https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/cara-sel daily 1.0 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1516106224853-LR3NDWWPCGJW22T3VZLA/RadFinnRecipe5.jpg The Homestead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1516108595704-A5T1KHCYWCPGIUDHT46K/RadFinnRecipe5.jpg The Homestead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1648567823710-8R1LAW23X7YOZL1VC8SZ/sticky+buns+1.JPG The Homestead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1741658041952-E4MUOD2J5YM0JTHLP70K/AH_Trio2.jpg The Homestead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1741658084748-KDT29E3U5ZPHLPIJ3Q9W/ccc+drizzle.jpg The Homestead https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new daily 0.75 2016-03-07 https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/11/20/salted-caramel-apple-pie monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1416148354670-UX09KWU82B6FR4E0E01F/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Salted Caramel Apple Pie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1416365697528-YRATSV2MFO2D9X8NJVQ7/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Salted Caramel Apple Pie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1416365736239-ROGVZ7HYUJ2965CWXG1Y/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Salted Caramel Apple Pie Here's a view of what I had ready for myself on day two thanks to day one's prep: apples, sliced and mixed with lemon and sugar; sugar-spice mixture; caramel, measured and ready to pour; pie dough that had been rolled out, half left on a sheet tray and popped into the freezer (only spot it fit) and one placed in the pie pan (kept in the fridge). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1416365769857-4KM5U4J2OMD24CWEWO14/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Salted Caramel Apple Pie The Cara-Sel has been drizzled over the apples in the pie shell and the strips of dough are ready for latticing (probably not a real word). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1416365816859-4B6X165HBJ0BXOWFCQN2/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Salted Caramel Apple Pie Ready for the oven! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1416365852639-A4QNDBXI7DFLTFQWIHRQ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Salted Caramel Apple Pie Voilà, the pie is done! As are the cinnamon sugar crust scraps. :) I wish I had taken a picture of the inside; the pie cut beautifully, displaying the tight stacks of just-tender apples with the perfect amount of gorgeous golden juiciness. A real winner, indeed! https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/11/9/a-saturday-stroll monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545382562-7J9AEYQID364S5768S3B/IMG_5829.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - Dave led Maple down the old road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545383690-ISNN35MWY6OGT2RHTVXO/IMG_5831.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - Daisy and I followed behind (and had our first selfie). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545386917-KKZX5QIFTZDAKAIKD1UD/IMG_5833.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - I may have gotten a little carried away with the selfies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545389280-OAJX4FQM17D4A30FF57M/IMG_5840.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - The girls wanted to stop often, the clover that lined the road proving to be an irresistible snack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545395603-IHHWI3P2KJTPLH3BTJOU/IMG_5844.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - Daisy and I took the lead! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545391913-5M37TVSRVMZL9N8JKC6O/IMG_5842.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - We passed a beautiful stand of red pine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545396352-U93AG6STSR2MW63PXCF5/IMG_5843.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - When we arrived at the temporary pen Dave set up earlier in the day the girls enjoyed a drink from an old concrete trough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545397254-6IFWCNYB70HGH0JKYT1A/IMG_5849.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - Back at the house we took down the polytwine fencing and gathered the pasture accoutrements. We had help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545397862-ODOUFWAXTGXQHH0EDC4S/IMG_5881.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - The trailer got loaded up and we hit the road to set up the new pasture before nightfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545398514-HOHV65IR1MH9U5V5U874/IMG_5876.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - The girls were patiently awaiting our arrival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545400026-HHI975BZHMHRSFN1TLHU/IMG_5886.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - There was some monkeying around by an old oak that seemed to have a branch bent down just for little boys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545404694-WCXCOQSPXB6CS81UOC8A/IMG_5878.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - The five year old monkey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545402726-BNHTM74FG6ZOZQ8QS101/IMG_5872.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - My view from the spool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1415545405593-5CJXWVJN0NA6I1FKSWB2/IMG_5874.JPG Blogposts 2014 - A Saturday Stroll - Fencing whilst fencing. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/10/28/chocolate-caramel-pecan-tart monthly 0.5 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1414948587743-64UGX0B65MJRSQTDX1PR/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Chocolate-Caramel Pecan Tart https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/10/20/caramel-apples monthly 0.5 2015-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1413833457655-OTQFBS83HMO1KODGTO5K/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Can you make caramel apples with Cara-Sel? First coat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1413833998901-FV0DG06GXEC5C1L0Y1GX/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Can you make caramel apples with Cara-Sel? Do you see the bike rider in the background? He kept circling closer. Closer. CLOSER. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1413834368106-MH1RREOW4WF4P1Y5PEQ7/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Can you make caramel apples with Cara-Sel? TOO CLOSE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1413834432181-1B4X4IZUL9S3U50QX6U1/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Can you make caramel apples with Cara-Sel? But I am the one who took the first bite... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1413834474511-LE1FIFA2FZIO9IT6E0UP/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Can you make caramel apples with Cara-Sel? ...and his biggest brother got to eat the whole darn thing. Little boy got a raincheck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1413916202274-M05BCGRDJA4OJ98OXIPG/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Can you make caramel apples with Cara-Sel? It is a fairly simple process. First use a melon baller to hollow out the apple. I chose a Cortland (again, from Soons) because they don't brown quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1413916366706-4BSCLLF3YZ63KCHEZY6G/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Can you make caramel apples with Cara-Sel? Next, pour barely warmed caramel into the cavity. I set my apple halves in custard cups to keep them level and then placed them in the fridge overnight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1413916462682-2W7D9NUN2XV1ZFPPW2VS/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Can you make caramel apples with Cara-Sel? In the fridge, the caramel firms up so you can slice the filled apple halves for serving. Well, that's how it's supposed to happen. The caramel was indeed firm, but the bit where the caramel met the apple flesh was juicy, so everything slid around and was quite unattractive. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/9/4/recipes-from-the-cabbage-patch monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1409879977988-S0IS39ACXA4N27NGFA9J/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch I was amazed at how beautiful the cabbages were. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1409880006303-54SN5WHYXKV7E4V8X55C/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch I had help on harvest day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1409880032730-7RIR3QCB31U26LZNKOAJ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch Each boy wanted to cut his own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1409880050553-RXB9HFVUZEYLMYL5J36R/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch We trimmed off the outer leaves... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1409880067868-RVTBBA9OKX2JHI6LXIAJ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch ....and gave them to the chickens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1409880153129-4HXMMH4ZFPCZSEH26I45/cabbage6.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch I thinly slice the cabbage (a whole small or half a large) and shred 2 carrots on a box grater. The dressing is: 1 Tbs honey, ¼ cup cider vinegar, 1Tbs whole grain mustard, ½ tsp celery seed, 1 tsp caraway seed, 2 Tbs mayo, and salt & pepper to taste; whisked until smooth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1409880215418-D49CU102QIJFNXLDT9EC/cabbage7.