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Tips for mission cake
Nordic Ware’s Cathedral Bundt Pan: Made in America, Nordic Ware’s heavy cast aluminum 10-cup capacity Cathedral Bundt is…
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Homemade pan release
Yield: About 2 cups 1 cup good quality vegetable oil 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup Crisco vegetable…
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Flowers of Sicily
Yield: 1 (10-inch) Bundt cake to make 16 servings 1 (15.25) ounce box Duncan Hines Classic Butter Golden…
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Cake with a mission
I hadn’t planned this column for today, but Pope Francis’ morning address to the joint meeting of the…
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Recipes
RECIPES.. SWEET MILK DOUGHNUTS Old Old recipe – not my Grandma’s, but close. She sugared them with cinnamon…
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Recipes
RECIPES Old standby recipe when we arrived here in 1967. COWBOY COOKIES 1 1/2 cup white flour…
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Pioneer Potluck: About Alaskans
A repeat story and a new story for the new readers. You are truly an Alaskan when you…
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Making french toast
BT4 French Toast INSERT BT4-BREAD-9-23-14 CAPTION: Use day-old bread to make French Toast or simple cinnamon toast. To…
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Bread baking pointers for soft white bread
Most home bakers agree that from-scratch yeast bread baking is one of the most satisfying of all baking…
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Pioneer Potluck: Pancakes and moose liver shared with friends.
Nikiski, Alaska 1967 An appropriate article for this time of year. Moose liver dredged in flour and…
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Eat like it’s spring, grill like it’s summer with ‘better for you’ lamb recipe
So, I was waiting for a flu shot at my local Publix Super Market pharmacy when I happened…
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Pioneer Potluck: Mom made great tomato soup
My mom made wonderful homemade tomato soup. I think this in one of the lost recipes. She canned …
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Craft a caramel dessert
Over the years, I’ve happily stayed with one basic formula for making baked caramel custard. And, because the…
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Pioneer Potluck: Living on a homestead
Gail and Gary living on Homestead at Boulder Point Nikiski, Alaska 1985-1992 My daughter Gail and her husband Gary…
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Coming out of its shell, taco night dinner’s both fun – and thrifty
Whether it’s a weeknight dinner for the family or a weekend meal with friends, a taco night buffet…
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Save homeless pets with life, love and homemade treats
If it’s true that we save a life by adopting a homeless pet, then so true is it…
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Pioneer Potluck: About preparing moose meat
Nikiski, Alaska (formally North Kenai) 1967 to 2015 I arrived in Kenai, Alaska with three kids in…
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Buckwheat is a delicious grain
It’s high time we jumped on the buckwheat bandwagon. The nutty pyramid-shaped grain has been around for about…
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Taste authentic Hatch Chile Dishes
The Village of Hatch, the self-proclaimed “Chile Capital of the World,” is gearing up for Labor Day weekend…
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Pioneer Potluck: About our relatives & visits from the past
North of Fort Collins Colorado In the 1940s I related a few articles ago that I visited…