Yes, you can make maple sugar, right in your own kitchen. You could also buy all-natural maple sugar. But then you’d miss the magic that happens right before your eyes, right in your own kitchen, when the liquid syrup magically changes to powdered sugar.
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The idea of adding bacon and maple syrup to chocolate chip cookies? I feel like it may be one of my most brilliant ideas ever… I was rendering lard and had more cracklins than usual. The same day I had quite a craving for chocolate chip cookies. Naturally, I started fantasizing about adding some cracklins
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I am head-over-heels in love with sourdough bread. I love it even more now that we’ve figured out how to make sourdough bread without any discard. Today I’m sharing my exact recipe and the technique I follow every week to make two loaves of sourdough bread right here in our farmhouse kitchen. Go here if
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Need a great gift idea? Give a gift of homestead recipes. Birthday gift, hostess gift, wedding gift, or even an NDIP gift (No Day In Particular gifts let someone special know you care about them in a really memorable way)… All are great times to give a gift of homestead recipes. Real food recipes. The
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Most folks don’t know they can substitute maple syrup for sugar in recipes. So I’m sharing a conversion chart today to help you do just that. (Read on.)
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Yes, I’m always finding a new way to use maple syrup in my kitchen. My family’s favorite maple-infused recipes line the pages of Sweet Maple, which you can find wherever books are sold, or order right here. Take a peek inside, and see what others are saying about Sweet Maple right here. This post contains
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I bake with both maple syrup and sugar. But today’s culture is over-sugared. Most of us know this, and we’re looking for the best substitute for sugar in baking. So I use a lot more maple syrup these days and a lot less refined sugar. Baking with maple syrup and sugar What if I could
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This one is a big one, y’all. A giant accomplishment. And a giant cookie.
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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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“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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