Using sound judgment to be more self-reliant.
It’s so easy to make homemade cranberry sauce that once you try it, odds are you’ll never buy canned sauce again. We’ll answer some common questions and walk you through a super easy recipe with cranberries, water and sugar. Then we’ll share some creative flavor variations to brighten any holiday meal.
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These easy cranberry cookies team up fresh cranberries, nuts, and a splash of orange juice for soft, delicious dessert. I made them with our local walnuts, but you’re welcome to use your favorite nut. I think pistachios with a drizzle of white chocolate or icing would be pretty for Christmas.
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Harvesting walnuts is a part of our fall routine most years. We don’t have walnut trees yet, but our neighbors have black walnut trees and English walnut trees. I normally use the black walnuts for their hulls to make black walnut tincture, and use the English walnuts for their nut meats.
Both types of walnuts have a tough green outer hull, but the hulls on English walnuts usually split open and are easy to slip off. Black walnuts require more effort to hull, and their shells are thicker and nut meats smaller.
English walnuts have thinner husks and shells, and are easily cracked with a lever style nut cracker. In this post I’ll talk about harvesting English walnuts, picking the fresh nuts and drying them for storage in the shell. We’ll also cover the best way to store nuts out of the shell.
Note: The maple candied walnut recipe has moved here.…
This easy orange marmalade recipe gives a light and sweet orange flavor with a lot less sugar than traditional recipes. It’s a perfect way to capture citrus season. We use Pomona’s Pectin to speed up cooking and reduce the sweetener.
Later in the post, we cover some marmalade history, and a traditional orange marmalade recipe….
These easy pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting were one of my mom’s “go to” recipes for fall gatherings. The bar is rich and moist, and the frosting adds just the right touch of sweetness.
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