The Amish Holiday Dry Mix Pantry Cookbook: 100 Easy From-Scratch Fall and Christmas Recipes for Pumpkin Breads, Cozy Soups, Hot Cocoa and Homemade Coo

Picture a December evening when supper is already half made. Your shelf holds labeled jars of pumpkin bread, potato soup, buttermilk pancakes and peppermint cocoa, and a row of layered cookie mixes is ready to tie with twine for the neighbors. This Pennsylvania Dutch-style collection of homemade baking mixes, soup mixes and drink mixes lets you get the work done early, on a quiet afternoon in the fall.

Built around what home cooks asked for

• No fresh milk or eggs? 55 recipes include a swap for that, most using dry milk, buttermilk powder or egg powder with the exact amount of water to add. Another 27 mixes need nothing but water.
• Stock up fast. Make one jar to keep, one to give, or a Bulk Bin of three or four batches and scoop out one batch at a time.
• Straight to the recipes. Short charts and checklists instead of long lessons, in a clean, roomy layout that is easy to read.
• Cups and spoons first, grams second. No kitchen scale needed.
• Does it really save money? An honest answer, plus a Box-to-Jar Swap Chart that shows which jar replaces which store-bought packet.

Inside you'll find

• Apple, cranberry and maple pecan quick breads, muffins and scones
• Holiday breakfasts: baked oatmeal, sticky buns, biscuits and sausage gravy
• Chicken noodle, navy bean, split pea, broccoli cheddar and wild rice soup mixes, plus a cream soup base that replaces the can
• Thanksgiving sides: bread filling, cornbread, dinner rolls, turkey gravy and a turkey dry brine
• One-skillet suppers like beef stroganoff, chicken pot pie and sloppy joes
• Christmas bakes: shoofly pie, gingerbread cake, Moravian sugar cake and fudgy brownies
• Salted caramel and white hot chocolate, chai and mulled cider spice sachets
• 14 mason jar cookie mixes, from snickerdoodles and gingerbread cut-outs to whoopie pies

Every recipe lists the jar size, how long the mix keeps (based on university extension storage guidance), allergens and when to make it. Giftable mixes come with a gift tag you can copy. You also get shopping lists for every chapter, a mix-ahead calendar, tips for cutting sugar and salt, and blank pantry labels and tags.

A good fit for busy families, cooks who live far from a store, and anyone who wants low-cost homemade gifts for teachers, neighbors and friends. Please note: this is a dry mix collection, not a canning guide.

Order your copy today and fill your first jar this weekend.