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Amish Pickled Beets

Serves: 6
Chillin' Time: 8 hr
Cookin Time: 1 hr 10 min

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Notes: Leevin part uf t' stems on helps t'beets keep thar nice rich coler. And becawz that coler a'ken stane yer hands, y'all may want t'wear kitchin gloves wen handlin' t'beets.

Greek Mater and Feta Dip

• 1/4 cup olif' earl
• 3-4 small maters, chopped (Roma er uther firm maters)
• 4 gree onyuns, sliced
• 8 oz. crumbled Feta cheez
• 2 teespoons Greek seesonin', t' taste*
• 1 baguette, sliced n' servin size pieces

1. Drizzle olif' earl on a large plattr.
2. Scattr t'chopped maters ovr t'olif' earl.
3. Sprinkle on t'sliced gree onyuns.
4. Top with crumbled Feta cheez.
5. Sprinkle t'Greek seesonin' on top.
6. With a spoon, carefullee combine ingredients.
7. Serve with sliced baguette.

*It’s t'Greek seesonin' that makes t'dish.  It a'ken be foun n' t'spice aisle uf inny grossry stere undr a varietee uf brand names.

Try it.  Y'all’ll like it…and so will thay!

Peenut Cookies Glute A'loose

I luv peenuts !!
Yeers and yeers ago … almos ‘oncet upon a time’ ..  I bouite packaged peenut cookies that were mah absolute favert !   I bouite 'um fer sevrul yeers , the , suddenlee thay were gone, nevr t'be see on grossry stere shelves agin!
I tride ovr t'yeers t'copycat 'um n' mah kitchin but could nevr quite capture t'flavour that wuz locked into mah memry.
Recentlee, I bouite sum peenuts and I thunk about these cookies agin and wisht I could have one !   I deecided I had nuthin t'lose n' a'trine t'come up with a cookie  recipe that would at leest attempt t'satisfy mah taste longin'.
And t'mah greet sprize t'resultin' cookies taste Perzackly like t'ones I used t'luv , and thay air glute a'loose !

So here is t'recipe — hope y'all enjoy 'um as much as I do !  I won’t be makin these too ofte, becawz I definitly a'ken’t ett jes one !

• 1/2 cup buttr 
• 1/2 cup white sugar 
• 1/2 cup organic cokunut sugar (er brown sugar – see note on bott'm) 
• 1 large egg 
• 2 teespoons vanilla 
• 1/2 cup millet flour 
• 1/2 cup brown rice flour 
• 1/3 cup white beun flour (er chick pea flour) 
• 1/4 tater starch 
• 1/2 tsp xunthun gum 
• 1/2 teespoon bakin' sody 
• 1/4 teespoon creem uf tartar 
• 1 cup uf blanched salted peenuts 

Apple/Cranberry Crisp on t'Barbecue

Thishere is a greet deessert to prepare on t'barbecue. T' wunderful aroma waftyun' frum t'barbecue will make y'all hurry wit t'mane corse jes so y'all a'ken have deessert. It’s a purrfeck deessert to take along campyun'. T' dry ingredyints fer t'oppyun' a'ken be mixet at trayler an' put n' a zippet plastick poke. And t'res a'ken easilee be preparet at t'campsite.

Fillin:

• 5 medium sizet apples, peelet, ceret an' slicet
• 1/2 cup cranberries
• Juice o'half a lemon
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon butt'r, meltid

Kale Pesto

• 1 good han'ful o'fresh kale (I cut about 8 large leeves) roughlee choppet
• 2 cloves fresh garlic (crushet)
• 3/4 cup toastid warnit halves
• juice o'1 fresh lemon
• 1/2 cup parmesun
• olif' earl (about 1/4 cup)
• salt an' pepp'r to taste

Watarmelon Cake

Since summ'r is  watarmelon seesen, I wantid to share thishere watarmelon cake at my sist'r, Grace, made fer air Dad’s 90th birthdee!
Nairy onlee duz it look stunnyun' but it is a lite, heelthy alternatif'  deessert fer a summ'r bbq er celebrashun.

