canning

Peaches aren’t out of season quite yet so there’s still just enough time to get a box or two and make some peach syrup and jam. Especially syrup. We’re going to be having fancy pancakes with yummy syrup every day for breakfast for quite a while… PEACH SYRUP 3 3/4 c. peaches 1/4 c. lemon […]

Bottling apple pie filling has been one of my favorite projects of THE WHOLE YEAR. The first jar on the left is said apple pie filling, and I think it’s just beautiful. And sooo delicious. One bottle of pie filling will make an 8 or 9″ pie. Just in time for Thanksgiving! Here’s the recipe, […]

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I believe that storing a basic supply of food for a rainy day is a good idea, and so one of my goals this year is to add more home canned stuff to our food storage. My beautiful, talented, and generous sister-in-law (she’s awesome) gave me a pressure canner for Christmas. I wanted one mostly […]