Fudge macaroon pie

Recipe of the Week  Fudge macaroon pie  Courtesy of Jean Winfrey   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 3 squares Bakers unsweetened chocolate 1/2 cup butter or margarine 3 eggs, slightly beaten 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup...

Apple ham salad

Recipe of the Week  Apple ham salad  Courtesy of Anne Westbrook Dominick   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 4 McIntosh or Liberty apples, cored and diced (not peeled) 1 Tbsp. lemon juice 2 cups...

Bread pudding

Recipe of the Week  Bread pudding  Courtesy of Marjorie Burris   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 2 cups cubed dry bread 4 cups milk, scalded 1 Tbsp. butter 1/4 tsp. salt 3/4...

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

By Emily Buehler Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Most people know about sourdough starter—it can be used instead of yeast to make bread rise, resulting in bread with a sour flavor and a chewier texture. Bakers...

Spicy Beef

Recipe of the Week  Spicy Beef  Courtesy of Elaine Driver  Ingredients 8 ounces top round steak, fat trimmed, cut into strips 2 fresh hot chilis, minced 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1-1/2 tablespoons fresh cilantro,...

Make grape juice the easy way

By Tanya Kelley Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Squeezing and straining grapes for grape juice was not exactly my idea of fun. So when my neighbor showed me a faster, easier method, I was delighted. For...

Cheesy fish chowder

By Ilene Duffy Issue #127 • January/February, 2011 If you've been reading this magazine for a while, you probably already know that my husband, Dave, and I met while he was fishing on the Ventura, California...

Betty’s Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

Recipe of the Week  Betty's Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce  Courtesy of Elizabeth Ann Forman  Ingredients Bread Pudding: 3-1/2 cups milk 20 slices stale or dried bread, broken into cubes 1 cup raisins, soaked in rum 1 can apple pie filling 1/2 cup butter 1-1/4...

Raspberry Pears with Chocolate Sauce

Recipe of the Week  Raspberry Pears with Chocolate Sauce  Courtesy of Lyle Staple  Ingredients 2 cups cranberry/raspberry juice 1/2 cup port wine (optional) 1/2 cup raspberry syrup (use 1 cup if port wine is omitted) 3 2" x 1" strips...

The incredible cattail — The super Wal-Mart of the swamp

By Kevin F. Duffy Issue #43 • January/February, 1997 I can think of no other North American plant that is more useful than the cattail. This wonderful plant is a virtual gold mine of survival utility....

Demystifying real rye bread

By Richard Blunt Issue #141 • May/June, 2013 Rye has been a popular bread grain in many parts of Europe for hundreds of years, second only to wheat. Popular regional rye breads can be found in...

Hummus

Recipe of the Week  Hummus  Courtesy of Richard Blunt   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 cup dried chick peas 1 tsp. baking soda cold water 1/4 tsp. salt plus 1/2 tsp. salt 2 cloves fresh...

Feeding large families without breaking the bank

By Jackie Clay Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 Many of us have been there; for unforeseen reasons, suddenly we have a lot more people to cook for. With the economy melting down, jobs ending, and the...

Making delicious, unthinkable wines

By Lev G. Fedyniak Issue #110 • March/April, 2010 I love wines. Always have. I've drunk wine, studied wine, written about wine, and collected wine. But I got tired of hearing my back-to-nature friends chide me by...

Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon

Recipe of the Week  Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon  Courtesy of Barbara Sabek  Ingredients 4 salmon fillets (6 to 8 ounces each) 1/3 cup real maple syrup (NOT pancake syrup!) 1/2 cup water 4 teaspoons peeled, grated ginger root 2 cloves garlic minced fine 1/4...

Successful cold storage

By Sylvia Gist Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 Crisp carrot sticks, fresh cabbage, and fried potatoes from my Montana garden in June? Yes, but only if I've kept them in cold storage from last summer's garden. A...