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Tag Archives: sugar
Bread and Butter Pudding – good old favorite – so delicious when made with Croissants!
This is a dish that I always make in winter but I had about 6 croissants left over from a lunch party and so I decided to use them to make this standard English dessert much richer and more delicious! … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Leftovers, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged baking, butter, comfort food, cooking with kids, Croissants, desserts, entertaining at home, grandma desserts, home cooking, leftovers, Milk, sugar, vanilla
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Tres Leches Cake
I tried this recipe a few times until I gave up – the amounts just didn’t work – the cake pan was too big, and the liquids appeared too runny. So I turned to Betty Crocker – and voila! Her … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged baking with kids, Betty Crocker Cakes, cake mix, cooking with kids, desserts, evaporated milk, family, frosting, grandma and grandkids, heavy whipping cream, holiday season, Mexican Delicacy, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, Tres Leches Cake
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Cinnamon Bread – easy and fast! Delicious!
I had one hour free and guests coming – so decided to make some Cinnamon Bread – found the recipe in ALLRECIPES.COM – it was fast, easy and divine! Enjoy!! Cinnamon Bread Easy and Fast ( 1 hour) Ingredients · … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged Allrecipes, baking, baking powder, baking soda, butter, canola oil, cinnamon, Cinnamon Bread, cooking with kids, crumble, eggs, family, Fast and Easy Baking, flour, Grandma, Loaf, salt, sugar
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Apples and Cinnamon – what a great combination! Any time of year!
This recipe started out very high in calories but with the substitute unsweetened apple sauce it is still delicious and lower in total calories. Apple Cinnamon Cake 1/3 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2/3 cup white sugar 1/2 … Continue reading
Gluten Free Tamale Casserole
Easy Gluten Free Tamale Casserole Serves 8 Made with gluten-free cornbread mix, this is a great recipe to make with kids (no knives needed so even younger ones can help), and you’ll have leftovers. Round out your meal with a … Continue reading
Making Orange Ice Cream- its easy and delicious
This is a great recipe for summer! Add a sprig of mint for color! Orange Ice Cream Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) heavy whipping cream 1/2 cup (120 ml) half and half 2 cups (480 ml) freshly squeezed orange … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Gluten Free, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cream, frozen orange concentrate, ice cream, lemon juice, mint, oranges, sugar, Water
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Pumpkin – love baking it just the way it is – or pumpkin bread
It is the beginning of the season for pumpkins and for some reason ours are ripe already! So today baked them in the oven and are making pumpkin bread. A great recipe. We do not like allspice ( unless it … Continue reading
A delicious Salvadorean, Mexican, Bolivian and Argentinian treat! Enjoy!
Two of our Little Farm Staff, and four of our extended part time staff come from El Salvador. They introduced us to the most delicious of all treats – ALFAJORES~ You will love these – and they are not difficult … Continue reading
Trifle – South African Little Farm Style – yum!
A dessert that is easy but fabulous is English Trifle. But our South African version with some Little Farm Additions is quite unique. So toss whatever recipe you have seen in the past and use this one! Note this is … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Jams, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged Amaretto cookies, Amaretto liquor, Birds Custard, BIscotti cookies, cooking with kids, cream, custard, English Trifle, Kiwis, Little farm trifle, Nuts grandma, South AFrican trifle, strawberries, sugar, Trifle, Whipping Cream
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Apple Mincemeat Crumble – a very English dessert
Apple and mincemeat crumble (4- 6) This is an English Recipe from my sister so I have kept the UK measurements and put the USA ones next to them. Ingredients: 500 g sliced cooking apples ( 1.1 lbs) 150 g … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, butter, cooking with kids, crumble, English Desserts, flour, grandma cooking, lemon rind, Mincemeat, raisins, sugar
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It is the time for Pineapple Guavas at The Little Farm -what a delicious fruit! And it makes a great jam too!
Pineapple guavas are an unusual fruit which we love – and its aromatic flesh and skin make a wonderful marmalade. Just add sugar to taste to sliced pineapple guavas and simmer till it tastes right to your level of sweetness!
Posted in Blog, Family, Jams, Little farm products
Tagged delicious, jam, Pineapple guavas, sugar
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Making Dulce De Leche Cheesecake – yum! HIGH calorie but SOOO good!
This was absolutely delicious. Truly amazing. SOOO many calories ( about 450 a slice) but so worth it. For a special occasion to be sure. I used Keebler’s ready made Shortbread Pie Crust. Short cut to be sure – and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Desserts, Family, Leftovers, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged baking with kids, brown sugar, caramel, Cheesecake, closeness, cooking with kids, cream, cream cheese, Dulce De Leche, Dulce De Leche Cheesecake, family, Grandma, happiness, love, sugar, sweetened condensed milk
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Loving Mothers Day – how blessed I am – a Strawberry Bread Recipe for cooking with the kids
How blessed I am – I had an amazing mother – here she is with my dad just before he passed away from a massive heart attack – I was 18, he was 56 and my mother was 46. So … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cake, cooking with kids, mother's day, strawberries, strawberry bread recipe, sugar
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Apple cake – easy, fast and great when cooking with kids – good for wintry days too!
We do grow our own apples -and if you don’t, there are so many different kinds now available in your supermarket, that you can choose whichever are most prevalent and cost effective. This is easy to make and great when … Continue reading
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Tagged almonds, Apple cake, baking, cinnamon, cloves, cooking with kids, grandkids, nutmeg, nuts, pecans, sugar
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Sugar Cookies – always good when cooking with kids! And a Spiderman Birthday Cake!
Sugar cookies are fast and easy. However below are some ways to dress them up. My grandson Jonah just loves to bake cookies of any kind with me! Below is the SPIDERMAN cake that I made for his fourth birthday … Continue reading
Spudnuts – ridiculously divine – certainly not low cal – but a treat for once in a long while…
Spudnuts always seem a little indulgent but they sure are good—much better than donuts. We used a Spudnut mix which we bought from Prepared Pantry, and cooked both the donuts and the donut holes—with extra donut holes for our sundaes. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Other wonderful treats
Tagged dessert, Doughnuts Spudnuts, sugar
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Yogurt – so many ways to use this healthy dish – cooking with kids especially!
We make our own yogurt from our goats milk and use it in many dishes when cooking with kids. It is creamy and delicious. I also enjoy FAGE non fat yogurt when I am looking for a lower calorie dish. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Fish, Gluten Free, Other wonderful treats, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged beef, berries, blackberries, blueberries, chicken, cilantro, FAGE yogurt, Fish, Greek Yogurt, honey, mint, stews, strawberries, sugar, yogurt
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Tasty Thursdays – Aebleskiver – a Dutch Dessert that makes Cooking with Kids so much fun!
How to Delight Your Family! Make aebleskiver! I guarantee your family will love aebleskiver—Danish puffed pastries. Aebleskiver are extra special but easy enough that you can make them often. Make them from scratch or make them from a mix. Since … Continue reading
Tuesday Tips – Cooking with kids – French Toast – the USA Way!
Cinnamon Vanilla Sugar Overnight Baked French Toast Cinammon Sugar is one of those delicious combinations that we used as kids on toast and butter -under the grill and yummy! A great ( if not very healthy) snack! My grandchildren love it too … Continue reading
