Nana used to jot down quick tips on her recipe cards and I’ve been finding them in between her recipes. Follow this simple and easy tip to freeze extra apples for pies, tarts and baking. Quick Tip To Freeze Apples Directions Slice apples into a solution of 1/2 tsp of salt and 1 quart of water. …
No bake cookie recipes are great to have on hand! An easy last-minute date oatmeal cookie recipe. You will need to cook your dates before adding them to this recipe but other than that all you need to do is roll these together into little balls and serve them to your company! Date Oatmeal Cookies Recipe …
Yummy pumpkin chocolate chip muffins please! Muffins are always an excellent choice to have on hand when company is visiting. Nana had a few favourites she liked to bake. Blueberry was the number one choice but she did bake these pumpkin chocolate chip muffins too – especially when she lived with us – because she …
When Nana baked pies for dessert – Coconut Cream Pie was always one of the options when our family was visiting. A family favorite! Coconut Cream Pie Prepare one pastry for the bottom pie plate. Prick pastry with a fork and bake. Sprinkle with a thin layer of coconut. Ingredients Filling: 2 cups of …
My Nana was born in Wales in 1921. She immigrated to Timmins, Ontario in the late 1920s with her mother and 2 siblings. Her father had gone ahead of them and was working in the Gold Mine in Timmins. This scones recipe was Nana’s mother’s mother’s recipe. You can see Grandma Mary Aston in this …
Near the front of Nana’s recipe box at all times was this Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe Card. She’s rewritten it a number of times over the years. She often baked these for my sisters and I and when she lived with us; she baked them for her great granddaughter, Darla too 🙂 Chocolate Chip Cookies …
This Crescent Canes Recipe is one of my favourite cookie recipes. We used to have them at Christmas and other Holidays too – they are perfectly sized and textured just like shortbread. Nana always used margarine when she baked but these cookies are equally delicious if you choose to use butter instead! Crescent Canes Cookie Recipe …
Balmoral Fruitcake Balmoral Fruitcake Recipe Type: Cake Author: Nana Prep time: 12 mins Cook time: 1 hour 15 mins Total time: 1 hour 27 mins Serves: 1 cake Ingredients 1 cup of raisins, or cherries cut up 2 cups flour ½ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt 3/4 cup margarine 1 cup sugar 3 eggs …