This delicious giant cookie is meant to be an individual cookie, but it is large enough that we all shared together! It is made with just a few ingredients topped with a yummy ganache and decorated with more chocolate. My girls learned this cookie recipe in an online class from Bake with Caramella who is…
Category: Recipes From Our Kitchen
Original Vanilla Nanaimo Bars
Nanaimo Bars was always a family favorite with walnuts in the base along with chocolate, graham cracker crumbs and coconut while the middle was always a creamy vanilla buttercream-type filling made with custard powder and then topped with a rich chocolate. Everything perfect in a bar or square that we usually had on special occasions, when company came over or through the holidays! You’ll enjoy this tasty treat too!
Homemade Gingerbread Houses
Nothing compares to homemade gingerbread filling the house with warm ginger and cloves. This delicious gingerbread can be enjoyed with a glass of milk, homemade eggnog or a cup of coffee and is great fun for the whole family.
Butterscotch Confetti Squares
Butterscotch Confetti squares have been a delicious dessert item that I have grown up with. When I was a kid, it was something that was made for special occasions like holidays, wedding or baby showers and get togethers. Now, we enjoy them nut free, whenever we want! And they are super easy to make. We…
Homemade Hot Cocoa
Nothing beats homemade hot cocoa in the winter to warm the soul! It is nice to enjoy a mug of yummy hot chocolate after being outside in the snow and cold, crisp winds, especially after shoveling! And making homemade hot cocoa is quite simple, and only takes 4 ingredients! Drinking hot chocolate dates back a…
Making Kapusta – Old Fashioned Sauerkraut
I have always wanted to learn how to make homemade sauerkraut. Learning about ways the settlers preserved vegetables has always been of interest to me. I find it fascinating, especially in our modern times how pioneers cooked and preserved food. I thought it important for my family to learn these old fashioned ways of preserving,…
Old Fashioned Candy Apples
Every Halloween, we make something delectable with apples, often caramel apples, and it has become a yearly tradition. But this year, we thought we would switch it up! We made the most delicious, good old fashioned candy apples, that have a nice, crunchy candy coating, but not overly sticky, so no breaking or ripping out…
Homemade Crab Apple Juice
It is super simple to make homemade crab apple juice without a juice press. I received this recipe 20 years ago, and it has been a juice that we make every year when the crab apples are ready to pick. It’s quick and easy, with just a few steps, to create a yummy homemade juice!…
