Amish Pie Recipes

When the Amish settled in Pennsylvania, they brought their love of pastries with them. Pies quickly became a mainstay of their diet which included the famous "shoofly" pie. "The desserts became part of our sustenance," Amish historian Abigail Marks said. "The women made pies for men when they went to work in the fields and pies when they came home."The pies were not limited to just an after dinner dessert. They became a convenient way to feed a lot of hungry mouths. "We used to eat pies at ...