Brunstetter's new cookbook has found space on my cookbook shelf with its satisfying and tempting recipes, combined with interesting facts about the Amish way of life. With the holidays coming, it would make a wonderful gift for your loved ones, yourself, or a friend who enjoys cooking.
Wanda E. Brunstetter, award-winning, bestselling author is best known for fiction stories about the Amish peoples and their way of life. But she also has a cookbook series where Amish cooks from across the nation share some of their most treasured recipes and sayings.
Amish Friends Cookbook, Volume 2, by Wanda E. Brunstetter, Barbour Publishing, 2009, 224 Pages, ISBN-13: 978-1602603455, $14.97
In Amish Friends Cookbook, Volume 2, full-color photographs with interesting facts about Amish society, separate 200 recipes Brunstetter divided into ten sections. Sections include Breads and Rolls, Desserts, Main Dishes, Salads and Side, Jams and Jellies, among several others. A bonus miscellaneous section offers old-fashioned home remedies for cough syrup, earache and chest congestion, as well as how to make laundry soap.
With great delight, I found a recipe for "Russian Tea," submitted by Mrs. David Graber, Bloomfield, Iowa. I used to make large batches of this tea, but had forgotten the exact ingredients and amounts.
Rebecca Troyer, from Berne, Indiana, presented a White Chocolate Candy recipe that didn't require cooking. White chocolate is my husband's favorite. To say he was delighted with the results would be an understatement.
Betty Yoder's recipe for Fresh Fruit dip, made from cream cheese and marshmallow crème, left my guests asking for more.
Darlene Stouffer's simple recipe for Chicken Patties makes an excellent choice for guests who want to cut back on red meat.
A sampling of Amish sayings include, "If you insist on perfection, make the demands on yourself." "Success is when you get what you want. Happiness is when you want what you get." And I particularly liked this one: "An unsatisfied life means an unsurrendered will."
Brunstetter's new cookbook has found space on my cookbook shelf with its satisfying and tempting recipes, combined with interesting facts about the Amish way of life. With the holidays coming, it would make a wonderful gift for your loved ones, yourself, or a friend who enjoys cooking.
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