Even though we’ve owned a cow for three years, I’ve just now gotten to a point where I feel like a butter expert. I figured it’s time I tell y’all how to make this amazingness… and the buttermilk… and the buttermilk French toast that results from making butter… because it’s ALL crazy good. And if […]
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If you love mason jars even half as much as I do, or if you dance for joy when you discover a new cookie recipe that you know will be a keeper in your family for generations, well you may cry crocodile drops of joy before you get to the end of this post. If
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Stop the press. Hold your horses. And insert lots of other cliches right here, cause today is. . . Are you ready for this?. . . National French Toast Day. But even if you don’t stumble upon this until the middle of next summer, you’ll be glad you did. Cause when is delicious French toast
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No fall is complete without amazing homemade apple cider & of course the taste of maple. Agree? Then this recipe for homemade apple cider made with maple syrup is for you! Ugly Apples & Maple Syrup Our apples aren’t pretty. These trees are old y’all. But they’re wonderful for baking and, well, drinking. Scroll to
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Seriously, today I’m gonna tell you how to make your own lilac sugar that can’t be beat. You’ll love sweetening your tea with it, sprinkling some over your next cupcakes, or using it to bake scones or sugar cookies. And it’s about the easiest thing I’ve ever made. In fact, the secret about lilac sugar?
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Mint Lilac Tea–which I can totally grow, harvest, dry, and make at home–gives me great joy for very little effort. Now you can’t say that about many things in life. So I figured it was about time that I tell you about this tea.
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Honey is delicious. But floral-infused honey very well may be one of the sweeteners of heaven, right alongside maple syrup of course. Because I’m in love with my heirloom lilacs here around my 200-year-old farmhouse, and because I love experimenting with anything lilac flavored, my first attempt at honey infusion was a given. I knew
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Mention “syrup” or “pancakes” and you have my attention; “lilac pancake syrup” stops me dead in my tracks. But everything I’ve ever read about how to make lilac pancake syrup, well, none of it was written by a sugarmaker. Now I’m not bashing the liquidy sugary cordial that food bloggers describe when they talk about
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“Easy” and “homemade biscuits”? In the same sentence? Yes. And you can even throw in a few more adjectives, like delicious, wholesome, and cost effective. But, first, let me explain… A few decades, and three kitchens, ago my mom had a step stool custom made for the girls. It fit perfectly at the end of
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Lilacs are at their peek around our old farmhouse today, so I’m making lilac syrup, canning it, and making two lists: ways to use lilac syrup and who would like a gift of lilac syrup I thought I’d share in this post all the info you need to do all of the above or just
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