This is an authentic and popular Amish recipe for onion patties. Tasting a bit like onion rings, these treats are easy and quick to cook up. Perfect for parties and serving to company when you are not preparing a full meal. Dip them in ranch dressing or catsup for a delicious snack.

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons white granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons cornmeal self-rising or regular
• 2 1/2 cups chopped onions 
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup cooking oil I used Canola

Instructions

• Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, black pepper, and cornmeal in a large bowl. Mix in chopped onions. Pour in milk and mix well with a spoon.
• Heat oil in a skillet on top of the stove. Drop by spoonfuls into the hot oil. Cook on one side until brown and flip to cook on the other side. I use a 1/4 cup measuring cup full of batter for each pattie. You can add more oil to the skillet if you need to do so while frying. Makes 10 to 12 onion patties.

Amish Friendship Bread is a coffee-cake type bread. Full of cinnamon and sweetness, just like a good friendship.

With only a few ingredients, this bread is made quickly and always turns out perfect.

Ingredients

Bread

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter softened
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda

Cinnamon Sugar Mixture

• 2/3 cups brown sugar (white granulated sugar can be used)
• 3 tsp cinnamon (I always add more cinnamon)

Instructions 

• In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon. Set aside
• Cream together butter, sugar, and eggs. Add buttermilk, flour, and baking soda. Divide ½ of the batter into two greased loaf pans (¼ in each pan).
• Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture on top of the batter in each pan, reserving about ¼ to sprinkle on the top.
• Evenly add the remaining batter to your two pans; sprinkle the rest of your cinnamon topping.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until baked through.
• Cool for 20 minutes before removing it from the pan

This delicious pie actually tastes like pecan pie. The brown sugar gives it a delicious and distinct flavor you will love. Apparently, it first came into vogue during the War of Northern Aggression when pecans were in short supply.

Ingredients 

• 3 large eggs at room temperature
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar packed
• 2 tablespoons salted butter softened
• 2/3 cup old fashioned rolled oats
• 2/3 cup half and half (or whole milk)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 9″ unbaked pie shell
• Ice cream optional

Instructions 

• Preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit.
• In a medium bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients and mix well.
• Pour into an unbaked pie shell.
• Bake for 45-55 minutes or until the pie is cooked through. The center should look set.
• Serve warm with ice cream.

I love egg salad. It’s simple, plain, yet filling. Its creaminess served on crisp toast is a texture fiesta in my mouth. This recipe is simple and delicious.

Ingredients

• 6 hard-boiled eggs
• ⅓ cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• ½ teaspoon salt, more to taste
• ¼ teaspoon pepper, more to taste
• ¼ teaspoon paprika

Directions

• Peel the hard-boiled eggs and put them in a bowl.
• Mash with a fork.
• Add the mayonnaise, mustard, salt, and pepper to the eggs.
• Stir to combine.
• Taste and add more salt or pepper as desired.

I like to let mine chill in the refrigerator and then serve on hot toast. You may also serve on untoasted wheat or white bread, on crackers, or use as a dip.

You may also add bacon bits, (real bacon chopped up, not store-bought bits), and cheese to your egg salad. I like to add chopped celery to add a little crunch.

Eggsalad can also be used in a breakfast burrito. Roll some hot egg salad along with American cheese and fresh-cooked sausage in a tortilla for a breakfast treat.

When visiting Amish Country, if you are smart, you will buy some Amish butter. Amish butter is creamier and smoother than standard American and European butters.

What Makes Amish Butter Unique? Amish butter includes 84% butterfat. American butter normally has only about 80% butterfat. This slightly higher percentage gives Amish butter an ultra-creamy, rich texture.

Read More: Secrets To Amish Butter

Amish butter usually comes in a roll as opposed to the sticks we are used to buying at the supermarket. Amish butter typically comes in one or two-pound logs wrapped in parchment paper.

Real Simple makes even further distinctions based on taste. They found the flavor of Amish butter to have a distinct touch of tanginess, as well as a milky quality that makes it stand out from other butter types.

Interested in Amish Butter? You can order some authentic Amish butter made by the Minerva Dairy in Ohio’s Amish Country HERE.