Welcome to Our City Homestead where we share our love of good old fashioned cooking, meals made from scratch, gardening and crafting fun!
Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls
We love an assortment of sweet breads, and these blueberry cinnamon rolls are simply delicious!!They’re soft and tender with a light cinnamon flavor and filled with berries! You get blueberries in every bite! They’re great for breakfast with milk, as dessert or an afternoon snack with a cup of tea or coffee. So good –…
Raisin Bread
This raisin bread is soft and tender, with a light cinnamon flavor and speckled with raisins. It reminds me a little of bread you get from the bakery. It’s simply delicious with butter and honey, eaten plain or turned into toast. It’s definitely a must!! I got this recipe from The All New Purity Cookbook,…
Garden Update — May 2025
Welcome to the garden season!! This is my favorite time of year — planting the garden, sitting in the garden, watching it grow, looking at how the blossoms turn into fruit, enjoying veggies from the garden and even picking weeds. We decided to have Garden Week where we worked in the garden, filled our garden…
Corned Beef Fritters
I love old recipes and trying different meals from time gone by, so I was ecstatic when I saw these corned beef fritters that Hannah made on her channel Real Vintage Dolls House — you can find the recipe she makes here! It’s a simple 1940s recipe using a handful of ingredients — canned corned…
Victoria Sponge Cake from the 1940s
Victoria Sponge, also called Victoria Sandwich, is a British dessert named after Queen Victoria who reported enjoying this cake with afternoon tea. It is a dense sponge cake filled with jam and cream and dusted with powdered sugar. Modern versions often include buttercream or whipped cream. This 1940s version is simple and has only four…
Plain Scones
This is our favorite scone recipe! The scones are soft, light and flaky and are neutral in flavor so you can easily top it with anything! And they’re not overly sweet so they work with savoury ingredients too, just avoid sugaring the tops! Let’s get started! Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Stir….
Multigrain Bread
This multigrain bread is absolutely delicious! It’s soft and fluffy and is packed with a variety of seeds like flaxseed, sunflower seed and sesame seed along with oats. This seeded bread is hearty and imparts a lovely nutty flavor from all the different seeds. This seeded multigrain bread pairs great with jam, makes yummy toast…
Meatballs and Onion Gravy
This delicious meal of meatballs and onion gravy reminds me of gramma’s hamburger gravy she made when we were kids. It’s made similarly but instead of cooking the ground beef, we are making it into meatballs. Then we will make a simple gravy from scratch using the drippings. I’m serving the meatballs and gravy with…
