“‘Let’s make ice-cream!’ Royal shouted. Eliza Jane loved ice-cream….They set the pail in a tub and packed the snowy crushed ice around it, with salt, and they covered it all with a blanket. Every few minutes they took off the blanket and uncovered the pail, and stirred the freezing ice-cream.” Farmer Boy If you’ve ever…
DIY Maple Sugar Candy
“At last, as Grandma stirred, the syrup in the saucer turned into little grains like sand, and Grandma called: ‘Quick girls! It’s graining!’ Aunt Ruby and Aunt Docia and Ma left the dance and came running. They set out pans, big pans, and little pans, and as fast as Grandma filled them with the syrup,…
Vanity Cakes Recipe
“Laura and Mary made new starry papers for the shelves, and Ma made vanity cakes.” On the Banks of Plum Creek Vanity cakes were a special party treat for Laura that she remembered fondly even in later years. In a letter now available in the Detroit Public Library, she writes about how the cakes bubbled…
Homemade Apple Turnovers
“Eliza Jane opened the dinner-pail on her desk. It held…four delicious apple turnovers, their plump crusts filled with melting slices of apple and spicy brown juice.” Farmer Boy Apples were a popular fruit for many pioneers because they stored well and could be used in a variety of ways. Every respectable pioneer garden would have…
Little House on the Prairie Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie Recipe
“Hurry and get the work done,” said Ma. “And then, Laura, you go to the corn-patch and bring me a green pumpkin. I’m going to make a pie!” “A pie! But how…” Mary said, and Laura said, “A green pumpkin pie? I never heard of such a thing, Ma.” “Neither did I,” said Ma. “But…
Little House on the Prairie Rhubarb Pie
“There was pie plant in the garden; she must make a couple of pies.” The First Four Years After years of living on the plains with her parents, Laura finally settled into a house of her own with Almanzo. In The First Four Years, we learn about Laura’s life as a new wife on…