Recipe Swap – for Jan. 14, 2010

RECIPE SWAP One of the best things about community cookbooks is all the names they contain. It’s one of the things Yvonne Jansen cherishes most about the cookbook she and three other local women created in Cypress River in 1995. “You know the people in it,” she says. “It makes you think of home.” 1995

Bread Baking Then And Now

Bought bread was nonexistent in our home when I was a child. My mother baked all the bread we ate and the delicious golden loaves were cooked in her wood range. The aroma of fresh bread, buns and cinnamon rolls, which were ready for us when we came home from school, will remain forever in


Saving Dough On Bake Day

With 52 years’ experience as a homemaker, I have come across several ways to cut costs in the kitchen. Granted, when it comes to saving money, the time it takes always has to be weighed against the amount you save, but there is the added bonus of homemade goodness as well as the assurance of

Recipe Swap – for Feb. 26, 2009

SWEDISH LIMPA BREAD 1/2 c. light-brown sugar, packed 1/4 c. molasses 1/4 c. butter or margarine 1 tbsp. salt 1 tsp. anise or caraway seed 2 tbsp. grated orange peel 1 c. boiling water 1 c. cold water 1/2 c. warm water 2 pkg. active dry yeast 4-1/2 c. white flour 4 c. rye flour