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch Taste the dressing. Adjust as needed. Pour it over the veggies*. Toss & serve. *This slaw isn't always as good after a day or two. If you think you will end up with a lot leftover, you can halve the recipe OR dress as much slaw as needed for the meal while reserving (separately) some of the veg & dressing to be combined later in the week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1409880175011-CTALO42KG2TQKHV9OYV5/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch I thinly slice one small or half a large head of cabbage, chop a half of a red onion (somewhat finely), and toss in about a cup of dried cranberries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1409880227396-64W4DDEBB4125O8A2NL0/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch Pour the dressing over the fruit & veg and toss to combine. It is best if it can be made a little ahead of time so the cranberries release some of their sweetness. How much dressing? Well, I make a double batch to keep on hand, but a single is probably plenty for the cabbage slaw. You may even have extra. However, I would urge you to make more and keep it for salad. It is especially good on spinach! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1409880279186-5M35DI1Y1WAG99J2AGC0/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch The green from the garlic chives and the red from the onion & cranberries look really pretty against the almost white cabbage. The picture really doesn't do it justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1410638744180-CNYQF4LNBFXQFJUKMYXZ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch The dressing is 3Tbs veg oil, 2tsp minced garlic cloves, 5Tbs rice vinegar, 2Tbs fish sauce, 2Tbs sugar, 1-2tsp Asian chili sauce (I use a few squirts of sriracha). You cook the garlic in the oil until fragrant, but not browned, then add that to the other ingredients and whisk to combine. I make the dressing ahead of time, as I do not serve the slaw warm. The slaw is made up of thinly sliced cabbage (again, one small or half a large), 2 shredded carrots, a bunch of chopped cilantro, and a bunch of thinly sliced scallions. There is too much dressing for the slaw because some is meant to be spooned over the tofu. I never serve it that way, so I save it to use as a dipping sauce or reserve it to make a tiny batch of slaw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1410638817087-BA7N0QXAV6N9HURCSWQH/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Recipes from the cabbage patch The recipe calls for chopped unsalted peanuts. I serve them on the side if I expect leftovers. No one likes a soggy peanut. No one. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/8/17/zucchini-two-ways monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408292734199-GRUTS2JFTU982FSFZWR6/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways I chopped a fairly large onion and a few cloves of garlic and sautéed them in olive oil with salt & pepper until softened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408292810998-FNV1MYPAPGMH8HU8HKXT/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways I halved, seeded and shredded all the zucchini (four small and one monster). It gave me way more than I thought I needed so I set two cups aside in the fridge for another use. I then measured three HEAPING cups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408293181957-UI9D7049MWCL5Y91FQIM/ZucchiniCousCous3.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways I added the zucchini, and more s+p, to the onions & garlic. I cooked it on high heat so the water would evaporate quickly, leaving the zucchini with some bite (not overcooked and mushy). Simultaneously, I cooked two cups of couscous following the directions on the package. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408293341450-PG3R8Q0Q453VMKMA49BV/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways The couscous was pretty clumpy and I worried I had overcooked it and it would be a pasty mess. I added it to the zucchini anyway and hoped for the best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408293517226-YHUHAGZMCEEMERCUYTRU/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways Happily, once the couscous was stirred into the zucchini, it broke right up and each little nubbin became coated with the juices and oil present from the sautéed veggies. It was almost perfect, but needed a little something more, so I ran to the garden to cut some oregano to toss in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408294467428-QKRO50AZ844NF9HWISIN/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways I thought an over-easy fried egg from our birds would be the perfect final touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408294546787-5G0XIQV5AXGPPH0USZQM/ZucchiniCousCous8.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways I was not wrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408294580175-D01TXFHPBSEUQTOOU4IY/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways The kids don't usually share my affinity for grain/veg/runny egg dinners, but this time they loved it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408294671469-PGJZTUUZE8ATCTF91DCA/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways And I mean LOVED it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408294734187-8SDIEHWQZ5E4H9863KSM/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways There were leftovers for the next night, but not enough for the four of us who were home. I stretched what was left by adding corn I cut from two ears and a few incredible tomatoes from Late Bloomer Farm. Everything got tossed in a sauté pan and heated just enough to barely warm it. To serve, I topped it with feta and Late Bloomer Farm's pickled garlic scapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408373614188-6XDWNEOG9HCUSWD0B0K8/ZukePickle1.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways - Mandolines rock I like to mix up the color of the zucchini (the yellow is "goldbar" zucchini, not yellow summer squash). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408373539290-SO13M87JWDRGRX5S8VDB/ZukePickle2.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways I like a mixture of color with the onions, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408373539946-1GTVKW3XNV7X21SFVQN2/ZukePickle3.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways - Ready to brine The saltwater-soaked veggies have been spun dry and placed in jars to await their cooled brine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1408373540934-56ANW7DEBTH6UXG95A73/ZukePickle4.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Zucchini two ways - All done All jarred up and ready to hang in the fridge until devoured. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/7/30/mooving-day monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1406747772371-4JH0LZI22KMOI2ZU628U/photo+1-3.JPG Blogposts 2014 - Mooving Day Maple & Daisy were moved to a temporary pen near the big garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1406747716329-3G6IFQQKYQ58ZVLLOW3S/photo+3-2.JPG Blogposts 2014 - Mooving Day Dave brushed diatomaceous earth into their hides, hoping it will cut down on the number of flies that pester them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1406747522869-R58B7LL265T1Q08YUD95/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Mooving Day When I mowed the grass earlier in the week, Dave had the foresight to instruct me to leave this patch alone. The cows enjoyed their all-you-can-eat clover buffet IMMENSELY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1406749493921-FR5EQDH6VVWEAYE46HV5/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Mooving Day While installing the fence along the new perimeter, we found a clutch of eggs in an abandoned guinea fowl nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1406749632062-9IR8EYTZXJQ2IY97544Y/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Mooving Day I scrubbed out the trough and Dave carried it to its new home. Methinks I got the easier job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1406749692272-6P1VNPAL5T432C4BIP3A/photo+2-5.JPG Blogposts 2014 - Mooving Day It takes almost four loads to fill the trough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1406749803780-MG7IPPDVNN1JVP6T0LDG/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Mooving Day I didn't even notice the slogan until after I saw the photo. Well played, bucket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1406749906727-7SBSYBNC7ROU0WQYSS0F/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Mooving Day As sunset approaches, all that's left to do is get the halters off the girls. Unfortunately for the tired homesteaders, they think tag is fun. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/6/24/dinner-panic monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1403646239459-RI1L5RQ79O910D6E7W45/MilletDinner.jpg Blogposts 2014 - What's for dinner? Uh..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1403646620953-X718KS7NJZZ5612O2Q3U/MilletDinner2.jpg Blogposts 2014 - What's for dinner? Uh..... Millet goes on the bottom. Spinach next. Top with the egg. Enjoy! https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/5/27/spring-on-the-homestead monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401225290428-AT4529T9O3HWRA8ZM48P/CowsComeHome2.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead The cows* came home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401225062629-THHAD71WRRTFUDS93PQD/Cows.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead I am no longer so outnumbered by the boys I live with. Thanks, girls! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401225402722-E69WJTG7W44LLI17X6MR/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead After spending two days in a small barn to help them get acclimated, Maple and Daisy moved outside to pasture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401275972137-OUXT28CRCHGCFE43KEB3/Maple%26Daisy.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead The girls have very different personalities. Back in week one, neither really liked us getting too close, although Maple would let Dave brush her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401232381378-B7W38GFP47JJ18BAMO08/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead We wanted to raise a new breed of chicken, in addition to our Delawares, but had a bad hatch. Out of the 24+ Malines eggs we had in the incubator, only one little peeper made it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401234323842-BU9F2H9ZW2E1UYAC9JPF/PeachTree.