Normally, I make my own condensed milk. You can use this to make your own caramel, but there is something about slow-cooker caramel in a can that makes the caramel so delectable. It's just amazing! It also makes for a great caramel tart.To make Slow-Cooker Condensed Milk Caramel, you will need:a tin of condensed milk water a slow cookerDirections:Place a sheet of baking paper in the bottom of your slow-cooker. This ...
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Fresh Ginger Cookies
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These fresh ginger cookies taste delicious, which means I am making a double batch every time I make them. Even then they don't last long. They are also very easy to make, our kidss love doing it on their own.It is interesting to note that Arnott's, who make the gingernut biscuits here in Australia, make four different types of the same biscuit. You can read more about it here. We like the taste of ginger in our biscuits, so I do ...
Easy Chinese Five Spice Ice Cream
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This Chinese Five Spice Ice Cream is creamy and delicious with the hint of spices found in the fragrant Chinese blend of five-spice powder.The common mix of Chinese Five-Spice is made up of star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Sichuan pepper and fennel seeds. As half of these ingredients are used in desserts, why not try adding it to ice cream?I made this ice cream from scratch, in my loaf pan, so there is no need for an ice cream ...
Fried Apples ‘n’ Onions {Farmer Boy}
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I love tomatoes and onion and have been eating it for years. While we were reading Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder, we are told of a meal that Almanzo loved: Fried Apples 'n' Onions. Even though the boys don't like onions, we thought we would give it a try.When researching recipes, I came across two different types. One was mainly made with apples and onions, while the other added bacon pieces to the side to have with it. We decided to ...
Egg Nog {Farmer Boy}
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In the book, Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Almanzo talks of drinking egg nog quite a bit. Here in Australia, egg nog is not a very popular drink and our boys have never had it before. We decided to try and make our own so that the boys could have a taste of this milky drink.Our boys loved this drink and I have made it numerous times since. We have also used this to make egg nog ice cream which was also just as ...
Almanzo’s Mom’s Doughnuts {Farmer Boy}
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Our boys love doughnuts, so when we read about Almanzo's mom's doughnuts that she made for her kids in Farmer Boy, we just had to try to make them too. We used a recipe similar to what she would have used and they tasted great. This is one recipe that we will make over and over again. "Almanzo took the biggest doughnut from the pan and bit off its crisp end. Mother was rolling out the golden dough, slashing it into long ...
Hasty Pudding {Little House Recipe}
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While reading the Little House books, Laura explains in detail many of the meals her family ate. So, we decided we would try some of these recipes as part of our Little House study. I purchased The Little House Cookbook, but you can find some of the recipes on the internet, if you wish to google for them. Today, we tried Hasty Pudding.I didn't think our boys would really like this as one doesn't like corn and neither of them are too ...
Ma’s Pancake Men {from The Little House in the Big Woods}
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We have just started reading the Little House Series. The first book in this series is the Little House in the Big Woods. While reading this book, we are doing little activities to go with the story. When we got to the part in this book about Ma making pancake men for breakfast, our boys were eager to have a go at this.We have pancakes for breakfast quite a bit, so we just made our normal pancake mix (you can find that here) and shaped ...
Pumpkin and Blueberry Bread
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I had quite a few pumpkins, and was trying to decide how to use them all. I had already made a lot of pumpkin soup and pumpkin scones, so I was looking for something a bit different when I came across this Pumpkin and Blueberry Bread.Now, neither of our boys really like pumpkin that much and only one of them like blueberries, but can you guess which one loved this bread?Yep, the boy that doesn't like pumpkin and doesn't like ...
Rice Bubble Biscuits
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As the oldest child of six children, my mother did a lot of baking, especially biscuits and snack type foods. One of the biscuits she made all the time, were rice bubble biscuits. The boys and I were talking about what I ate as a child, so I decided I would bake some of these rice bubble biscuits for them too.These biscuits are easy to make and have only a few ingredients, many of which you will already have in your pantry. Keep them ...