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Make Your own Home-grown Currant Syrup

Currants are ripe

Do you have wild currants growing in your yard?

If you are like me you’ve watched them grow, ripen, and get picked off by birds year after year. If you’ve got kids with an interest in gardening and a nice sized bucket, then this quick recipe for syrup may be one for your family to try.

Everyone looooved this sauce on their pancakes. This is the first time we’ve done anything with our currants and it was a rousing success.

We were so glad we decided to use them this year. Next we will learn to make jam. …continue reading »


Try our Cookie Cutter Pancake Recipe

And make your holiday breakfast extra special!

Shamrock Pancakes

Pancakes are much more festive when they have a cool shape. The best time to make fun shaped pancakes is during a special holiday. The first time we made cookie cutter pancakes was for an annual pancake breakfast at our church on St. Patrick’s Day. Everyone at our church congregates in a large meeting hall and socializes while several volunteers stand elbow to elbow flipping endless flapjacks for an hour and a half. Volunteer bakers supply dozens of loaves of Irish soda bread and there are endless pots of coffee available to all.

Sounds like a fantastic time, unless you happen to be on a gluten-free diet. This shamrock shaped cookie cutter pancake recipe was designed to make my celiac son get just as festive as everyone else. I think he also made the other kids a little green with envy… …continue reading »


Homemade Horchata Flavored Pancakes

Homemade gluten-free all natural horchata pancakes

Are you tired of eating the same boring pancake recipe printed on the manufacturers box? Why not try our horchata flavored pancake recipe. This favorite Latin American flavored drink offers a nice twist to the standard pancake recipe. And any pancake mix will do for your base.

Most store bought horchatas are prepared with barley malt, which contains gluten. But ours recipe is homemade and is gluten free, and safe for celiacs. Our horchata flavored pancakes are a favorite for a special Sunday morning breakfast. Extra pancakes can be frozen in a ziploc bag and then reheated in the toaster. Be sure to make plenty– these hotcakes go fast! …continue reading »