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead We planted a peach tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401234360165-34DJ3HMV5YCO5G5BL67E/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead It's going to be a long wait for pie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401226143063-SXY4JRP6VYK1SLGX625O/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead The asparagus started to come up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401275993489-ZG3HHCU1PKFUXN54L7ZC/image-asset.png Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Dave took one of our two rhubarb plants and separated it into three so that next year we will have a more abundant harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401226522048-CGJ3O8P59MZA47STKNMF/Rhubarb.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead We LOVE rhubarb! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401226609576-HRGWKNP5GZ8MUX0O09M6/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead I weeded the strawberry beds and found one wee blossom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401226677816-LXQ6J2TSEGDC0CRK3WZB/AlmondTreeBlossom.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead The almond tree was also blossoming. An almond tree in NY? Yup. We had actually ordered two different dwarf cherry trees about four years ago but the nursery sent us one cherry and one almond. We were allowed to keep the mistake and actually got a (very small) harvest last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401276014159-8KXEFAMFYP4XSO0AFX1S/PotatoPlanting.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Dave planted potatoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401226983950-G938OLFMOPPAEQGXD7K7/AsparagusDinner1.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead We harvested our first bunch of asparagus! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401227122061-O1PV0UZ0PMZNLULSL4BB/CowsInTheShade.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Maple and Daisy were moved across the driveway to a new pasture. They really love the shade of the hickory tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401231132825-K99NPS1BRQ482ZETASN3/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead The wild thyme has again started popping up all over the yard. It sure makes for some beautifully fragrant mowing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401276032771-PR2QBEAUFC0MVTP15NQI/image-asset.png Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead I weeded the elderberries and potatoes on Mother's Day. I also "weeded" two more (otherwise empty) beds because I was on a roll. Too bad they were actually full of winter rye cover crop. Whoops. Sorry, Dave! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401232233864-GHPT8LGBM8A7M451X3LM/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead An early morning walk to grab the newspaper turned into a meet & greet with the girls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401231969355-133RQ60KTE43LKN17P93/MorningWalkMaple.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Maple, now proudly sporting a bell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401276053619-VV6VARVV9GVWSWA1ZH79/image-asset.png Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Daisy in front of the big oak tree. Dave is currently working on ridding the field (by hand, with a Kaiser blade), of the barberry bushes that have taken over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401232030604-GU9WYS64NYFGHLVX665P/MorningPaperCows2.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Both girls wear tags that we found in the house when we moved in. They are from the long gone dairy that used to thrive down the hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401232559535-ECLQJOW70CHUQZN3TOMS/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Our little hatchling, Eliot, had a field trip out of his brooder. He enjoyed some sunshine with the help of a fence and a bodyguard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401232714243-ASVBSNWEFRML7BIXDR6J/EuanEliot22.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Eliot's full name is T.S. Eliot. The T.S. is for "terminal sire" -- we were happy to find out that our one hatchling is a boy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401232768740-GXP83DHQ3ONG1G5GB1DQ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Our current rooster, however, is not so happy. I wonder if he can sense that his days are numbered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401232850413-GOQ5RIQY2YW22TRBS8TE/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Talk about ruffling some feathers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401232907165-DREZHUQT6A70WAR63703/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead The rooster would not stop pacing the fence and crowing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401233574578-FJB9XI52T1S7V4S6M90T/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Since our last hatch didn't go well, we tried again with a combo of our own eggs and eggs we purchased (all Delawares). This little one was the first to hatch. It looks like he is snuggling up to the eggs while he waits for company, doesn't it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401233494775-ASCG5B31TEAZMZAG2EJL/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead We ended up with 4 survivors out of 24 eggs (a fifth, sadly, did not make it). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401233115308-OXOQ7H73VYAQ3H3NKU7Y/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead We harvested the first rhubarb of the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401233164887-OC0984NFMOCVKOX3W17C/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead I made raspberry rhubarb crisp bars (with our home-grown and frozen purple raspberries). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401233455202-AIZFUI78I1587I30JXWX/RhubarbBars2.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead They were gooooooood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401233732461-ZS25PY5XOVLVYOS2SC6I/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead Eliot was moved from his small brooder to what used to be the home for the guinea fowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401233861478-SNJWRKMDW5A2UPCUCEDA/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead He sublet his brooder/gained four roommates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1401234404475-7DMNW4I7OJI74E9GMNQ9/Currants.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Spring on the homestead I am so excited to see the currants starting to pop out. Last year was the first year the plant bore fruit. We didn't get much, so we just put them in a mason jar with vodka and waited. OK, I admit it, forgot all about them in the back of the fridge. But once I found them and made a cocktail...oh my! Let's just say I am VERY excited for this year's harvest. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/4/30/naan monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1398883087928-WXQKJJ19QVA8LHO7J5F1/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Naan The dough, straight from the mixer, ready to rest and grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1398883163187-P4WITH387GDBZCFUFWIA/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Naan The dough, post-rise. Yes, it more than doubled. Yes, I forgot about it. Thankfully, the recipe is forgiving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1398883303971-VOY2N9ZY50RKDIMQE7XA/Naan3.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Naan Forming the small dough balls and adding the garlic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1398883379383-RMSA3LBSN1WUWW071TIV/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Naan I made 14 pieces from a 1 ½ X batch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1398883459354-TTW3YUJYD2J24FRKFK01/Naan5.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Naan Rollin', rollin', rollin'! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1398883516350-T1Z4WMBZVITQQYINTEXD/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Naan I have never used our grill to cook the naan. While I bet it would be smoky and delicious (and leave me with a cleaner kitchen!), I have never figured out where or how I would roll out the dough outside. So, I stick with the cast iron slab that fits over the long center burner of our stove. I imagine a cast iron pan would work just as well; you would simply need to make sure you made the dough balls an appropriate size and shape to fit your pan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1398883674363-XFS40IELRZXT2WP77GKB/Naan7.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Naan In the past, I used plain ol' melted butter, but Trader Joe's now carries ghee. It fulfills its promise of not scorching as much as un-clarified butter, but plain melted butter (or even oil, for that matter) is more than fine. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/4/9/elderberries monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1397086560745-VEX5PJSNIASVHF34OGD0/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Elderberries See that long row of twisted up fencing and weeds? Yup, that's our elderberry bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1397086710463-AKNPKHCB760F2C0OXB1A/Elderberry2.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Elderberries Fencing torn out. Weeds, random wood chunks, and other such nonsense raked out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1397086761931-S6SLZH9QPF2ZYKS01JVS/Elderberry3.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Elderberries Hauling the debris to the compost pile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1397133686836-GE116N3AFG612MWKIHMB/Elderberry4.