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Wanda E. Brunstetter's Amish Friends Cookbook Volume 2

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A true sense of Amish pride radiates from the pages of Wanda E. Brunstetter's Amish Friends Cookbook Volume 2. In this one book you can almost feel the love transmit from the author to the reader as she reveals the simplistic beauty that captures the purity of the land and way of life through the many pictures included with each recipe.

Wanda E. Brunstetter's Amish Friends Cookbook Volume 2 consists of two hundred Amish County recipes. Each one is a tantalizing tribute to the Amish community. Some of my favorite recipes included:

Iced Cinnamon Biscuits
Maple Twist Rolls
Beef Volcanoes
Million Dollar Fudge

In addition Ms. Brunstetter includes information about the Amish communities that are in the United States. I was amazed to learn that the Amish community has grown to a population of over two hundred nationwide. Some of the places in which the Amish reside include Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County, Tennessee, and Christian County, Kentucky.

As an added bonus to the many recipes this book contains there is a unique section that offers home product recipes that include: earache remedy, cough syrup, and air freshener. This section was a welcome addition since it shows how to make useful products with natural ingredients.

Wanda E. Brunstetter's Amish Friends Cookbook Volume 2 is an outstanding collection of the best recipes you will ever experience. You will find that this book becomes a permanent fixture in your recipe collection. It will be one book that you will proudly pass on to future generations.

The thing I love most about this cookbook is that Wanda spends a lot of time with the Amish folks herself, so you can be certain that these recipes are time tested and authentic. If you are curious about the foods that the Amish eat, then this is the book for you because the recipes are easy. There are no "hard to find" spices or ingredients and the food is delicious!! I absolutely love the introductions before the recipes. I actually sat down and "read" this cookbook which is something you don't typically do with a cookbook. This alone makes it a great gift for any occasion, as to me, it is not just another cookbook!

This was a gift. Daughter loved it. It has pictures and information/stories about the Amish in between sections. Its a beautiful gift-type book, but personally, I was a bit disappointed there weren't more recipes.

Many good recipes to try. I,m sure it will be handy.
Going to buy # 2 cookbook.

I love the selection of recipes in Wanda's cookbook~! The lemon bars from Holmes County Ohio are wonderful! I have been to Holmes County and it is so great to see it in her book~ Also I used to live in Florida, so the Sarasota area is also wonderful to see in her book, and of course ALL of the receipes! Wanda gives such great insight into the Amish with this book, even though a cookbook! Any cook would love this one! I really recommend it to anyone interested in the Amish and their world. They are wonderful cooks and bakers! Hands off to Wanda for this one!

Wanda Brunstetter has a great many friends in various Amish settlements throughout the United States. Her first compilation of Amish recipes (Amish Friends Cookbook) from Barbour Publishing was so successful and appreciated that she has now published a second collection of Amish recipes further showcasing their culinary legacy adapted for modern American kitchens. Along with the recipes themselves, "Wanda E. Brunstetter's Amish Friends Cookbook: Volume 2" is enhanced with the addition of interesting facts from Amish country providing a chapter by chapter introduction to those memorable and mouth-watering recipes. With a spiral binding allowing it to be laid flat upon a kitchen counter or table, "Wanda E. Brunstetter's Amish Friends Cookbook: Volume 2" even includes a special chapter on snacks. With some 200 wide-ranging recipes from Apple Pancakes; Old-Fashioned Ginger Cookies; Streusel-Top Fruit Pie; and Strawberry Pizza; to Poor Man's Steak; Savory Meat Loaf; Wiener Stew; and Cauliflower Salad, "Wanda E. Brunstetter's Amish Friends Cookbook: Volume 2" will prove to be a popular addition to personal, family, and community library collections.

Once again Wanda Brunstetter has blessed us with a great cookbook. I have all of her books as well as her cookbooks and they are such a treasure to read and enjoy. The recipes are awesome with such yummy food. I would highly recommend that you get all the cookbooks as well as her series books and you will be thoroughly hooked on them! Can't say enough good things about this author. Thank you for all the wonderful stories about the Amish. Love that she shares all her trips to Amish country with us as well as their home cooked recipes! Great job again! Thanks and God bless! Libby R

I bought both one and two of Wanda Brunstetter's Amish Friends Cookbooks. They are both wonderful. I love all the recipes...they sound delicious and are clear and easy to use. I especially love the stories she writes at the beginning of each chapter about the different sects of the Amish. They are facinating and welcome to help understand the groups a little better.

I would recommend either book.

Ms. Brunstetter has done it again! She has given us another cookbook and look into the lives of Amish people! This is truely good food! I highly recommend this cookbook and her first cookbook as well! The food is absolutely amazing!!! Thank you, Ms. Brunstetter!

If you didn't get the Amish Friends Cookbook 1, be sure to pick up a copy of the follow up Amish Friends Cookbook 2. There are beautiful pictures and tidbits included that will keep you browsing through the book for hours.
It is packed with delicious recipes made with common ingredients you most likely have on hand and these are good home cooking recipes. These are time tested delights sure to please you and your family. Chickenetti was a favorite with my family. It's a good quick to make casserole. Cheese Potato Breakfast Casserole was another good one. There are too many to mention.
Do yourself a favor and get the book or pick up one for a lovely gift. You won't be sorry.