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Wanda’s Apple Crisp Recipe

June 15, 2016 by jdschrock

Amish Country Apple Crisp Recipe
Amish Country Apple Crisp Recipe

Hi everyone!
Our whole family just loves this apple crisp recipe! It’s a sweet, yummy, scrumptious dessert. I actually love sharing, and receiving, recipes. This is the apple crisp recipe that we used in my home growing up. It definitely is a very sweet dessert, so if you don’t like yours as sweet, you can adjust the amount of sugar. Normally I tend to like a tarter apple, like a McIntosh or Jonathon, but this time I used Gala apples.

I also use this same recipe with fresh peaches for peach crisp. It’s delicious too.

Moms Apple Crisp

Filling:
1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons corn starch
1 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla

Crust:
1 cup flour
¾ cup quick oatmeal
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup butter, softened
1 tsp. cinnamon

4 1/2 to 5 cups apples, peeled and diced
Apple-Crisp-Recipe
In a small saucepan whisk sugar and cornstarch until combined; add water and vanilla. Cook over medium heat until filling thickens and becomes slightly clear. Set aside.
Combine crust ingredients in medium mixing bowl, mix until crumbly. Sprinkle half of crumbs in 9×9 inch baking pan. Press lightly. Cover crumbs with diced apples and pour cooked filling over apples. Top with remaining crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Let cool. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

Enjoy,
Wanda Schrock

Here’s a quickie video of part of Wanda’s apple crisp baking class.

Filed Under: Amish Country Recipes

True Greatness

May 29, 2016 by jdschrock

true greatnessToday I watched this elderly couple slowly making their way into the supermarket, hand in hand. On the way in, she stopped by the flowers to have a closer look, he waited by her side patiently, still holding her hand. Once inside, I continued to watch them. He walked slowly, with a perpetual stoop, and pushed the shopping cart for her. She would put things in the cart and he would also gather items and place them in the cart. They talked with each other as they went throughout the store. Near the checkout, I walked over and started talking with them. They were very kind and friendly. Both of them are on their second marriage, but not in the same way that most people are in their second marriage. Each of them had a spouse who passed away a little over 16 years ago. He’d been married for 54 years, and she, for close to 50 years. They found each other and have been married for 14 years now and there’s no doubt that they care for one another. As I watched this couple, I thought about how much value American society places on “success”. Our success is mostly measured in how great we can be, how big our bank accounts are, our education, our athletic prowess, our looks, or a myriad other things that are of NO value in eternity. This election year there’s a focus on making “America Great Again”. Apparently, greatness has been lost.

True greatness has never been lost. Maybe it is in decline, but it’s always to be found. Perhaps we can’t see greatness because greatness is not what we think it is. Perhaps true greatness is measured in kindness, loyalty, faithfulness, caring, fidelity, love, affection, and humility.

Filed Under: Amish Values

Will an Amish Super PAC convince the Amish to Vote?

May 27, 2016 by jdschrock

Amish Super PAC - Plain Voters Project
Amish Super PAC – Plain Voters Project
Political activists are taking aim at getting a very counter-cultural group of people to the polls this November, the Amish community. $41,000 plus dollars is being bet on convincing the Amish, and others in the “plain communities”, to head to the polls to vote for the “conservative” presidential candidate.

A group of three conservative political operatives are driving the campaign, known as The Amish PAC – Plain Voters Project, in hopes of getting the Amish, who traditionally do not vote for political candidates, to do just that. Among the operatives of the PAC, is one former Amish man, Ben King, of Lancaster County, PA, who helped raise funds for Dr. Ben Carson’s campaign.

The campaign will target the key swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Since the Amish are generally averse to technology, the funds will not be used to buy space on digital media, but two more traditional mediums: newspapers and billboards. The campaign will target the two largest Amish settlements in the world, Lancaster County, PA and Holmes County, Ohio, each with populations between 60 to 70,000 Amish.

Just how important is the Amish vote?

According to the group’s website:

  • The pivotal swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania will decide who becomes the next President of the United States.
  • When Amish vote, they vote for individual rights, personal responsibility, less government, lower taxes, and to protect their right to bear arms.
  • The objective of Amish PAC’s Plain Voter Project is to drive up Amish voter registration and turnout.
  • Increasing Amish turnout by even 5% in 2016 could be the difference between a Republican president and Hillary Clinton.