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Elderberries Our youngest gardener shoveling mulch into buckets destined for the bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1397086958385-Z56WKMNP38L3LDHEE760/Elderberry5.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Elderberries All mulched up. Posts getting hammered into the (painfully) rock-filled ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1397132319659-MD9ZY8Q4DK7MA1MAEV16/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Elderberries Now, we wait. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/4/2/allegras-chocolate-chip-cookies monthly 0.5 2025-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1396483730179-9CJMW44T8Q02TFXTBPCX/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Allegra's chocolate chip cookies I always use white whole wheat flour, Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips, and add a cup of oats for the "optional add-in". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1396483911889-8DBXMLZL509LVWOV0CV3/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Allegra's chocolate chip cookies I usually use my smallest cookie scoop so I get a greater number of cookies. I can easily get 72+ cookies out of a full batch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1396484312294-PZQ5A3CNPED6AP1YIWTI/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Allegra's chocolate chip cookies I like to bake mine until they are evenly browned so they retain their crunch day after day (not that they will last that long). https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/3/27/birthday-cupcakes-for-school monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395960079573-M1ZYC0TMAQWZ8HVE5PPR/CupcakesMise.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school Mise en place = sanity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395960174432-UFU74NPFC8L3BXX5N06B/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school Butter & sugar melted together. Cocoa powder & boiling water whisked. Eggs ready to be added one at a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395960283299-5PBNQSDCBQK6IPCRLG9B/CupcakesLicking.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school The benefit of being a baker's helper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395960363187-607JWT9VDPALQGF4OC03/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school Out of the oven. Time to start on the frosting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395960486784-UVPOMYHN1Y5D8HM66FRT/FrostingOnStove.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school Eggs, sugar, vanilla, and a pinch of salt go in the mixing bowl over a pot of simmering water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395960556105-7TXFGOYHF5BESD3UHODK/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school You must whisk constantly until the mixture reaches 160 degrees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395960618074-JC6RZ5WMG2X9XENQZIZU/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school The mixture gets beaten on medium/high for five minutes (it will cool down and become light and airy). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395960820483-C0WL6D4RN2SDHAD4UZRJ/FrostingCurdle.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school After you add about half of the softened butter it looks pretty weird, but there is no need to panic; it is expected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1396029101004-DIYX1UCMTUVX2K59OLTX/FrostingDone.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school Soon after the last bit of butter goes in you will have a gorgeous bowl of glossy deliciousness. The eggs make this recipe a very, very pale butter yellow. It can be used as "white", but it is by no means snow white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395961107180-DB3S7PXWU51IXGTXW2F2/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school You only count 29 cupcakes? That, my friend, is what we here like to call quality control. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1396029014990-LH5H5YQ4AM00LW9ILT6Y/image-asset.png Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school Quality control in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395961229176-THO1U4T4B4OT8HZ2GJZU/CupcakesTiered.jpg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school This is the inaugural cupcake carrying of the best birthday present I received last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395961507039-SK5IQF08Q5LCZSEA07BN/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Birthday cupcakes for school Off to a cool part of the house to await tomorrow's delivery! https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/3/22/butterscotch-pie-with-pretzel-crust monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395514241993-U6AZO9IFXOPI1FOKSZO8/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Butterscotch Pie with Pretzel Crust I took care of the crust straight away, and while it was in the oven I gathered all of the ingredients for the filling. I cannot stress enough how important this is! The pudding recipe is pretty darn complicated so having everything measured out before you even turn on the stove will be your key to sanity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395514278650-CXTISZ171GRI4PR8JH2I/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Butterscotch Pie with Pretzel Crust I made one and half batches of the filling so that I could fill five ramekins for tonight's dessert. You didn't really think I would be able to wait until tomorrow's party to taste the pudding, did you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1395671322269-AQJ5I3938OVR30U1IWWJ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - Butterscotch Pie with Pretzel Crust Before heading off to the party, the pie was topped with whipped cream and chopped salted peanuts. YUM! https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/3/13/my-version-of-mimis-meatloaf monthly 0.5 2015-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394751603894-UO9LZW5XLTD66N625U8H/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - My version of Mimi's Meatloaf That is three pounds of meat, two large onions, two large garlic gloves, a pound or so of mushrooms, and three eggs. The rest is eyeballed. This makes two loaves-one for tonight and one for the freezer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394752567979-6Z5DBO64C1JQ6BSPQC65/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2014 - My version of Mimi's Meatloaf https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2014-new/2014/3/11/the-birthday-boy-and-my-love-of-birthday-cakes monthly 0.5 2019-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394539523811-34D75Z5TKKBDZC6F2MYG/FinnAndCake.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538023833-I83RF0WGIOW5D6LELZXG/EuanIsOneRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - one year old, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538070408-4QUEJF5OUM2WXP6LKJAK/FinnIsFourRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 4 year old, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394537983327-L2NSPFN24YFJNFLEDZ5I/CameronIsThirteenRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 13 year old, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538047265-PQ7HJ1BAZIRQ9M4CGQOE/EuanIsTwoRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 2011 (recipe from Smitten Kitchen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538063998-W6X90M3ICJNFMINLZQNF/FinnIsFiveRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 5 year old, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394537982366-R0GYO6R6SNQHGFKHR8BF/CameronIsFourteenRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 2011 (ice cream cake) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538027608-QOKTHNYC6FKDKXF5MW0M/EuanIsThreeRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538083484-ERSXOYAJNYK8AIRPEHZK/FinnIsSixRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 6 year old, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394537993461-WKY1BC5UVBY5GOFCSPUI/CamerinIsFifteenRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 15 year old, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538009639-F6V3H5AW00AWMYPVV8SJ/EuanIsFourRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538078444-TA5CXD4G4OBZZO4J85ZP/FinnIsSevenRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 7 year old, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538001001-DURKXDIZYLDTA0QLR60Y/CamIs16Rad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 2013 (recipe from Smitten Kitchen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538004420-YZ871EUQBAJ0D03K68JN/EuanIsFiveRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 2014 (birthday on Super Bowl Sunday) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1394538050015-NW3DVY0P2ZRGOX6QRC8S/FinnIsEightRad.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 8 year old, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1553263253697-ER3DDB59A4WLO1C2Z06Z/Cameron+is+17.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - choc/pb ice cream cake, 17 year old, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1424719160008-MF8ME95TN8QU83QUUBDW/IMG_7685.JPG Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 6 year old, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432925736765-HVKP79RNOG0AOXAH64BL/IMG_0169.JPG Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - Tintin & Snowy, 9 year old, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1457377947184-72VZI51ROP9PIN8Y9FO4/IMG_1025.JPG Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - clone trooper, 7 year old, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1457960468075-88Y2GMODGRMXCM29POKB/IMG_1821.JPG Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - Commander Cody, 10 year old, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1553261767374-F61T8GBD0BZ3JLAEYOJN/Euan+is+9.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - for the 8 year old Santa lover, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1553261955825-J6838FLUP75DPN4W0OWP/Finn+is+11.