by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 23, 2020 | Cooking
This is one of my absolute favorite cakes! It takes a little work but isn’t hard. The cake is so moist, and if you like pineapple and coconut, you are going to adore this cake! The original recipe is a Utah State Fair winner, and you can find the original recipe...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 24, 2020 | Amish, Author's Corner, Cooking, Family, Farming&Gardening
A message from Anna Helmuth, Amish fraa, mater, and mammi and irrepressible matchmaker in The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill books. Vie gehts, everybody? As a mater of 13 children, I’ve learned a lot about cooking and cleaning over the years. Here are some tips I’ve...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 17, 2020 | Amish, Cooking
One of my mom’s best side dishes is her au gratin potatoes. Some people call them funeral potatoes because they are a good dish to serve at a funeral. In Home on Huckleberry Hill, I had these potatoes on the menu when Mary Anne makes Jethro a special anniversary...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Nov 18, 2019 | Cooking
You might know that I LOVE pie. Here is another great pie for your Thanksgiving dinner! My daughter made this for us as a pre-Thanksgiving treat. Easy and delicious. She used a store-bought crust, and we both decided we like homemade better!
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Nov 4, 2019 | Cooking
After all your Halloween festivities, you need some comfort food. This is a wonderful recipe from The Honeybee Sisters Cookbook that is sure to be a crowd pleaser. After you marinate the salmon, you can grill, bake, or fry it. ...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Aug 5, 2019 | Cooking
I hope you are having a wonderful summer. I am! With family and friend get-togethers, it seems I’m always trying to think of something delicious to fix. I’ve shared a similar recipe before, but this one is super, super easy and delicious. The perfect...
