Recipes

Cheese Muffins

Cheese Muffins

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 425°.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  • Add the cheese and stir to mix.
  • In a medium bowl, mix together the milk, egg, and melted butter.
  • Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour the liquid mixture all at once into the well.
  • Stir just until moistened.
  • Do not overmix.
  • Fill greased muffin cups ⅔ full and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until done.
  • Remove the muffins from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
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Course; Cupcakes-Brownies
Cuisine; Amish

Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins

Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°.
  • Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
  • Add the brown sugar and rolled oats and mix well.
  • In a large bowl, beat together the egg, milk, and melted butter.
  • Add the dry ingredients and stir just until blended.
  • Do not overmix.
  • Fold in the blueberries.
  • Fill greased muffin cups ⅔ full and sprinkle some sugar (or cinnamon sugar) on top of each muffin.
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until done.
  • Remove the muffins from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
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Course; Cupcakes-Brownies / Fruit
Cuisine; Amish

Berry Muffins

Berry Muffins

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, 1 cup of the sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
  • In another bowl, stir together the milk, butter, egg, and vanilla.
  • Add to the dry ingredients and stir just until blended.
  • Do not overmix.
  • Fold in the berries.
  • Fill greased muffin cups ¾ full.
  • Sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until done.
  • Remove the muffins from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
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Course; Cupcakes-Brownies / Fruit
Cuisine; Amish

Bacon and Cheddar Cheese Muffins

Bacon and Cheddar Cheese Muffins

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 425°.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  • Add the bacon, cheese, and onions (if using) and mix again.
  • Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.
  • In a small bowl, mix together the milk, egg, and melted butter.
  • Pour this mixture all at once into the well and stir just until moistened.
  • Do not overmix.
  • Fill greased muffin cups ⅔ full and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until done.
  • Immediately remove the muffins from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool.
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Course; Cheese / Cupcakes-Brownies / Pork
Cuisine; Amish

Apple Pumpkin Muffins with Streusel Topping

Apple Pumpkin Muffins with Streusel Topping

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Ingredients

Muffins

Streusel Topping

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt.
  • In another bowl, beat together the eggs, pumpkin, and cooking oil.
  • Add to the dry ingredients and stir until just blended.
  • Don’t overmix.
  • Stir in the apples.
  • Fill greased muffin cups about ¾ full.
  • For topping: Mix together the flour, sugar, and cinnamon; add the butter and mix until combined.
  • Sprinkle on top of the muffins.
  • Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until done.
  • Remove the muffins from the pan and cool on a wire rack.

Notes & Wine Advice

This makes quite a large batch, so you may have to bake in shifts.
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Course; Cupcakes-Brownies
Cuisine; Amish

Egg Bread

Egg Bread

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Ingredients

  • 1½ cups milk scalded
  • ½ cup 1 stick butter
  • ½ cup sugar plus ½ tsp. sugar divided
  • ½ cup warm water 110°
  • 4½ tsp. 2 packages active dry yeast
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 9 cups all-purpose flour more or less
  • 2 tsp. salt

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, pour the scalded milk over the butter and ½ cup sugar; cool.
  • In a small bowl, stir the ½ tsp.
  • sugar into the warm water and then stir in the yeast.
  • Let it stand for 5 minutes.
  • Add the yeast mixture to the milk mixture and stir.
  • Alternately add the eggs and 3 cups of the flour; then add the salt and beat for 3 minutes.
  • By hand, continue adding the rest of the flour, and knead the dough for 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Place the dough in a greased bowl, turning the dough so the entire surface is greased.
  • Cover and let rise until double, about 1 to 1 ½ hours.
  • Shape the dough into 3 loaves and place it in greased loaf pans.
  • Let it rise again until the dough is about one inch above the top of the loaf pans.
  • Bake at 425° for 10 minutes; then reduce the temperature to 350° and bake an additional 30 to 40 minutes.
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Course; Bread / Eggs
Cuisine; Amish

Corn Bread with Cheese and Bacon

Corn Bread with Cheese and Bacon

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 425°.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, instant milk, sugar, baking powder, and salt and stir to mix well.
  • Add the cheese and bacon and stir well again.
  • In a medium bowl, beat the egg and then add the water and cooking oil, mixing until well blended.
  • Stir into the cornmeal mixture.
  • Beat by hand using a large wooden spoon just until well blended and smooth.
  • Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until done and a light golden color.
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Course; Bread / Cheese / Pork
Cuisine; Amish

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, oil, sugar, and vanilla.
  • Add the zucchini and stir.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cocoa.
  • Add the flour mixture to the zucchini mixture and blend well.
  • Add the nuts, if using, and stir again.
  • Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
  • Pour in the batter.
  • Bake for 45 minutes.
  • Cool the bread in the pans for 10 to 15 minutes.
  • Remove the loaves to a wire rack to finish cooling.
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Course; Bread / Chocolate
Cuisine; Amish

Banana Nut Bread

Banana Nut Bread

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Equipment

  • electric mixer

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • Mix together the sugar, shortening, and eggs. (An electric mixer works best. )
  • (An electric mixer works best. )
  • Stir in the sour milk and mashed bananas.
  • In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and blend into the banana mixture.
  • Add the walnuts and stir to blend.
  • Pour the batter into a well-greased loaf pan.
  • Let stand for 20 minutes; then bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
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Course; Bread / Fruit / Nuts
Cuisine; Amish

Applesauce Nut Bread

Applesauce Nut Bread

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
  • Stir in the rolled oats, walnuts, and raisins.
  • In another bowl, cream together the shortening and brown sugar.
  • Add the eggs and beat until light and fluffy.
  • Blend in the applesauce and milk.
  • Add the creamed mixture to the dry ingredients and beat for 30 seconds.
  • Although the batter will be lumpy, don’t overbeat it.
  • Pour the batter into a large, greased loaf pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
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Course; Bread / Fruit / Nuts
Cuisine; Amish