Recipes

From hotcakes to snow candy, recreate the delicious frontier foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic stories!

Almanzo's pancakes
"Almanzo loved light, fluffy, buckwheat pancakes with plenty of molasses." – The Long Winter

Homemade Butter

Now you can make homemade butter, too!

You will need:

1 Pint heavy cream
Slotted spoon
Quart-size jar with a tight-fitting lid
Tea towel

1. Pour the cream into the jar. Screw the lid on.

2. Shake the jar until the cream thickens and starts to form a ball of butter. This may take a while, so keep shaking!

3. Scoop the butter out of the jar with the slotted spoon, and drain it on a tea towel.

4. Squeeze the butter inside the towel to get the remaining liquid out.

5. Form the butter ball into a pretty shape, put it on a plate, and chill in the refrigerator until you’re ready to use it.

 

Enjoy!

Laura Ingalls Wilder