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - Mallomar ice cream cake, 11 year old, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1553262144907-4QDILICQO37ZHR60NLNJ/Euan+is+9.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 9 year old, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1553262240498-8U828XFY63HO31UFRXH3/Finn+is+12.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 12 year old, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1553262335575-W20U1SN7XXTNLNNX6WVG/Cameron+is+21.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - Magic Hat #9 / Watership Down mash-up for 21st birthday, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1553257680614-TTSBDHWZATXHL0R57VWC/Hershey+Cake.jpg Blogposts 2014 - The birthday boy, and my love of birthday cakes. - 10 year old, 2019 https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2015 daily 0.75 2016-01-17 https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2015/spring-update monthly 0.5 2016-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432144870483-4UEG490QN41DQ53ROI50/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update At the end of April, the ten little chicks moved outside to the brooder where the pullets (aka the teenagers) had been and the teens moved to the guinea fowl coop. Eventually, everyone will live together as one big happy (we hope) family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432145375633-RXP1K607IBVDR97E1VW7/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update A few days later we let the teens and old hens have a meet and greet. It didn't take long for the hens to assert that they are the top of the (literal) pecking order. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432148104635-U8VX5P3Y011DCE3DT7VM/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update By mid-May, the teen roosters had filled out even more and began to practice crowing. It's an awkward sound, not unlike a human male going through puberty (think voice change). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432148195020-S49R2SAGTNGABSAKBU80/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Dave devised a divider out of pallets to keep the hens and teens separate, while allowing them each access to fresh air and sunshine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432148220351-XCZANYUMRNP78PJW315S/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Two males and one female live in this little coop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432148272992-FC8OW1KO6UT8IB6ZL5JL/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Occasionally, an old hen crosses the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432145103593-P6XE4FU72L6R0SF9NJQ4/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update The first weekend in May, we relocated Maple & Daisy to a new pasture. It was the first time they moved since November. As you can see, the grass is MUCH greener on the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432145232034-TZMDFFWDLOHHSYXYOLPQ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Needless to say, they were quite happy, quite happy indeed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432147770005-E049H43JRQ3GXM9SUJ9S/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Two weeks later, the girls needed to be moved again. They roamed free by the tall spruces while Dave moved their fence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432148018078-U8D05WA8NV0VV6R2HG5G/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Maple & Daisy love this pasture, as the hickory tree offers them lovely shade during the hot and sunny days we have had. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432149278948-CQXINS6000HNK0X4J7B1/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update On a recent warm evening we took the girls for a stroll on the old road. Walking on gravel helps wear down excess hoof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432149296337-3DLXH6LZ1NNP9EMGD98Z/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Daisy stopped me quite often so she could nibble leaves from low-lying branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432145494432-FIXGZAKLIFM4V1V4RGBV/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update The small garden out back needed A TON of work to get ready for the season... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432154637265-PZJHZLDFF74B3WVSL582/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update ...the leaves were raked into a mulch pile and everything was weeded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432145432878-LJSLYMAQVJ0QY6OX19MO/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update We cut our first asparagus! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432145628103-KG8XFY5DHTYO2RG0MA7B/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Blossoms started to pop out all over the place. This is our currant bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432145815515-HID3FODL07JGXIJ9C27G/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Our biggest/oldest cherry tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432145864677-RG9DHNC5OOZWQ3WF1GO0/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Our hardy almond tree, a nursery mishap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432145998368-FWO1KOOIJWWL4WTV8M5T/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update The peach tree we planted last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146286980-23JXB33I7DC03PJ9S6EX/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update One of our blueberry bushes (and a wee ant). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146184744-XKVQRNFQ8CEPZ8ANCJOM/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update The rhubarb is really coming along. This is one of the two original plants from three years ago. Last year Dave divided the other one into three new crowns. They are healthy and happy, but we don't know yet if they will be mature enough to cut from this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432149528002-OY2L91TVHN4QL2A6QJMS/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Currant progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146613505-J0W94U90KXSY3MAN83A2/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update The strawberry plants are blossoming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146693945-59RG8IOBPKS3AZJ7YN1S/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Our grapes have begun to develop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146772982-G544H65PVUXIVKTFI5QH/IMG_2093.JPG Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Preparing the beds: Our nine year old collected stones and tossed them into the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146908548-V2D7DDY40DO54X2YZ4K1/IMG_2041.jpg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Preparing the beds Everyone weeded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146866736-IT6E9RDDDYU5VCTEL8GU/IMG_2036.jpg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Raspberry cane roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146960907-SUNVPVAGS0NXZWN8RU3O/IMG_2057.jpg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Raspberry canes Two rows done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146993170-9BAVM7585ZUR322ADCHL/IMG_2065.jpg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Making a furrow in the fourth bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432147061608-7BXWZN7AR0WH3M866R4X/IMG_2078.jpg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Canes ---> furrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432147120596-C4MYKLZ7DIWATWAC79WL/IMG_2087.jpg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Making sure each cane is well set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432147066533-3P47RAB43IHWDOIX00ZM/IMG_2080.jpg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - The remaining canes wait their turn in a bucket of water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432148894171-R2VJC1K1CKTUYERYL0EP/IMG_2120.jpg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Also on the agenda: Protecting the trees from ants and bugs with masking tape which with be covered in Tanglefoot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432147109934-36S56AO4OIFW684JLN30/IMG_2084.jpg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Tanglefoot gets applied to the tape, avoiding the bark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432149445450-UPFT0VV1VBIOMI3QKWZM/IMG_2708.JPG Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Watering was the last thing to get done before darkness completely fell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432147235603-EE1ZZQC7FM53JRR6PMG5/IMG_2100.jpg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Not everything got done the night before... ...so we had to get the gooseberry bush planted before work. Dave broke up the cow pies to spread around the newly installed plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432147250491-LVFH7LX1AB04DD3IMT5N/IMG_2113.JPG Blogposts 2015 - Spring update - Dave at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432147671978-99CK571YUSKQ04AMZ2JE/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update The rhubarb was ready to cut! We got 3 ½ pounds in our first go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432149328733-ADLQJFVRE4NUOTSZUNS0/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Considering last year was our first cherry harvest and we only got two lone specimens, we are quite optimistic that this will be our best year yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432149365345-XI5VEBNC109WP5S7OXYP/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update That Tanglefoot sure works well, doesn't it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432149384261-NRZ8D3BAP9JFR6UGW8QI/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Our row of mature raspberries are starting to bud