The Prairie Kitchen Cookbook: 75 Wholesome Heartland Recipes for Every Season

Lobermeier is the creator of the Under a Tin Roof organization and blog, which began by documenting her family’s life and adventures on their small homestead in Iowa. Her first cookbook is filled with tempting, made-from-scratch recipes. Inspired by her heritage, the surrounding Amish community, and modern family needs, Lobermeier includes hearty recipes for every meal of the day. Introductory recipe notes give the history of the recipe plus how best to prepare and serve it. The recipes range from simple (berry baked oatmeal) to more complex (brioche cinnamon wreath bread). While readers may not have considered making their own noodles, sausage, or brioche from scratch before and perhaps find pie crust intimidating, Lobermeier shows how easily it can be accomplished. Pie crust rates more than a page of easy-to-understand instruction, some recipes have pictures showing steps, and all have tempting photographs of the finished product. The 75 recipes pack a flavorful punch of down-home goodness.