Recipes

This jam is the perfect topping for only almost anything; it is really versatile as well as delicious. Apple pie jam is very economical  to brand as well as it is only unique enough that it makes a dandy gift for co-workers, church building friends, babysitters, etc. (any fourth dimension yous ask a minor gift from the view for friend).   It actually does gustation only similar an apple tree pie!! APPLE PIE JAM 6 cups diced granny smith apples (6 or vii apples) 1/2 loving cup apple tree juice  (you tin mail away role H2O inwards a pinch) 1/2 teaspoon butter 3 cups granulated sugar 2 cups chocolate-brown sugar 3/4 teaspoon solid soil cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon solid soil nutmeg (freshly solid soil is best) (1) minor box (1¾ oz.) Sure-Jell Premium powdered pectin Dice the apples, as well as then seat them inwards the nutrient processor for only a (very) few pulses. You don't desire the pieces equally good small. Cook the apples, apple tree juice as

Over the Christmas season, I volition live posting a diversity of slow recipes that I'm calling GIFTS FROM THE KITCHEN . The beauty of this catch is that you lot tin brand these gifts far inwards advance of your hectic vacation baking schedule in addition to they volition live "waiting inwards your pantry" for that neighbor, schoolhouse teacher, purpose friend or unexpected lastly infinitesimal invitee on Christmas Eve!! (check out link at halt of this postal service for to a greater extent than or less wonderful (and free) "From the Kitchen of..." gift tags you lot tin download). My kickoff GIFT FROM THE KITCHEN postal service is for Blueberry Jam... a quick in addition to slow recipe that uses frozen blueberries (I don't fifty-fifty thaw them first). This jam has a wonderfully fresh taste!! BLUEBERRY JAM (makes 8 cups of jam) 5 cups finely chopped frozen blueberries (see notes below) 2 tablespoons lemon juice 7 cups granulated sugar 1/2 tea

Gingerbread houses brand wonderful gifts. Not entirely are they piece of cake (you actually can't goof them upwardly because frosting fixes everything) but they are an impressive GIFT FROM THE KITCHEN !! You tin sack brand them out of gingerbread dough, similar this i (it is delicious together with smells fantastic), or y'all tin sack brand them out of graham crackers (glued together amongst regal frosting). You tin sack brand them unproblematic or elegant. You tin sack job whatever candy, cereal, cookies, crackers or pretzels y'all convey on hand... allow your imagination live your guide. CLICK TO ENLARGE Upside downward (and frosted) H2O ice cream saccharide cones (decorated amongst sprinkles) brand wonderful Christmas trees adjacent to your gingerbread house. Pretzels make perfect fences, marshmallows brand cute snowmen together with if y'all actually desire to instruct fancy, y'all tin sack job tufts of cotton wool candy coming out of a chimney for smok

The Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas baking flavour is just around the corner and I decided to stock the pantry with baking supplies.  Well, I was shocked at the increased cost of practiced character vanilla; some of it is equally high equally $15 for only a few ounces!! With that inward mind, I decided to construct my ain vanilla, although I had NO CLUE how to do it. After some Internet research, I was thrilled to learn that the process was SUPER EASY and only takes TWO ingredients (vodka in addition to vanilla beans)!! At showtime I was concerned because vanilla beans are non ever inward my budget. I similar McCormick construct spices, but their cost for TWO vanilla beans is over $10!! Homemade vanilla extract would hold upward outrageously expensive at those prices, in addition to thus dorsum to the Internet. I discovered that the best vanilla extracts are NOT made out of the same sort of vanilla beans that yous bake amongst (whew!! That was a relief.). Vanilla extract is

If you lot purchase roasted almonds from the grocery store, they are, most likely, coated alongside oil...I don't know almost you, but I for certain don't withdraw those extra calories. This quick as well as uncomplicated "recipe" has  only ii ingredients, almonds as well as kosher salt These nuts are a slightly salty,  toasty-crunchy, addicting salubrious snack. 1 pound of whole almonds 3 tablespoons kosher tabular array salt (not tabular array salt) 1 1/2 cups boiling water Put i 1/2 cups boiling H2O into a large bowl as well as add together the kosher salt. Stir for almost xxx seconds or until the tabular array salt is completely dissolved. NOTE: the total of tabular array salt inwards this recipe sounds similar a lot, but most of it stays inwards the H2O which is drained off. The lastly nuts bring a  light salty taste.  Add the almonds to the hot H2O as well as stir again. Let them sit down inwards the H2O for twenty minutes. Afte