Cheesy Cornbread is amazing when cooked in an iron frying pan. Of course you can bake it in a pie plate or casserole, but the iron frying pan adds a nice crispness to the crust. I inherited my Mother’s iron … Continue reading
Category Archives: Breads
Irish Soda Bread is a perfect accompaniment to Irish Stew on St. Patrick’s Day. It is also very yummy with soup, and/or salad. It is the reaction of the baking soda and buttermilk that makes this bread rise and gives … Continue reading
Delicious, no-muss, no-fuss, no-yeast Beautiful Beer Bread which is great with soup, salad or stew. The mustard brings out the flavour of the cheese. The cheese and sesame seeds add a nice taste to the crust. … Continue reading
Christmas Morning Breakfast Strata contains all the ingredients of breakfast in one place…bread, bacon, cheese, eggs, cereal and milk. Many years ago, Christmas Morning Breakfast Strata became our tradition for Christmas morning. I make it on Christmas eve and then … Continue reading
Apple Coffee Cake is an old fashioned coffee cake made with basic ingredients from your larder and topped with an apple cinnamon layer. The Farmer’s market has now closed and will re-open in the spring There was a real flurry … Continue reading
Cinnamon Sugar Pear Cake is a lovely fresh pear cake that is great for dessert or can be served as a breakfast bread. It can be served warm or at room temperature. It will keep covered on the counter for … Continue reading
When developing a Pioneer Theme for the classroom, one teacher decided to to have volunteers teach the children to make homemade raspberry jam and Butter Flake Biscuits (very back to basic recipes that might have been made in olden times). … Continue reading
Is that bread machine that you purchased a few years ago collecting dust in the cupboard? It is time to retrieve it. Baking bread using a bread machine is one of the easiest jobs in the kitchen, yet produces spectacular … Continue reading
As some of our family headed off to the festivities at the Cranberry Marsh in Bala today…those left at home were making Cranberry Sauce and Cranberry Scones. We purchased our fresh cranberries at the Farmer’s Market on Friday. Cranberry Scones … Continue reading
A cake-like muffin, Raisin Muffins are delicious for breakfast with some fresh fruit. The key to this recipe, is that the raisins are boiled for 20 minutes. This plumps them up and these plump raisins as well as their flavoured … Continue reading