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Custard Sauce Recipe

This homemade, from scratch, custard recipe is a great one to have in your collection. You can serve this warm or allow it too cool and then put it into the fridge to serve it cold. Custard Sauce Recipe   Ingredients 1 cup milk 3 egg yolks 2 tbsp sugar 1 tsp cornstarch 1 tsp …

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Chocolate Peanut Clusters Recipe

If you are looking for a quick no-bake recipe to make for a party, or family gathering (and no one has peanut allergies!) this one will work in a pinch. Using a double boiler, something my Nana bought me for a wedding gift, you melt the chocolate and butterscotch chips together and then toss in …

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Apple Sauce Muffin Recipe

Try this TIP when you make this Apple Sauce Muffin Recipe! Whenever Nana used raisins in her recipes she would measure them out into a small metal strainer and then run them under hot water. This would re-hydrate them slightly and make them nice and soft. Apple Sauce Muffin Recipe Ingredients ½ cup margarine ¼ …

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Grandma Aston’s Mincemeat Recipe

Grandma Mary Aston lived in Wales, UK at the turn of the 20th Century. This homemade mincemeat recipe is circa 1898 and was passed down through the past 5 generations. The note at the end is for variations which were added by later generations. You can use this mincemeat in pies or even in other …

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Grandma Aston’s Rough Puff Pastry Recipe

This is a homemade rough puff pastry recipe from Mary Hannnah Aston (nee Pugsley), Nana’s Grandmother. You can see Mary Hannah in the below photo that was taken for the family Christmas Card (c 1912). She is in the center holding an infant. Nana’s mother Harriet is located in the back row, back right corner. …

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Grandma Aston’s Hot Cross Buns Recipe

This is a homemade hot cross buns recipe from Mary Hannnah Aston (nee Pugsley), Nana’s Grandmother. You can see Mary Hannah in the below photo that was taken for the family Christmas Card (c 1912). She is in the center holding an infant. Nana’s mother Harriet is located in the back row, back right corner. …

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Grandma Davis’ Cake Recipe

This homemade cake recipe was given to my Nana by her mother, Harriet. Harriet married twice, once to Isaac Hunt and after he passed, to Roy Davis. Harriet’s maiden name was Aston. Below is an image of Nana and her Mom in Timmins, Ontario. This was taken in the mid 1930s. Grandma Davis’ Cake Recipe …

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Grandma Aston’s Marshmallows Recipe

This homemade marshmallows recipe is circa 1898 and it was handed down from Grandma Mary Hannah Aston (nee Pugsley) to her daughter Harriet Hunt (nee Aston) and then to my Nana (Eileen). Mary Hannah lived in Pontycymmer, Wales. You can see her in the following family photo they had taken for their Christmas Card in …

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