Simple Cream of Onion Soup

Nice buttery, smooth soup. Serve with croutons and chopped chives. Recipe serves 4, I usually double it.

Farmhouse Soup

This is a minstrone-style soup, great with big hunk of crusty bread on a cold winter day.

Shoo-Fly Pie

This is probably the most well known amish pie. When we were small children our Grandfather used to take great pleasure in telling us that shoo-fly…

Caramel Pudding

The Amish call it caramel pudding but most people call it butterscotch pudding.

Glorified Rice

This is an Amish dessert sometimes called Heavenly rice. It light and popular with all ages. Great potluck dessert.

Soft Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Milk Pie (Johnny Pie)

This an Amish dessert sometimes called Milk Pie, Johnny Pie or Sugar Pie.

Ham, Green Beans and Potatoes

Another simple and hearty Amish dish. My grandfather made this after we had a big ham dinner using the leftover ham, he called it "slop" but it was…

Amish Schnitz und Knepp

Schnitz und Knepp is an old rare Amish dish. My neighbor growing up was from Pa Dutch country, he grew up on a farm. His mother made very…

Lancaster County Lima Beans

The Amish serve many of their vegetables in cream and most of the are very good. Lima beans in cream are outstanding!