Miller's is an Amish/Mennonite bakery up behind "downtown" Charm that, while being off the beaten path, certainly has a path beaten to its door. I have no idea how long those ladies have been baking up there, but every day we've been up there they've always been hard at work redefining what "donut" means. And bread. And peanut clusters.
A day old donut from Miller's is still fresher than most other fresh donuts in the world, so imagine one that's still warm being pulled from the display case handed to you for immediate consumption. These are the missionary donuts of choice in this region...good for all occasions and for any season. So we shopped, we bought, and we headed deeper into Amish Country.
These cookies are 5 inches in diameter.
I highly recommend the apple fritters. The apple fritters have huge chunks of fresh apples wrapped in them. I really like the apple fritters. How can an apple fritter that must weigh at least a pound melt in your mouth? I don't know, but it does. It's one of those Amish Country mysteries...
I also highly recommend the iced, black rasberry filled donuts (top left tray) though I could probably choke down a cinnamon twist if I needed to.
Karen highly recommends the cinnamon rolls. This is a maple iced cinnamon roll we brought back with us...the ruler is included just to help you understand the size and scope of the roll: 6 inches long x 2 inches thick.
And while we were in line to pay, they were carrying all these fresh loaves of bread right past us onto the shelves...But that was just the start of the day.
After Millers we drove up to Kidron and spent a couple hours walking through Lehman's Hardware. You have to experience it to believe it.
From Lehman's we headed northwest around Wooster to visit the Hartzler Farms Dairy and Cafe. That was our first visit and we'll be going back. Amazing ice cream from a local family dairy. Next time we'll call ahead for a tour. Hartzler Family Dairy is now on our "Highly Approved" ice cream list. They have over 50 seasonal flavors many of them fun concoctions such as Apples and Caramel, Monkey Mocha, Chicken Feed, Cow Pies and Cream, Ditch Tea Delight, and Road Hogg. We can also testify that they make a mean eggnog. You buy the ice cream in calf, cow, and bull portions!
Then, to wrap all that up, we worked our way back home through Charm to stop in at the Polish Pottery Niche. It's a little shed chock full of the widest selection of Polish Pottery you're going to find anywhere in this region...It's never hard for me to figure out what to buy Karen for birthdays and Christmas. No, not a Miller's Cinnamon roll, but Polish Pottery!
Today we're off to spend time IN Charm (instead of just driving through it), and are then off to The Farm in Walnut Creek. We think Dad and Jane will get a kick out of it.
By the way, our weather's supposed to be PERFECT again today with temps in the low 70's! Wahoo!
Stay tuned...
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