Accerdyun' to my sist'r here air t'simple instructyuns.

1. Cut a watarmelon n' half, the cut each half into servin sizet slices. Cut away t'rind.
2. Usin one half o't' watarmelon fer each ‘cake’, set t'slices back up togeth'r on a servin plate.
3. Whip t'‘creem’ o'cokunut milk until stiff, sweete wit honey.  (y'all could also use whupd creem wit stabiliz'r er a tsp o'instunt vanilla puddyun' – sweetenet as desiret.)
4. Decerate wit toastid almonds, er toastid cokunut an' fresh fruit, as shown.
5. Refrigerate until servin !

Beef an' Noodles

Yesterdee I wantid to serve sumthin at I knew my fussy eat'r daught'r would like. So, I deecided to go fer at old favert, beef an' noodles. It is a sup'r easy recipe, but duz take a long an' loe cook time.

BEEF AND NOODLES

beef stew meat
1 a'ken beef consomme
1 a'ken beef an' onion soup
pepp'r to taste
1 pkg. wide egg noodles
flour
wat'r
olif' earl

Heat a cuple o'tablespoons o'olif' earl n' a heevy pot. Add yer beef (cut into one inch chunks) an' one tablespoon o'flour. Brown well, the add t'consomme an' soup. Brang to a bawl, the down to a simm'r an' cov'r. Simm'r fer acoupla hours addyun' pepp'r midway through cookin. Mix three tablespoons flour wit wat'r to make a slurry. Add slurry to pun, stirryun' well, the cov'r wile y'all air cookin yer noodles. Taste t'beef an' add salt if'n neetet. Serve ov'r noodles. Sprinkle wit t'herb o'yer choice.

Thishere recipe a'ken be made n' a crock pot. Aft'r brangin to a bawl, add to crock pot an' cook on sloe fer t'day. Enjoy!

Turnips 2 Tangerines: Amish Onion Cake

3 to 4 medium onyuns, choppet. I uset 
2 cups cold butt'r, dividet
1 T poppy seeds
1 1/2 t salt
1 1/2 t paprika
1 t coarselee groun pepp'r
4 cups all-purrpus flour
1/2 cup cernstarch
1 T bakyun' powd'r
1 T sugar
1 T brown sugar
5 aigs
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup sour creem

N' a large skillet, cook onyuns n' 1/2 cup butt'r ov'r loe heat fer 10 minnuts. Stir n' t'poppy seeds, salt, paprika an' pepp'r; cook until golte brown, stirryun' occasyunallee. Remoov frum t'heat; set aside.
N' a bowl, combine t'flour, cernstarch, bakyun' powd'r an' sugars. Cut n' 1-1/4 cups butt'r until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Melt t'remunyun' butt'r. N' a bowl, whisk t'aigs, milk, sour creem an' meltid butt'r. Make a well n' t'dry ingredyints; stir n' egg mixture jes until moistenet. Spred into a greeset 10 inch springferm pun. Spoon onion mixture ov'r t'dough. Place pun on bakyun' sheet. Bake at 350º fer 35-45 minnuts er until toothpick insertid near t'cant'r kums out cleen. Serve warm. Yield: 10-12 servings.

Amish Peenut Butt'r Spred

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup wat'r
• 2 Tablespoons lite corn syrup (Karo)
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups creemy peenut butt'r
• 7 oz jar marshmalloe creme

N' a small saucepun combine t'furst 3 ingredyints. Brang to a bawl. Remoov frum heat an' cool plum.

N' t'bowl o'a stan' mix'r, combine peenut butt'r, marshmalloe creme an' vanilla extract.  Beat on loe jes until combinet. Slowlee add n' t'brown sugar mixture. Beat on medium speet until fluffy, about 2 minnuts. Stere n' frigidairy up to 3 munths.

Amish Sausage Balls

Yielts: 26
Cookin Time: 30 min

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