out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432149406166-0CQRYPZIBK892T5GD4I0/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update The grapes are progressing nicely, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432243598102-UY7VENCWIAQ3QPJWMGBQ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Where the currants are now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146110587-YLCW30BGJTZ9K6QJ6EBX/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update Some asparagus was simply roasted in olive oil, salt + pepper. To gild that perfect lily, we tossed it in homemade ramp butter afterwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432146222404-T8NQQFO5Q71I2LD3W0QV/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update This was spring on a plate: sautéed asparagus and fresh spring pea ravioli I picked up from Bongo & Capacci at the Muscoot Farm Market, all tossed with the aforementioned ramp butter. So, so good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432147713615-V2O1EOWPPRRV9R55NMMN/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update That first haul of rhubarb was so great that I was able to make three awesome things in two days. The cool thing about two of them was that it was a two-for-one. I made rhubarb syrup and rhubarb jam in one fell swoop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432148065350-PGDUN1BT1B6J8F2TB3EH/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update I also made two "Rhuby Razz" pies from the awesome Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book. The raspberries were frozen after our harvest last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432148438789-VQA8LGSQI7M0PEJNV009/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update When I made the following dish it was early evening and the sun cast a beautiful light into the cast iron pan on the stovetop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1432148482861-G8GMRHYQ7F1S55HSZ86H/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Spring update We called this "one bed pasta". I made a pesto out of the sheep sorrel I pulled out from the asparagus bed and served it over pasta with the veggies I cut at the same time. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2015/chore-day-spring-edition monthly 0.5 2015-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429525674152-PGC6LDXV4GQ749SFVG0D/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition We started the day off with a big breakfast: our favorite buttermilk pancakes (recipe from Cook's Illustrated) topped with our own maple syrup (!) and apricot vanilla jam from a wonderful local company, Maya's Jams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429525693016-ZXYETNMD7W9GT93ALZBS/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition The first chore of the day was to take care of the girls. We brought them hay & water and then brushed them. Brushing has a dual purpose: it cleans them and gets them familiar with our touch for when milking begins next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429525708106-M7QDIJSO4Y1YVTD0A2N5/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition I never really thought about the origin of "cow lick" before, but it sure makes sense to me now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429525751744-TGQK0WMJ1ZPLSJX81CUB/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition Even our youngest got in on the action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429525816262-SDGLK7DP38DVD0CJ0DIZ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition My next chore was weeding. I started with the rhubarb bed and was so excited to see the red stalks and unfurling leaves. I cannot wait to make pie with these babies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429525863612-PVJ0XK9KV290RBA2VH19/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition Seeing these wee spears pushing up out of the asparagus bed was a most welcome surprise. This big bed got weeded and topped with fresh compost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429525886086-O6R0RTHGRPNPKW29036N/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition The weeds were given to the teenagers, the 2 cockerels and 2 pullets from our last hatch, that have been living in the hay barn since their move three weeks ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429527204934-BZB36S091UZDVYWSEW1L/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition Dave had originally built their current home to be used as a mobile coop, but retrofitted it to be used as a brooder - complete with a nesting box (far right), ramp, and roosts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429527096288-LYJZTKY8S8XW4TPJWH2T/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition At the time (four years ago!), I thought it was also perfect as a toddler cage, er, I mean playpen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429525964782-VPLKJO18R447DO7NGGUQ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition Dave bought a new "manual front end loader" yesterday. I have never seen anyone so happy about a wheelbarrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429525979544-M428VHOM7NPQICCG24L6/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition When he weeded and mulched the mulberry tree he discovered that a critter had eaten the bark off of of the base of the trunk over the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429525995076-J30N6OWDCHN9QSTG6WPE/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition He said it was nearly girdled (term for when the bark is completely removed around the circumference of a branch or trunk). We got lucky, because if this happens, everything above the line dies - in this case, the whole tree would have been a goner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429526015211-9UNM2UVCZ9DTJ7KQ046F/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition The little boys had chores, too. They were tasked with picking up the sticks that fell throughout the yard over the winter. Some were bigger than others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1429526030388-440O6BRUODKOVG4OH3ZO/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chore Day, spring edition When it was quitting time at the end of the day Dave noticed that I was a real red...well, you know. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2015/cara-sel-chews monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1430129596504-5AC7QTEEMSR70ODJNH31/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Cara-Sel candy chews Even though I was only using a 12 fluid oz jar, I used a 2.5 quart pot. You'll not only want a heavy-bottomed pot, but one with lots of room for the caramel to expand. As you can see here, there is TONS of room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1430129649277-AC8I6S1EZO3VJDPW4XVN/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Cara-Sel candy chews As soon as you start cooking, get your pan ready. This 10x6 size seems just about perfect for the amount of caramel I am working with here. You can go bigger or smaller; it will only affect the dimensions of your candy. A smaller pan = a smaller, thicker slab. A bigger pan = a larger, thinner slab. Line the pan with parchment or non-stick foil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1428006757552-MHKU220IOSMQXPFCVAS9/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Cara-Sel candy chews I cook the caramel over medium, medium/high heat and keep an very close eye on it. You don't need to whisk it, but an occasional stir with a spatula (one that can take high heat is a must) is a good idea. This photo shows the caramel almost at soft ball/240˚. I am shooting for firm ball/250˚. It gets there pretty quickly, so I wasn't able to get the shot (and to be honest, I got distracted and almost reached hard ball/260˚). As soon as it hits 250˚, take it off the heat and pour it into your lined pan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1428006828145-0UNN08ELF77UZDD93X9I/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Cara-Sel candy chews If you use parchment, like I did here, you will notice that it won't stay put down in the pan until you start to pour the hot caramel in. Try to guide the caramel into the edges by carefully pushing the paper down into the corners. The pan will be super hot, even where it is not directly touching the caramel, so please use caution!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1428007611915-NSG6FYH61CKE6D776HXF/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Cara-Sel candy chews Once it is cool, which won't take long, your caramel slab will be ready to chop for your favorite recipe. You could also wrap pieces in waxed paper to enjoy as caramel candies (especially if you mess up and go all the way to 260˚ like I did), but I haven't played around with this enough to give you advice on shelf stability. If you plan on baking with the firm caramel another day, you can store it, wrapped, at room temperature or in the fridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1428184767157-PA038Z4598P0TGMO8W5P/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Cara-Sel candy chews https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2015/chunky-applesauce monthly 0.5 2015-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423607197143-94T2EV6ZOD6TZW1HEA3D/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chunky Applesauce The last few times I made applesauce I added a knob or two of whole, peeled ginger. The longer it sits in the fridge, the more intense the spicy kick gets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423607279115-1JZYJEHOFI4S5G844OFU/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chunky Applesauce I don't judge the amount of apples I am going to use by weight or number; I simply fill my 3.5 qt pot to the top and call it a day. This time I used 13 apples, mostly medium sized. I prefer to use a wide variety of apples so as to achieve a nice balance of sweet & tart, firm & soft. This batch used some Northern Spy & Winesaps from Soons Orchard and one of each variety Blooming