Zesty Amish Macaroni Salad

"This is *hard* to beat! It gets even better as it sits a few hours or even a day or two. Great recipe! *Enjoy*!"
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
10-12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix sugar, vinegar and flour. Cook to boiling and cook and stir until thick. Cool completely.
  • Add butter, mustard and mayonnaise to above mixture.
  • Add to macaroni (be sure macaroni is completely cooled first!).
  • Stir in chopped eggs, celery, carrots, and onions.

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Reviews

  1. Thank you so much for posting this recipe! I was born and raised in a PA Dutch family and lived in York County most of my life. I moved to the South 4 years ago and the food is completely different...no Amish macaroni salad to be found. Since this is my DH's favorite side dish I was determined to find a recipe for it. I've tried a number of recipes and your's is the ONLY one that tasted like the one from home! I whipped up a batch for my DH's birthday...what a great surprise; you'd have thought I'd given him a million dollars! I followed the recipe exactly as it is written and let it sit a full day...PERFECTION! Thanks again! I look forward to trying more of your recipes!
     
  2. Very tasty! And not too sweet like store made Amish Macaroni Salad. This easily rivals our local salad maker's (Winter Gardens).
     
  3. This had a unique and good flavor. I halved the recipe for my family of four. I found the texture was runny after chilling for a few hours. I would halve the sauce ingredients next time, or try chilling overnight (probably both). I will try again - my family enjoyed it.
     
  4. I'm rating this again because I later discovered that our flour was accidentally mixed with cornstarch...hence the grainy texture. So sorry about that!
     
  5. I'm rating this with no stars as well. My husband and kids loved this salad. Me--not so much. Maybe I didn't make the dressing right. I might have cooked the sugar, flour and vinegar for too long. It was so thick that it was like glue. I could taste the flour in the dressing as well. I only made half the amount of dressing called for--it worked out fine.
     
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Hello, and welcome to my recipe collection online! My full-time career is that of Realtor...I was born & raised in the Mennonite faith all of my life. My husband was raised in the Amish faith. Together we have a very rich food heritage from both of our parents- much of which has been passed down through the generations - and I'm happy to share some of these recipes here with you! (including canning & freezing recipes) Hope you enjoy them!
 
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