Amish Butters, Salsas & Spreads: Making and Canning Sweet and Savory Jams, Preserves, Conserves, and More

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60 traditional Amish recipes for apple butter, cranberry chutney, corn salsa, and more! The Amish are known for their canning practices, which are essential to communities of large families and even larger gardens. Written by Amish writer Laura Anne Lapp, Amish Butters & Salsas offers sixty classic recipes for all varieties of spreads, fruit butters, sweet and savory chutneys, salsas, and more. Recipes are written with Amish-style simplicity and no-nonsense instructions, perfect for novices and experienced preservationists alike. Recipes include a multitude of preserves that are perfect for storing in your own pantry or gifting to friends and family. Find recipes such as: * Peach-ginger butter * Pumpkin spice butter * Tomato basil salsa * Amish wedding salsa * Amish church spread * Amish peanut butter spread * Cheese spread * And much more! Amish Butters & Salsas gives readers a close-up of a world seldom seen to show how canning and preserving and Amish life work rhythmically together. "Growing up Amish, the eldest daughter in a family of seven, canning and preserving were always a part of family life, a part of summertime that went hand in hand with gardening. Now, as a mother of four growing boys with a large garden, I still find canning and preserving a part of my summer tradition. I love gardening, and preserving the beauty of my garden is just another part of that tradition."

Laura Anne Lapp, a member of the Amish church, lives with her husband and three young sons in a tucked-away valley in central Pennsylvania. Before her marriage, she was a teacher in an Amish school for eight years. She is also the author of Amish Canning & Preserving.