The Celebration (Amish Cooking Class #3) by Wanda E. Brunstetter

The Celebration, An Amish Cooking Class 

It gets emotional but a good read. Heidi is Amish and teaching young children how to cook and bake. It is my second time to read it and one I won a few years ago. 

There are problems with the families of each of the children who have come to the class. Heidi and her husband, Lyle, have two foster children, a brother and a sister whose parents died in a car crash. Heidi is unable to have children but she and her husband want to adopt them. 

She has six classes and the reader can read and watch the children and parents grow and learn. After each class, the children take home the recipes that that have a Bible verse on each one. 

There are chickens also in the book that are part of learning or as the Amish call them, hinkel.

The book is about God, prayers love, caring, friendship, family, death, heartbreaks, learning, and taking care of others. 

I gave it a 5 star rating. The opinions are my own.

One recipe I want to make this week: "Surprise Muffins: 1 egg, 1 cup milk, 1/4 cup cooking oil, 2 cups flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt. Strawberry or blueberry jam.  Grease bottom of 12 muffin cups or use paper baking cups. In medium bowl, beat egg with fork. Stir in milk and oil. Blend flour and other dry ingredients until mixture is moistened. Batter may be a bit lumpy. Do not overmix. Fill muffin cups half full of batter. Drop scant teaspoon of jam in center of batter in each muffin cup. Add more batter to fill cup so it's two-thirds full. Bake at 400* (F) for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Muffins will have gently rounded and pebbled tops. Loosen from pan immediately and remove with spatula. Serve warm or cold. Makes 12 muffins. Discovering the jelly inside the baked muffin is the surprise."

Leona Olson
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