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Banana Cream Pie

Banana Cream Pie

Banana Cream Pie is delicious in any form, but this one is my favorite. I use Nilla Wafers for the cookie crust because it reminds me of the banana pudding dessert I loved as a little girl. They were usually topped with a few of Read More

Sunday Chicken and Bone Broth

Sunday Chicken and Bone Broth

With very little time spent in the Farmhouse Kitchen on Sunday, we have a warm chicken salad sandwich to enjoy for lunch followed by a pot of double strength bone broth and leftover chicken to create delicious and quick meals during the busy week ahead. This chicken and bone broth has become a weekly ocurrence.

Éclairs

Éclairs

I didn’t used to like éclairs.  I just didn’t understand the appeal.   Most of the éclairs I had sampled were stale on the outside, soggy on the inside, and covered with bland chocolate glaze on the top. One summer, I set out to try to Read More

Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread

Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread

Cornbread is a modern take on a recipe as old as America.  When the first European settlers arrived on the shore of the New World, they were introduced to corn, called “maize”.  The Powhatan Indians cultivated corn and used it to produce a variety of Read More

Blood Orange Marmalade

Blood Orange Marmalade

I am often inspired to create a new recipe by something delicious at our local butcher, farmer’s market, or grocery store.  This is just that sort of recipe. I discovered a beautiful supply of blood oranges at our local produce market and couldn’t wait to Read More

Rustic Dutch Oven Bread

Rustic Dutch Oven Bread

There’s something so simple yet completely decadent about a delicious loaf of warm bread.  That crunch on the exterior paired with the airy soft interior is a delectable combination.  Add a creamy bit of butter spread on top and it becomes otherworldly.  Just thinking about Read More

How to Make Homemade Bread by Hand

How to Make Homemade Bread by Hand

Do you need a heavy duty stand mixer to make homemade bread? In a word, no. Grab a mixing bowl, a good recipe, and I’ll teach you how to make homemade bread by hand just the way Grandma did.

Black-eyed Peas:  A New Year’s Tradition and American History Lesson

Black-eyed Peas: A New Year’s Tradition and American History Lesson

Like many families, we start our New Year with a dinner that includes black-eyed peas, cornbread, and greens.  It’s a tradition that we started several years ago after moving to New England.  It simply wouldn’t seem like the first day of the year without black-eyed Read More

Molasses Cookies

Molasses Cookies

Molasses.  It’s a flavor beloved or reviled.  I adore it.  I love it in bread, barbecue sauce, baked beans, and the old fashioned molasses cookies that I have been trying to perfect a recipe for this holiday season. Molasses cookies seem to take as many Read More

Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles

A batch of warm homemade cookies are pure comfort food. If those cookies happen to be snickerdoodles, all the better. The aroma of cinnamon and the delicate crunch of sugar that each snickerdoodle is rolled in before baking make them an old fashioned and delicious treat.

Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

Is there anything more warm and comforting than homemade macaroni and cheese? There’s just something about the unctuous cheese sauce, tender macaroni, and the knowledge that you went to the trouble to make something from scratch that can be made from a box with a Read More

How to Roast Your Thanksgiving Turkey Without a Roasting Rack

How to Roast Your Thanksgiving Turkey Without a Roasting Rack

Living in a circa 1840s farmhouse has taught me to not keep around items that are rarely used, those that only perform a single task on rare occasions.  Our old farmhouse simply doesn’t have the storage space to allow me to keep items on hand Read More