Good, old-fashioned recipe for canning homemade garlic dill pickles with a water bath.
You will love these hot garlic dill pickles. They are one of my favorite easy pickling recipes. There is a story behind why I started canning hot garlic dill pickles. Years ago in Sacramento, California, I ran across an old man selling pickles at a swap meet. He made the pickles in his own kitchen…
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Easy recipe for canning asparagus. Pressure canning for beginners.
This is the first year I have canned asparagus. It is really easy! I first made pickled asparagus, but then I ended up with a whole bunch of little pieces of asparagus that I didn’t know what to do with, so I decided to can them. Canning asparagus is easy if you follow these instructions…
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Easy gingerbread roll recipe. One of my favorite easy holiday dessert ideas, a fun holiday cake for Christmas dinner.
When I was looking for holiday recipes on Pinterest, I ran across this great recipe for gingerbread roll cake. I’ve never made a roll cake before, but I thought I would try making this for Thanksgiving, and it was a big hit. It would be great for Christmas too. I know pumpkin rolls are…
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These thumbprint cookies are easy to make and a great way to show off some of your homemade jam (although store bought jam is okay too!). These cookies also freeze well. You can use any kind of jam in these cookies. I made some with apricot jam (my favorite) and some with strawberry jam. …
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Festive drinks to serve children at the Thanksgiving table.
Please make the children’s table festive at Thanksgiving! It’s so much fun for everyone. I watched a little munchkin’s face fall last Thanksgiving when she realized she was relegated to the “children’s table.” I do set a separate table sometimes for the kids, but I do it like a special treat, not as a…
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