For all of the pie-purists I know, a two-crust fruit pie (meaning pastry crust on top and bottom) is the most cherished pie of all. As a pie baker, if you are…
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This is one of my favorite ‘easy-as-pie’ recipes to make. It is sinfully rich and everyone loves it. There’s ‘nary a crumb leftover. Drink with a tall glass of milk. I’m saying…
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Pretzel Dogs are so fun to make and the love for them transcends generations in my house. Tonight when I served them for dinner I got ooooo’s and ahhhhh’s from grandkid to grandparent…
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My pear pie brought $3,000 at an auction. Read on. Last night I had the privilege of attending the Corndog Kickoff with my husband, Mom, Dad, cousin Erin and her husband Ryan. …
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Old fashioned hot fudge can be one of the most difficult things to create in the kitchen. Cooking a mixture with butter, sugar, cream and chocolate to temperature (ie: soft ball stage)…
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I have dozens of eggs on hand at any time and this dessert recipe incorporates both the white and yolk (if you make the lemon curd from scratch). I was moved to…
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I’ve posted a few times about “Lemonade“, the real kind, my favorite drink ever. (When I don’t have raging heartburn.) This is a recipe quite like that but I love it even more! Today…
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By: Cristen Ground pork has seriously made its way into my kitchen. We’ve got plenty of it and I’m always trying to use it in different ways. The price is right and it…
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This past week we’ve butchered, cured, and smoked our own pork belly turning it into some of the finest bacon I’ve ever had. It was amazing. We’re going to tweak that recipe…
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A while back I made the plain and simple “Dynamite Pork Breakfast Burger“. My husband said it was the best thing he’d ever eaten. He likes simple food and what dude wouldn’t…
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CCCs = Chocolate Chip Cookies. Just throwing that out there to ya. Ever since my tour of the Blood Family Dairy in State Center, I’ve had milk-on-my-mind. Cookies and milk are one…
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Recently, I had the privilege to visit the dairy farm of Kevin and Holly Blood and family, of State Center, Iowa. I was inspired to do so by my efforts in working…
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A great pan of bars is extremely nostalgic to me, as my Mom was the queen of baking them. Aluminum 9×13 pans flanked every church picnic, potluck and birthday party of my youth. This…
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Over the weekend we (somewhat) dove in to tidying up the machine shed to make a nice place for a couple Duroc gilts that we may take to the State Fair. Their…
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Last weekend I got to throw a party for the arrival my beautiful new niece. She is so special to me and I just can’t get enough of her. The recipe I…
