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Gingersnaps!

Gingersnaps and coffee…

I’ll admit it… I’m trying to use things up and clean out cupboards. I discovered that I have 2 1/2 bottles of molasses lurking in the kitchen cabinet. The perfect way to use molasses (other than for Cracker Jacks — I’ll share that recipe another time) is for Gingersnaps. The boys are going on a boy scout campout, so these sturdy cookies will be a great take-along snack.

Gingersnaps

3/4 c. butter, softened 2 c. sugar Cream well. 2 eggs 1/2 c. molasses 2 tsp. white vinegar Add to creamed mixture and mix well. Add: 1 […]

January 20th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Recipes | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Whole Wheat Bread

I love the taste of freshly-baked whole wheat bread. By making it myself, I can decide what ingredients I use, grind my own wheat berries, and make it much less expensively than I could ever buy it.

Hard White Wheat

By purchasing and storing the wheat in berry form, you can safely keep it for years without spoilage. Whole wheat flour, in contrast, goes rancid very quickly. I usually only grind up enough for a couple of batches of bread at a time, using half immediately and freezing the other half.

My grain mill is a Wondermill Junior […]

January 11th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Homemaking Skills, Recipes | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Dehydrating Vegetables – Potatoes

Shortly after I began learning about dehydration I found a great deal on Potatoes – $1.99 for a 20 lb. bag. With this being such an excellent value, I decided this would be my next experiment. Little did I know that this would become the all-time family favorite dried food.

Potatoes must be blanched* before they are dried, so drying potatoes is not quite as carefree an operation as with tomatoes.

I’ve put together a little picture tutorial on the method…

Ready to go…

*Any vegetable that must be blanched before freezing must also be blanched before dehydration. […]

January 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: Dehydrating Foods, Homemaking Skills, Recipes | Comments are closed

Divinity perfected…

Yummy, white fluffiness… melts in your mouth.

As long as I can remember, my Mom’s Divinity was a candy we all looked forward to at Christmastime. Guaranteed to send a diabetic into sugar shock, its light fluffiness never fails to satisfy that sweet tooth craving.

Once I was old enough to help with Christmas candy-making and baking, I always took part in helping to prepare this recipe. Mom always made several batches of it each year so that she could share with neighbors and friends, so there were several opportunities to learn the skill along the way. So, I […]

December 16th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Family, Homemaking Skills, Recipes | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)