These soft molasses cookies were one of my favorite cookies growing up as a kid. My mom clipped this recipe from the local newspaper 35 years ago and it has been a family favorite ever since! It tastes like a gingersnap cookie but very soft and moist and almost cake-like. If you love gingersnap cookies…
Easy Sourdough Bread
This sourdough bread is simple to make and is a great way to use that extra sourdough starter! I love adding sourdough starter to a variety of recipes because I love the flavor it adds. This bread also uses items that every well stocked pantry will have. This wonderfully easy sourdough bread only requires a…
Homemade Old Fashioned Hard Dumplings
These homemade old fashioned hard dumplings are a dense, noodle-like dumpling that was made in the 1700’s. Soldiers in the 1700’s were given simple rations like one pound of bread a day and one pound of meat a day and sometimes the bread was substituted for flour in which these hard dumplings would be made….
Beef and Vegetable Stew with Homemade Old Fashioned Hard Dumplings
We enjoyed a delicious beef and vegetable stew with old fashioned hard dumplings (sort of like a dense old fashioned homemade noodle) along with bacon cheese Irish soda bread. Though it may not exactly be an Irish meal for St. Patrick’s Day, it was still super yummy!! The flavors of this stew remind me of…
Old Fashioned Raisin Pie
It is 3.14 Pi Day, so that means, it is a day of pie making!! And who doesn’t like pie!?! We have decided to make raisin pie, an old family favorite. Raisin pie is slightly sweet yet tart with the plumped raisins in a golden caramel sauce. It goes amazingly well with vanilla ice cream…
Old Fashioned Gum Ball Candy Bowl
I love the versatility of terracotta pots and the array of projects that can be created from them. Today, I am sharing how I made a candy bowl that looks like an old fashioned looking gum ball machine. We make these terracotta candy bowls for an array of holidays and they make great homemade gifts!…
Triple Chip Cookies
These triple chip cookies are delicious with crispy edges and a soft, thick, chewy middle. The triple chip cookie has always been a great hit when we sold them at the local farmers markets in the past! The combination of butterscotch chips, white chocolate chips and semisweet chocolate chips provide this cookie with a wonderful…
Starting Garden Seeds
Here in central Alberta, we tend to have short growing seasons. Because of this, it’s important to start some seeds early in order to have a successful garden harvest!! My girls decided to sprout some seeds like tomato, pumpkin, corn, peppers, watermelon and cucumbers while I decided to just toss the seed into the starting…
