball is still the pastime of most Amish.  Football is popular among some, but not nearl

By Kevin Williams We've seen hints of southern influence on Amish cooking lately with Gloria's Frogmore Stew r

By Kevin Williams I made a dessert this week and the first thing my wife said was "those look a lot like what

PEANUTTY SQUARES: Homemade snack squares- like these peanutty squares -  are common and fun treats in Amish h

By Kevin Williams This is a curious recipe.  Don't get me wrong, it's delicious. Too delicious.  I have a wh

THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER Dear Friends both far and wide, I was impressed with a quote by motivational wr

This is an easy dessert that showed up at a New Year's party I went to.  This dessert has caught on on Pinte