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Easy as Apple Pie

… the finished product

It’s the season for baking and potluck dinners and parties and candy-making and warm, delicious drinks…

I’m making a homemade apple pie for a potluck dinner this evening. I know that, when I was growing up, it was already considered something a bit special to make pies well. So now, it is even more unusual for folks to make their own piecrust and pies.

Making piecrust isn’t really that difficult, but it is daunting to those who’ve never done it. Today I’m using the recipe my grandma used:

3 cups flour 1 tsp. salt […]

Homemade Fast Food

I’m one of those people who buy a lot of long-term storage food for the pantry. I have dried beans, rice, wheat berries, dehydrated vegetables, spices, baking supplies… you name it — if it can be stored for a reasonable amount of time on the shelves, I probably have at least a small stockpile of it.

But let’s face it. If you want to whip up a quick batch of chili for lunch, doing it with dried beans is not the answer. I discovered pressure canning a couple of years back and was reminded once again today why it […]