“But best of all Almanzo liked the spicy apple pie, with its thick, rich juice and its crumbly crust. He ate two big wedges of the pie.” Farmer Boy Apple pie is an American classic. People have been enjoying this warm, comforting dish for generations. We typically think of it as a dessert, but in…
Little House on the Prairie® Lifestyle Index
Recipes Baked Beans Recipe Inspired by Little House on the Prairie Butternut Squash Recipes We Love Cranberry and Brown Sugar with Mint Glaze Country-Style Ham Cranberry Jelly Inspired by Little House on the Prairie Cream Carrots Recipe Cinnamon Chicken Recipe Cornbread Stuffing Inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder DIY Maple Sugar Candy Fall Popcorn Balls Farmer…
Butternut Squash Recipes We Love
“The pumpkins and squashes were piled in orange and yellow and green heaps in the attic’s corners.” Little House in the Big Woods Squash was a perfect produce for early settlers and pioneers to grow in their gardens because the thick skins of winter squashes allowed the fruit to store for a long time. Another…
Plum Preserves Inspired by Little House on the Prairie
“When they came to a plum thicket they set down their big pails. They filled their little pails with plums and emptied them into the big pails till they were full.” On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura loved exploring the plum thickets with her sister Mary and would carefully shake the trees so that…
Little House on the Prairie Johnny-Cake Recipe
“Laura always wondered why bread made of corn meal was called johnny-cake. It wasn’t cake. Ma didn’t know, unless the Northern soldiers called it johnny-cake because the people in the South, where they fought, ate so much of it. They called the Southern soldiers Johnny Rebs. Maybe they called the Southern bread, cake, just for…
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…