Hill Farm had that week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423607315468-DW1T2NL7QYWH8Y22C1BE/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chunky Applesauce Almost, but not quite, done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423607364751-Z6PDACTAVDRQA7QHUYTA/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chunky Applesauce It is done when you can easily smash the apple chunks against the side of the pot. I like the texture to be a mixture of smooth and chunky, so I leave a lot of the apple pieces intact. This way you get some melding of flavors while still enjoying distinct bites of apple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423607410759-LVS4VOQ1OHV8QNAYHWOT/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - Chunky Applesauce You may wish to warn diners who serve themselves about the ginger. A guest of mine once declared, "Man, that was a spicy apple!", after eating a big chunk of ginger. Whoops! https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2015/2015/1/9/apple-stuff monthly 0.5 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/b6bfa633-1828-402d-8f1d-08daa646851d/IMG_3704.jpg Blogposts 2015 - "Apple Stuff" - Make it stand out The dirtier the recipe card/cookbook page, the more loved the recipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1420832154793-3JL08DQ9106HH3V7C1AF/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - "Apple Stuff" mise en place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1420832170975-TCQ5FZQ7N7JSTVRPUN5N/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - "Apple Stuff" The ratio of apples to granola might seem odd, but the oats in the granola will expand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1420832190903-9JWHSX0AJ5OPYQXGRWM7/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - "Apple Stuff" This is what it looks like when it is ready. Yes, I know what I said about raisins, but it was all I had on hand this morning. It might not be my favorite version, but it was still delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1420832204457-I29QKJATLRXG33RNF11U/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2015 - "Apple Stuff" Trust me, don't skip the cream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1679664254836-GIBIHIYFBKA92Z4AEPA0/IMG_2981.jpg Blogposts 2015 - "Apple Stuff" - prep time the #ArdenPigs are always excited when I make Apple Stuff (so many yummy peels and cores!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1679664255183-3PXTYJBKHMRUS6RB7827/IMG_2986.jpg Blogposts 2015 - "Apple Stuff" - adding the granola This batch was extra special, as I used a seasonal flavor (Gingersnap Cookie Butter!) from Jamie’s Farm NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1679664262310-XDYAH3ZQKNWNFRUYIQ5M/IMG_2989.jpg Blogposts 2015 - "Apple Stuff" - ready for the oven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1679665098111-FHSSS9PA4NVM8TXC0V46/IMG_3032.jpg Blogposts 2015 - "Apple Stuff" - baked I usually take it a bit further than this when serving right away (and in general, really), but this was a batch that was to become Dave’s breakfast for two weeks and I left some of the apples a little firmer. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2016 daily 0.75 2025-04-13 https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2016/orange-magazine-26-great-gifts-created-by-local-artisans monthly 0.5 2025-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/cc548122-1374-444d-a9e8-65b54a1f0a1b/26+Great+Gifts.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Orange Magazine: 26 Great Gifts Created by Local Artisans - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2016/orange-magazine-labors-of-love monthly 0.5 2025-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/847b744e-6bef-415c-9a40-40819376f70d/LOL+1.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Orange Magazine: Labors of Love - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/3b956c91-0f15-469d-b826-12272e1e6a2c/LOL+2.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Orange Magazine: Labors of Love - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/8ea1af62-9c48-422d-beac-44b7a888bf9c/LOL+3.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Orange Magazine: Labors of Love - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2016/carmelitas monthly 0.5 2025-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1460636138025-L9SE6C9O0ECQ9T2ZC2SM/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Carmelitas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1460636166127-PH51G1WOBGC75IW92W7I/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Carmelitas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1460636205812-8PI2IR0YOMN76I1B52MD/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Carmelitas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1459799026125-EVA6R9F8R31856D6M6MJ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Carmelitas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1460636289647-RR5RCI30URSPHVDS6RMN/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Carmelitas https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2016/homemade-samoas monthly 0.5 2016-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1458070413686-1UCQBZ6V37G1V4EE8NIQ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Samoas Bars If your dough is as soft as mine, use an offset spatula to spread it in an even layer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1458070474819-BSA07IK4TU90XIZNXNPF/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Samoas Bars Perfect light brown edges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1458073339840-1MHMGR1HXVM3EWQRY3MS/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Samoas Bars This is what happens when you toast sweetened and unsweetened coconut in the same pan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1458126117085-98621SJI9R5VZUKGJK4Y/image-asset.png Blogposts 2016 - Samoas Bars Note the evenly toasted coconut (sweetened and unsweetened toasted in separate pans) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1458070664158-1DBH7UG3CETB1MF2CJ0Q/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Samoas Bars I use an offset spatula to spread the caramel & coconut mixture on the cookie base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1458070957945-T4YOU2W3Q702BHX6P824/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Samoas Bars Try to get the mixture into a nice even layer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1458674937593-57KGJW8OKZLUB35687QG/image-asset.png Blogposts 2016 - Samoas Bars piped chocolate (left) vs. drizzled chocolate (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1458085419932-V70E8GBVTQ6FXB2TJ3DK/image-asset.png Blogposts 2016 - Samoas Bars If you have leftover melted chocolate, you can make a big blob on parchment paper and let it set up. Once set, place it in a plastic bag and save it for another use. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts-2016/haggis monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1452784930968-HS4CGXZCV7A41DAL0YCE/image-asset.png Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423601946422-KE6BRRAMCBE0W22VCAYJ/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis These two books acted as our haggis bibles. Since we had never used the lights (aka lungs) or a real stomach, they came in very handy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423601976854-KJZ19WHLV2BIAMJFS7T1/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis Our vacuum sealed bounty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423601997805-PKS21QRPVXHCKMYQRJN6/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis This is what we worked with for our haggis (L-R): four hearts, two livers, one set of lungs (one lobe is in the colander below the cutting board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423602143906-FAPW9SF4596XPSD0MCUB/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis Traditionally, the pluck would be simmered with the windpipe still attached and hanging out of the pot, through which impurities would drain. Since ours came without, we simmered the lungs separately from the other bits so we could simply drain off the liquid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423602196314-EP9ITT8YF5S7E2O3QHUY/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis You can easily see the difference in clarity between the pot holding the hearts and livers and the one with the lungs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423602238438-MLD1XXUK0F49XISQ3598/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis Post-simmer. Can you believe how much the lungs shrank?!?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423602281444-ZGCV81LTHADFSY7QE55S/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis After trimming out any yucky bits (veins, etc.) from the lungs and liver and taking the meat from the hearts, each cut got its own grind. The fat was ground coarse; the heart, medium; the lungs, fine. The liver was grated by hand, just like cheese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423602299719-AX7OV0NDMM38ED9R78JO/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis mise en place, clockwise from bottom left: liver; hearts; onions cooked until meltingly soft + sweet, pinhead oats; fresh pepper; fat; lungs; cooking liquid; fresh parsley, sage, and thyme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423602330102-J1ABF7KV4KCUVTXSUQ9W/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis Everything was mixed together by hand and checked for seasoning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423602369743-ZGHVRT9UX490QMCZ5PVS/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis One last rinse of the stomach... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423602387888-2OXXN1APRTOUMHA9FXKP/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis ...and then everything got stuffed inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423602415619-BEIVBE7ZTUA7TWMOAL8Q/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis The stomach was tied up with butcher's twine, making sure to leave room for expansion (you do not want this to burst when it cooks). