By Melissa Norris | Bread , Healthy Snacks , Recipes
Quick and easy homemade crackers in just five minutes? YES, PLEASE! This healthy cracker recipe, made with a variety of herbs and seasonings, comes together in just five minutes of hands-on time. We like these homemade crackers better than Saltines, Wheat Thins, and Cheeze-Its! Add any kind of cheese, olive oil or spicy seasonings to […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Bread , Recipes
This easy no knead artisan bread recipe in 5 minutes a day uses only 5 ingredients with a soft inside and perfect crunchy crust, everything bread should be without all the work! This step-by-step tutorial will have you turning out loaves of homemade goodness in no time. I first fell in love with this bread […]
Read MoreBy Heather Harris | Dessert , Recipes
A delicious fried donut recipe made traditionally without yeast, that’s so good you don’t need to cover it up with frosting! This easy donut recipe is about as old-fashioned as you can get and high on flavor. This fried donut recipe hails from the Little House Cookbook. This is our second recipe in our Cooking […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Canning Recipes , Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Pickles , Recipes , Water Bath
This is the best crisp pickled asparagus recipe out there and the first thing to meet my canning jars come springtime. Garlic and dill are paired with a salty brine and flavor-packed seasonings that create perfectly crisp asparagus spears every time! There’s good reason this is one of my most requested recipes. Asparagus might be […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Bread , Breakfast , Dessert , Recipes
This sourdough chocolate bread tastes like a fudgy brownie and cake combined, deliciously moist with depths of chocolate in every bite. The fermentation process gives the bread a great flavor depth heightening the chocolate with the perfect balance of sweet that had my kids devouring it one day, you might want to double the recipe! […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Bread , Recipes
With step-by-step instructions and helpful tips, learn how to make honey whole wheat sandwich bread that is melt-in-your-mouth good and uses no refined sugar or flour. It’s foolproof and easy using 100 % whole wheat flour but is light and soft inside with a chewy buttery crust that will hold all of your favorite toppings. […]
Read MoreBy Lee Totten | Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Other , Miscellaneous , Recipes
How to salt cure ham at home has been on my homesteading bucket list for a few years now. Being able to preserve food with old-fashioned techniques, like salt curing pork, is a skill I find as fascinating as I do yummy. Bring me the bacon! And ham! When Lee from Tennessee Homestead offered to […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Dessert , Recipes
This old-fashioned molasses cookie recipe is the perfect holiday cookie, especially if you’re after down-home simple recipes that Great-Grandma would have baked. You can almost hear the harness and bells jingling as you pull these from the oven. They have just the right amount of spice paired perfectly with the molasses. I’ve used all […]
Read MoreBy Heather Harris | Dessert , Healthy Snacks , Recipes
Old fashioned popcorn balls, specifically molasses popcorn balls are the perfect winter and holiday treat. In the winter months, the pioneers would spend more time indoors, near their fire. Snacks would include things like fresh fruit from their cellar, or fresh popped popcorn, for a fun evening treat.The pioneers were never wasteful and leftover popcorn […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Dessert , Recipes , Vintage
Learn how to make a pumpkin roll from scratch with this recipe straight from Grandma’s kitchen and made with fresh pumpkin puree. This is an easy pumpkin roll recipe with cream cheese filling that brings you the marriage of a cheese cake with pumpkin spice… aka, the best thing you’ve ever had. No joke! My […]
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