Monthly Archives: March 2011

Baked oatmeal two ways

Amish- or Pennsylvania Dutch-style baked oatmeal is buttery and a little like oatmeal cookies or granola. Another style is creamy and porridge-like with a lovely brown sugar layer on top. Both are good in their own way, so here are recipes for each.

Seven-layer bars recipe

In case you’re among the few people who don’t have the recipe for ever-popular, easy-to-make seven layer bars, here it is. You can make these bars gluten-free by substituting ground-up sorghum crackers for the graham cracker crumbs. Instructions are also included for making the bars dairy-free.

Sorghum crackers recipe

These graham-like crackers are made with sorghum flour. You might call them “sor-graham” crackers. Homemade graham crackers have wonderful, complex flavors of wheat germ and bran that are unique to wheat. These sorghum crackers have a nice bright flavor from the sorghum flour.

Graham crackers recipe

So many foods are better homemade. Store-bought graham crackers are OK for crumb crusts and even s’mores, but they don’t have a lot of flavor on their own. These homemade graham crackers made with fresh butter and hearty, nutty stone ground graham flour are quite tasty and enjoyable as a standalone snack.

Homemade salad dressings

With this post I hope to inspire you to make your own salad dressings. Homemade dressings are flavorful and fresh and can add variety and interest to greens so they won’t be just a healthy obligation but something you’ll look forward to.

Date nut bread and mango chutney cheese spread

Date nut bread is a classic. This recipe won me over a few years ago with its rustic, slightly crusty […]