Category Archives: Recipes & Cooking

Favorite simple yet delicious recipes in my Texas Homestead kitchen.

Canning Recipe: Homemade Cinnamon-Vanilla Applesauce

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I like to use plain unsweetened applesauce as a delicious snack and also as a replacement for some of the oil I use when baking. But I made a LOT of applesauce. I’m thinking about maybe using some of it to make an even sweeter treat: Cinnamon-Vanilla flavored applesauce. 

It couldn’t be easier, check it out!

HOMEMADE APPLESAUCE is super easy, and I've made some of it into extra-special Cinnamon-Vanilla Applesauce. I've canned it to enjoy all winter #TexasHomesteader

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Homestead Hack: Table Salt & Pepper Combination

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When cooking or serving our food I always try to go easy on the salt, but we both like lots of pepper. 

LOTS of pepper!

So I often lightly salt our food and then heavily pepper it. The ratio I use is pretty consistent.

One day as I was peeling & seasoning a hard-boiled egg. I pulled out the salt and watched carefully for just a few grains to be sprinkled on the egg so it wouldn’t be over salted, then got the pepper and finished the seasoning with a hefty covering of pepper. 

Then I got to wondering, since my seasoning ratio is always the same, I wonder…

HOMESTEAD HACK: Since the ratio of my salt & pepper is always the same, can I streamline simple seasoning tasks? YES! #TexasHomesteader

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Crispy Sweet Cinnamon/Sugar Apple Chips

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RancherMan loves crispy dehydrated apple slices topped with cinnamon sugar. I dry them in the dehydrator and then a quick stint in the oven to make them crisp. Check it out!

DEHYDRATED CINNAMON/SUGAR APPLE CHIPS - A Crispy Delicious And Healthy Snack For Your Family. Preserve The Harvest! #TexasHomesteader

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Apple Pie Filling Recipe & Water-Bath Canning

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My sweet aunt shared with me many delicious sweet apples from her tree. Not a few mind you, but a LOT! (as in 5 bushels of a lot!) 

Thankfully this apple pie filling is pretty straightforward and canning it requires just a 20-minute stint in a water-bath canner.  Wanna see how I did it?

This apple pie filling recipe is straightforward. And canning requires just a 20-minute stint in a water-bath canner #TexasHomesteader

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Quick & Easy Double 9″ Flaky Pie Crust Recipe

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Need an easy pie crust recipe? You’re in luck! This recipe makes a double 9″ pie crust. And it’s quick & easy, using only 4 standard pantry ingredients. A little flour, shortening salt & water & you’re on your way to a delicious homemade pie crust too! 

No need to buy Pie Crust, it's super easy to make yourself. This recipe yields me a tender flaky crust every time. Quick, Easy & Inexpensive! #TexasHomesteader

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Simple Homemade Cream-Of-Chicken Soup Recipe

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Don’t buy that cream-of chicken soup. It’s so easy to make cream of chicken soup (or any of the other flavor of cream-of soups) yourself in minutes.

I mean… you’re just thickening broth with a little flour and adding milk and whatever add-ins you want. So easy! 

Cream of Chicken Soup - chicken broth, milk, flour #TexasHomesteader

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