Why the Amish don’t vote

The Amish generally don’t vote nor hold political office for a number of reasons. Amish believe in the separation of church and state and are non-resistant. They are hesitant to cast a vote for politicians who, as agents of the state, may use force and violence and go to war. Many affiliations of Amish do not prohibit voting, but also don’t encourage it. It is left up to the individual to decide if and when he or she will vote. Generally speaking, the Amish who do vote, will do so when there are local issues that affect the community.

The Amish Response

When I first saw the Super PACS’s website, it seemed a little odd to me. Voting is not very common among the Amish and I don’t personally think that either Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton would have much appeal to the Amish community. My first inclination was that this campaign is facing a pretty serious challenge in achieving its goals. I had an opportunity today to talk with a couple of Amish men in the Holmes County Ohio Amish settlement, one of whom had already heard about the Amish Super PAC. Both of them, members of the Old Order Amish affiliation, agreed with me. One of them, Ray Miller, a friend of mine from Brinkhaven, Ohio and publisher of The Vendor, a local tabloid format information and advertising publication, said:

I do not plan to vote and would discourage other Amish from doing so.

Regardless of the outcome, hundreds of thousands of residents and travelers to Amish Country Ohio and Pennsylvania are likely to see ads in the “Amish” newspapers and billboards encouraging the Amish to get out the vote.

If you are so inclined you can read about the PAC’s goals and agenda at their website, AMISHPAC.com. There’s even a poll you can take on the website entitled: Can we beat Hillary by turning out the Amish Vote in key swing states? Who would have thought it?

Filed Under: Amish Values

Hershberger’s Farm and Bakery Fall Family Night

October 3, 2014 by jdschrock

Hershbergers Farm and Bakery Fall Family Night
Hershbergers Farm and Bakery Fall Family Night
Today was the annual Hershbergers Farm and Bakery Fall Family night. This is a very popular destination for visitors to Ohio Amish Country. See listing at Hershberger’s Farm and Bakery.

Filed Under: Holmes County Area Businesses, Holmes County Area Scenery Tagged With: farms

Amish Girls Volleyball at Baltic Homecoming

September 3, 2014 by jdschrock

Amish-Girls-VolleyballSeveral weeks ago Wanda and I headed down to Baltic, Ohio to eat at Miller’s Dutch Kitchen. It had been a while since we made the short trip south of Berlin to eat there. On the way there, we saw lots of horse and buggies and Amish young people riding bikes, on their way towards Baltic. Unbeknownst to us, it was the first night of the Baltic, Ohio Homecoming. After a delicious meal at Miller’s we headed on over to the park area and spent a bit of time there and had some home-made ice cream. The main event was the Amish girls volleyball tournament. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Amish Country Events, Amish Young People

Doughty Run School Benefit Auction

July 13, 2014 by jdschrock

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the Doughty Run School Auction for the first time. The auction is held annually on the second Saturday of July at Wise’s School which is located on SR 557 between Berlin and Charm, Ohio. The auction is designed to raise funds for four different Amish schools in the Doughty Creek and Becks Mills, Ohio area. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Amish Country Events, Amish Values

Holmes County Garden Tour by Every Woman’s House

July 12, 2014 by jdschrock

Earlier this week I saw a post on Facebook by Beth Beechy, of Winesburg, regarding this year’s Holmes County Garden Tour. Beth is one of the founder of Circle of Friends and has a blog on the organization’s web site at Beth Beechy – Confessions of a Peace Lover. So early this morning, before the tour began, I headed over to one of this year’s tour locations near Mt. Hope, Ohio. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Amish Country Events, Amish Country Folks, Amish Values, Holmes County Area Scenery

Walnut Creek Vintage Fair

July 7, 2014 by jdschrock

Judging by the number of people that showed up, the first annual Walnut Creek Vintage Fair was a big success. On Saturday morning, Wanda and I arrived at the Vintage Fair at about 9am and there were already lots of people on hand. Galen Swartzentruber, the manager of Walnut Creek Furniture, told me there were plenty of folks there when the fair opened at 7am. He said there were about 15 different vendors present to display there wares. Lots of people came to hunt for unique treasures. There were old doors and windows, crafts, old tables and chairs, other wooden items, decorative items, and a whole lot more. In addition to old, one of a kind vintage products, I saw that Walnut Creek Furniture had a pretty good sale going on some new furniture pieces. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Amish Country Events

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