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1423602436964-ROLDB9HE8TU4FPSSPDX4/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis After about two hours of simmering, foil-wrapped, in the remaining cooking liquid (bolstered with water to cover), the haggis was ready. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1453065208810-HQIZ1I7G9G1ZTSROHQTF/IMG_7316_2.jpg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis oatcakes for the haggis; recipe from Gourmet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1453065222167-2253HBI3NAS86BRYBQEV/IMG_7115.jpg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis gigantic rutabaga from Blooming Hill Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1453065622548-79RQ69JJ5W6YQ4CYOGXP/IMG_7280.jpg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis cream scones, recipe from Cook's Illustrated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1453065642716-H6Y28ZDWEK5VF2E2MZXH/IMG_7280.jpg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis lemon curd; recipe from Alice Medrich via Food52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1453065657121-YY4A2OYTIJ4QFVTHNJN7/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis Brussels sprouts prep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1453065668547-504HE2065M3H6N7T1B68/image-asset.jpeg Blogposts 2016 - Burns Night or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Haggis benefit of hosting: leftovers! https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts daily 0.75 2025-11-03 https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts/cara-sel-whipped-cream monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/aeacf0d8-2cc7-478f-aeba-16f46b1b416f/TAH_Whipped+Cream.jpg Blogposts - Cara-Sel Whipped Cream - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts/cara-sel-creamer monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/57c6506a-61b9-4ade-ae7b-90252119ca5d/TAH_Creamer.jpg Blogposts - Cara-Sel Creamer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts/pb-caramel-crispers monthly 0.5 2023-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1680376669485-YI4QH3P1SCZ2PYU5PI3D/IMG_3338.jpg Blogposts - PB Caramel Crispers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1680375676343-K7QUNGRGTWONI41KXDR1/IMG_3631.jpg Blogposts - PB Caramel Crispers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1680376397100-387ETUW8MEAZ9M656J5Y/IMG_3629.jpg Blogposts - PB Caramel Crispers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ardenthomesteader.com/blogposts/caramel-chai-pumpkin-pie monthly 0.5 2024-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/4d281231-32f1-49c5-bc16-4288128633b4/IMG_0580.jpg Blogposts - Caramel Chai Pumpkin Pie - Pie test #1 Feeling confident, I was really just baking to make sure my past notes made sense, etc. I wanted to be able to share this test batch with friends, so I made mini pies instead of a 9”’; and because I wasn’t about to roll out mini pastry crusts (no thank you!), I made graham cracker crusts. RESULT: Incredible. Dave, who does not like pumpkin pie, declared this to be “a perfect dessert” and greedily ate more than his fair share. I was thrilled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1cf26e20-d411-4077-bd81-733f1244c65c/IMG_0823.jpg Blogposts - Caramel Chai Pumpkin Pie - Pie test #2 I decided to make a 9” to make sure the baking time was correct. Also, I thought it would be great if I could get away with using 6oz of caramel instead of a full cup. RESULT: Nope. My version of this pie isn’t terribly sweet as it is, and this was going too far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1fd1ce4c-f082-4179-86a1-76c273311d69/IMG_0858.jpg Blogposts - Caramel Chai Pumpkin Pie - Pie test #3 Back to recipe #1, just checking the 9” baking time. RESULT: I overbaked this one a bit (see that crack?), but that wasn’t the real problem. Something else is still not quite right and all signs point to the brand of pumpkin puree I used (see my note below). As the week went on we also wondered how much the pastry crust vs the graham crust impacted the overall pie, leading us to… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/4563de4d-e038-4b13-a125-ecb4a0d426b4/IMG_0972.jpg Blogposts - Caramel Chai Pumpkin Pie - Pie test #4 & #5: I baked two pies, both with the same filling but different crusts. One was made with an all-butter pie dough and the other was a graham cracker crust. RESULT: Graham wins! If you told me a few weeks ago that pumpkin pie belongs in a graham, not pastry, crust I would not have believed you. However, after all this experimenting (and subsequent text threads discussing this process with my sisters, all avid bakers) it really kinda does. Pumpkin pie is essentially a custard pie, so think about cheesecake, key lime pie, etc…all are aided by the extra crunch and flavor of a graham crust. And in this particular case, the extra sweetness is welcome, too. 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While going through the book I found dishes I remember from my childhood dinner table (the baked beans & Chicken Divan) and my mom’s contributions (ginger snaps, sandies, and French cream frosting). These recipes were easy to hone in on, as they were on the dirtiest pages, a true sign of how beloved they are. And those sandies…I make them every year at Christmastime and never knew the origin. I love this so, so much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1553255751273-YRMIBVTWR1ARMVJWV9F1/blue%2Bcheese%2Bmom%2527s%2Bcard.jpg Blogposts - Mom's Blue Cheese Dressing This is the recipe card my dad has formatted on his computer. 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(I also added some fresh ginger & chili-garlic paste) // More details on the Instagram post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1679666665849-807F1X4JQ5TLE9GW7OUU/464A16E2-AD6B-474E-B9DB-8C99B1EF21BB.jpg recipes - Lorraine Muffins I replaced the optional sugar in Erin Jeanne McDowell’s recipe from Savory Baking with caramel. More details on the Instagram post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1680272548699-Z0529A2LWNENK4NRPLLG/sticky+buns+2.JPG recipes - Caramel & Banana Upside Down Cinnamon Buns Make your favorite cinnamon bun recipe and before putting them in the pan to rise add a layer of caramel and sliced bananas. After baking, invert and enjoy! 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She followed a recipe for sesame banana bread from Seed + Mill and drizzled Cara-Sel over the top, post-bake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1680274579253-YINR7F0R7BW20FMKW3YZ/caramel+apple+whoopie+pie.jpg recipes - Apple Cider Whoopie Pies with Caramel Cream Cheese Filling I made this recipe from NYT Cooking and replaced their filling with cream cheese blended with Cara-Sel. See the original post on Instagram. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1680275457709-4IBTHPD6V2QFSP760WW6/blondie.JPG recipes - Caramel Pretzel Blondies I follow Smitten Kitchen’s recipe and use Cara-Sel Caramel to save a ton of time. 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I prefer the chewy ribbons, but the choice is up to you. ;) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1585674684052-TV8XHVH00WOUU15O3IUQ/cinnamon+buns.JPG recipes - cinnamon buns with caramel cream cheese frosting Details can be found on my Instagram post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1508422664310-J1TW0GZF9N9WGNCRWBVN/bananas+foster.jpg recipes - Bananas Foster Saute bananas in Cara-Sel with an optional splash of bourbon or rum and let your imagination go from there. Like at Ms. Fairfax, where they use Cara-Sel for their amazing Bananas Foster crepe. So good! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1517505485058-LX26GFCZW0UEYXIIIBPY/pretzel+linzers.jpg recipes - pretzel linzer cookies I followed Smitten Kitchen's recipe for pretzel liner cookies and filled them with Cara-Sel More details on my Instagram post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1636723286590-Z6UGDQGRGGPIUIONA3VC/Nectarine+Cornmeal+Cake.JPG recipes - Peach & Cornmeal Upside Down Cake Find out more on my Instagram post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1647272880666-SRNZ6QQ4E2MAU3K8G435/Banana%2BCream%2Bedited.jpg recipes - Banana Cara-Sel Cream Pie Find the recipe for this delicious take on Banoffee Pie at Coco Et Sel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1542726587316-6I4EYAVVR6TL7YQTGFMM/KrispiesSquare.jpg recipes - Cara-Sel Crispy Treats Cara-Sel Crispy Treat recipe on the blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1585674915213-N1JHTO1H4N4QWP81RZCR/cookies.jpg recipes - pecan-caramel shortbread Toasty, nutty, salty, and juuuuust sweet enough. Don’t sleep on this recipe, find it here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1490386869813-GCPAYP4HUHFRYYK5I02O/seed%2Bmill.jpg recipes - salted caramel tahini dip an incredible way to enjoy sliced fruit: mix equal parts Cara-Sel and tahini (I love seed + mill's - so fresh!); dip away! Find their original post on Instagram. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1636723416939-AGKYCRIAKYHBVH2LUWJV/halva+crisp+square.jpg recipes - Apple & Pear Crisp with Dates & Halva Recipe adapted from Kristin Donnolly’s fabulous book, Modern Potluck. Find it on my blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1461091697637-9PGPXH1GX99VP85P379K/carmelitasStacked.jpg recipes - Carmelitas recipe on the blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1542727240084-JI96TDIHYYPGCPG2FDKE/IMG-3696.jpg recipes - Chicken Soup with Caramelized Ginger Recipe adapted from Bon Appetit. Find more details on the origial Instagram post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/530fb7b1e4b024271b35645b/1517505485823-RHG0X7ZAB8Y59SFZBICF/Jodie%27sBuns.JPG recipes - caramel sticky buns The Fearless Cook used Cara-Sel as a filling for her sticky buns. 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