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Chocolate crinkles

Recipe of the Week Chocolate crinkles Courtesy of Rhoda Denning You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1 2/3 cup sugar 2 tsp. vanilla 2 eggs 2 1-oz. squares semi-sweet chocolate, melted 2 cups flour 2...

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...

Baking Bread

By Linda Gabris Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 Growing up in the rural woods miles away from the nearest country store, store-bought bread was seldom seen in Grandma’s house. So to keep up with demand, she...

Old-fashioned baked beans

Recipe of the Week Old-fashioned baked beans Courtesy of Jackie Clay You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 2 cups dry navy beans 1/4 cup ham or bacon 1/2 cup dehydrated chopped onions 8 Tbsp....

How to tell a bad egg

By David Scott Matthews Issue #53 • September/October, 1998 One of the things that my family loves most about living in the country is that we get to eat fresh eggs from our genuine free-range chickens....

Easy, no-knead bread by Melissa Souza

By Melissa Souza Issue #156 • November/December, 2015 There is nothing more delicious than homemade bread hot out of the oven. This no-knead bread costs me about a dollar per loaf to make, and it's so easy...

Pistachio-Mocha Chicken

Recipe of the Week Pistachio-Mocha Chicken Courtesy of Minnie Gottfried Ingredients 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 cup coffee liquor Sauce 3 cups chicken stock 1 Tablespoon coffee liquor 3/4 cup pistachio meats 1 chile pepper, chopped 1/2 cup chopped onion 3 Tablespoons chopped...

Tortellini Soup

Recipe of the Week Tortellini Soup Courtesy of Martha Desimone Ingredients 6 cups chicken broth 3/4 cup onion, chopped 1 cup carrot, diced fine 4 to 6 green chiles, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 tablespoon olive oil 10 to 12 ouces...

The convenience of a bread bucket

By Karen Marshall Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 Does making four or more loaves of bread at a time, with no hand kneading, no electricity, and only one container to clean sound appealing? If making one loaf...

Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch

Recipe of the Week Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch Courtesy of Pat Ward You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking. Click Here Ingredients 3/4 cup ketchup 1 Tbsp. horseradish 2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce 1 Tbsp. lemon juice Tabasco to...

Masala jheenga

Recipe of the Week Masala jheenga Courtesy of Richard Blunt You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1-1/2 tsp. white poppy seeds 2 lbs. medium-sized raw shrimp (about 30-35 shrimp per lb.) 1/2...

The chicken and the egg

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 One cannot think of our culinary world without chicken or eggs. Chicken is one of the world's most consumed meats and eggs are on the tables of the...

Lazy housewife pickles

Recipe of the Week Lazy housewife pickles Courtesy of Jackie Clay You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 4 qts. small cucumbers 1 cup dry mustard 1 cup sugar 1 cup salt 1 gallon vinegar Method Wash the cucumbers,...