Fudge macaroon pie
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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
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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
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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...
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...
