The Amish Family Cookbook by Jerry & Tina Eicher
Copyright 2012
Harvest House
271 pp.
I requested The Amish Family Cookbook for tour because I have heard Amish cooking is good. Not having ever been to Amish country, I've never actually eaten any but was expecting a pretty basic cookbook including a variety of simple foods with plenty of flavor.
We cooked two recipes from the cookbook. The first recipe we cooked, Apple Streusel Muffins, didn't turn out right because we didn't have the right kind of flour, so I can't blame the recipe. Muffins made with bread flour truly suck, I'll tell you that much. The other recipe was Caramel Sweet Potatoes. I was craving comfort food and it seemed like a good bet. It was quite good but very sweet. However, one could always leave out the brown sugar that lends this recipe its extra sweetness. Marshmallows are more than enough for me, when it comes to the sugary aspect.
Husband and I have done quite a bit of flipping through The Amish Family Cookbook and I know we'll be trying a lot more of the recipes, even though we messed up one and thought the other was a touch too sweet. The wonderful thing about The Amish Family Cookbook is that it is, indeed, a book with simple foods, simple recipes. Some are a little different, as the Caramel Sweet Potatoes proved but all of the recipes have minimal ingredients, quick and easy instructions, and none of the ingredients appear to be so unusual that we could not possibly locate them in our area (less a problem than it used to be, but still troublesome enough that we've got to carefully flip through most cookbooks before purchase).
If you're looking for simple recipes that are easy to follow and haven't got too many ingredients, The Amish Family Cookbook is definitely worth looking into. If you're interested, you can peek inside The Amish Family Cookbook by clicking on the link here, to my free chapter blog. The images appear pretty tiny but you can click on them to enlarge.
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I love it when cookbooks have a simple ingredient list, and the recipes can be modified easily, so I am eager to try out this book when I can. Thanks for your honest reaction to the recipes. That always helps me when I am making the decision to buy a cookbook or not!
ReplyDeleteHeather, there's one thing I should add that didn't occur to me. Holly of 2 Kids and Tired Books noted that serving sizes are not included. I didn't even notice, but we do tend to always have leftovers and there are seldom more than 5 people in our house at one time, so that's really no big deal for us.
DeleteLove the idea of this cookbook. There was an Amish community where I lived in North Carolina and I enjoyed their cooking immensely!
ReplyDeleteOh, how fun, Andiloo! You have good reason to be interested, then!
DeleteI liked this one, for the most part. Normal, every day recipes where I don't have to go out and find ingredients are always good.
ReplyDeleteAnd I always notice serving sizes... :) It's one of those things that can make or break a cookbook for me.
2 Kids and Tired Books
That's what I love about it, Holly. It's always good to have access to recipes that you know will work with what's available.
DeleteYep, totally overlooked the lack of serving sizes but it really is no big deal to us because we so seldom have guests to serve and once we've cooked something we often alter it to suit our needs.