A big thanks to Helen Hevener for the recipe idea! This is from Georgia Varozza’s The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook.
Amish Friendship Bread
1 cup starter
2/3 cup oil
3 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 large package vanilla instant pudding mix
nuts, optional
raisins, optional
dates, optional
cinnamon sugar
In a large nonmetallic bowl, mix together the starter, oil, eggs, milk, and vanilla extract.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla instant pudding mix. Stir into the starter mixture and mix well. At this point, you can add nuts, raisins, or dates- use about 1 cup total.
Grease 2 loaf pans and sprinkle the bottoms liberally with a cinnamon and sugar mixture. Pour the batter into the loaf pans and sprinkle the top of bread also with cinnamon sugar.
Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in loaf pans for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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Hello, Amish Readers! Here is today’s selection from Georgia Varozza’s The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook.
Hot Chicken Salad
2 cups cooked chicken, diced
2 cups celery, chopped
2 T. onion, finely diced
1/2 cup almonds, slivered
1/2 cup mild Cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 cup mayonnaise (or 1/2 cup each mayonnaise and sour cream)
1/2 tsp. prepared mustard
1 cup potato chips, coarsely crushed
Combine the chicken, celery, onion, almonds, cheese, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together the lemon juice, mayonnaise, and mustard; pour over chicken mixture and toss gently. Put in a lightly buttered casserole dish, sprinkle with potato chips, and bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes.
Serve with French bread or crackers, or allow to cool slightly and spoon onto a bed of lettuce.
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Hello, Amish Readers! We will be having a reader fan highlight in the next Amish Reader newsletter. The feature will be a brief Q/A (what Amish books you like, what appeals to you, etc.) and a photo of yourself! Interested? Below, tell us why you think you should be chosen, and you just might be the winner! We are aiming to have the newsletter out next week, so don’t delay!
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Hello, Amish Readers! Here is today’s selection from Georgia Varozza’s The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook.
Easy Buttermilk Pancakes
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted
Thoroughly mix dry ingredients. Add remaining ingredients. Stir lightly to just moisten dry ingredients. Mixture will be thick and lumpy. Drop by tablespoons onto lightly greased griddle, spreading batter with spoon. Turn cakes as soon as browned on bottom. Cook until other side is browned.
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From The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook by Georgia Varozza.
Cabbage Casserole with Hamburger
2 heads cabbage, chopped
1 lb. hamburger
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 pint sour cream
1 large can tomato juice (about 1 quart)
1 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
Boil the cabbage and drain. Brown the hamburger and onion; drain.
In a large bowl, mix everything together, pour into a large baking dish, and bake at 400 for 45 minutes. (Check the casserole while baking and turn down the oven temperature if it looks as though your casserole is browning too quickly.)
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Week 2 of our book giveaway for The Amish Nanny by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould is underway! On the Amishreader.com Facebook page, click on book giveaway to the left of the screen under Info. 5 winners will be announced July 22nd. Good luck!
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Hello, Amish Readers! Here is today’s selection from Georgia Varozza’s The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook.
Zesty Oil and Vinegar Dressing
1/4 cup vinegar or lemon juice
3/4 cup oil
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. dry mustard
1 clove garlic, minced fine (optional)
Combine all ingredients and shake in a jar until well blended. Dressing will separate, but just shake it again when you use it.
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Meet new author Virginia Smith! She will be releasing her first book with Harvest House in early 2012. Here is a description of her book with Lori Copeland, The Heart’s Frontier.
An exciting new Amish-meets-Wild West adventure from bestselling authors Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith weaves an entertaining and romantic tale for devoted fans and new readers.
Kansas,1881—On a trip to visit relatives, Emma Switzer’s Amish family is robbed of all their possessions, leaving them destitute and stranded on the prairie. Walking into the nearest trading settlement, they pray to the Lord for someone to help. When a man lands in the dust at her feet, Emma looks down at him and thinks, The Lord might have cleaned him up first.
Curtis Carson, heading up his first cattle drive, is not planning on being the answer to anyone’s prayers, but it looks as though God has something else in mind for this kind and gentle man. Plain and rugged—do the two mix? And what happens when a dedicated Amish woman and a stubborn trail boss prove to be each other’s match?
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Meet new author Murray Pura! He will be releasing his first book with Harvest House in early 2012. Here is a description of his book, If I Take the Wings of Morning.
Lovers of Amish fiction will quickly sign on as fans of award-winning author Murray Pura as they keep turning the pages of this exciting new historical romance set in 1917 during America’s participation in World War I.
Jude Whetstone and Lyyndaya Kurtz, whose families are converts to the Amish faith, are slowly falling in love. Jude has also fallen in love with flying that new-fangled invention, the aeroplane.
The Amish communities have rejected the telephone and have forbidden motorcar ownership but not yet electricity or aeroplanes.
Though exempt from military service on religious grounds, Jude is manipulated by unscrupulous army officers into enlisting in order to protect several Amish men. No one in the community understands Jude’s sudden enlistment and so he is shunned. Lyyndaya’s despair deepens at the reports that Jude has been shot down in France. In her grief, she turns to nursing Spanish flu victims in Philadelphia. After many months of caring for stricken soldiers, Lyyndaya is stunned when an emaciated Jude turns up in her ward.
Lyyndaya’s joy at receiving Jude back from the dead is quickly diminished when the Amish leadership insist the shunning remain in force. How then can they marry without the blessing of their families? Will happiness elude them forever?
Welcome a powerful new voice to the world of Amish fiction!
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Meet new author Kelly Irvin! She will be releasing her first book with Harvest House in early 2012. Here is a description of her book, From This Day Forward.
In author Kelly Irvin’s first installment in the Bliss Creek Amish series, readers will find a charming, romantic story of how God works even in the darkest moments.
It’s been four years since Carl left. Four years since he left the safety of the small Amish community for the Englisch world. And in four years, Emma’s heart has only begun to heal.
Now, with the unexpected death of her parents, Emma is plunged back into a world of despair and confusion. It’s a confusion only compounded by Carl’s return. She’s supposed to be in love with him…so why can’t she keep her mind off Thomas, the strong, quiet widower who always seems to be underfoot? Could the man she only knew as a friend be the one to help her to heal?
In a world that seems to be changing no matter how tightly she clings to the past, this one woman must see beyond her pain and open her heart to trust once again.
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