Read Amish Circle Letters Online
Authors: Sarah Price
Indeed, together with Elias, she had been at the helm of their family for so long, now. A pillar of moral support. She had been a good wife to Elias and a good mother to their children. A matriarch of sorts. Yet, together with that mental fatigue came a peaceful sensation; a sensation of having rightly stood by her beliefs, of having done her very best to raise her children right gut, the way she herself had been raised and her parents before her, true to her faith in the Creator, true to her Amish heritage.
And, looking at all those letters with these very different yet so familiar handwritings, some of which that she had herself helped forge and strengthen throughout the years, Miriam Fisher came to realize that this circle that she had started just a few months ago, this
circle of letters
was, actually, her own
circle of life.
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Recipes
Amish Meadow Tea
Recipe from Miriam Fisher
HINT: Growing tea plants in your garden is a wonderful adventure but be careful. Tea can take over your garden. You also need to cut the stalks BEFORE they flower. If they get spindly looking, cut them down and they will grow back. Most tea gardens can get 2-3 batches each season.
Amish Corn Flake Sugar Cookies
Recipe from Rachel Fisher Zook
Ingredients
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1 cup shortening
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1 ¾ cups brown sugar
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2 eggs
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2 cups flour
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½ teaspoon salt
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3 teaspoons baking powder
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½ cup whole milk
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2 cups corn flakes
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1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Shoofly Pie
Recipe from Leah Fisher Miller
Ingredients
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2 cups molasses
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2 cups hot water
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3 cup light brown sugar
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1.5 teaspoon soda
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5 cups flour
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1 cup shortening
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.5 teaspoon cream of tartar
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3-4 unbaked pie shells
Directions
Apple Crunch
[5]
Recipe from Anna Fisher
Ingredients
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5 to 6 apples, pared and sliced
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1 cup flour
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1 1/2 cups sugar
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1 tsp baking powder
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3/4 tsp salt
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1 egg
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1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled
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1 tsp cinnamon
Directions
Cinnamon Minis
[6]
Recipe from Lizzie Fisher Stoltzfus
Ingredients
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2 cups flour
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2/3 cup & 2 tbsp. Crisco
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6 tbsp. water
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1 stick butter- softened
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1 cup sugar
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1-2 tbsp. cinnamon
Directions
Lima Bean and Corn Salad
Recipe from Sylvia Fisher Esh
Ingredients
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1 cup butter, divided
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2 cups fresh (or previously frozen) lima beans
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½ teaspoon salt
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¼ teaspoon pepper
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4 fresh tomatoes, peeled and chopped
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2 teaspoons white sugar
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2 cups fresh (or previously frozen) corn kernels, cut from the cob
Directions
Melt 1/2 cup butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in lima beans, salt, and pepper. Cook for approximately 20 minutes, testing the lima beans to make certain they are tender. In a separate saucepan, heat tomatoes, sugar and remaining 1/2 cup butter. Cook until tomatoes are tender (approximately 15-20 minutes). Combine the tomatoes into lima beans and add corn. Cook 10 minutes more. Serve hot or at room temperature.
Pennsylvania Dutch Potato Filling
[7]
Recipe from Lovina Fisher Weaver
Ingredients
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6-8 med. Potatoes
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1 med/large onion
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1 stick butter for sauté and 1/2 stick for pats on top before putting in oven
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1 c. milk
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2 slices white bread, torn in sm. pieces and soak in 2/3 cup milk
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1 lg. egg
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1 bunch curly parsley
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Salt & pepper
Directions
Amish Chow-Chow
Recipe from Ella Riehl
Ingredients
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1 cup of the following: lima beans, cauliflower, onions cucumber, green beans, yellow beans, and carrots
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1/4 c. salt
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2 tsp. mustard seed
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2 tsp. celery seed
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2 c. vinegar
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2 c. sugar
Directions
1.
Cook all of the vegetable ingredients until tender.
2.
Drain and let cool.
3.
Chop them until they are same size.
4.
Mix all ingredients.
5.
Heat to a boil.
6.
Best served cold.
7.
To store, pack in jars and seal by boiling jars in water for at least ten minutes.
Amish Apple Crisp
Recipe from Mimi Hostetler
Ingredients
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6 large apples
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¾ cup sugar
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¾ tsp. salt
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1 tsp. baking powder
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1 large egg
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1/3 cup cream
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Dash of cinnamon
Directions
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2.
Peel, core, and slice the apples.
3.
Arrange in a 9x13-baking pan.
4.
Mix together the sugar, salt, baking powder and egg. Combine with the apples.
5.
Pour the cream on top and sprinkle with cinnamon.
6.
Bake for 30 minutes or until apples are done.
Amish Wedding Cake
Ingredients
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1 cup sugar
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1 1/2 cups flour
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1/2 cup milk
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 cup dates (pitted)
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1/2 cup chopped walnuts
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder