How to make Instant Pot strawberry jam that is low sugar and has no pectin. This is an easy three ingredient recipe, and it tastes delicious on toast or in desserts. This three ingredient strawberry jam is sure to be a family favorite! My kids eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches like it's their job. They are homeschooled, so they eat them for lunch all year round. I have been making my own jelly and jam for over 10 years now. Once you make homemade jam, you'll never want to buy it from the store again. Homemade jam tastes so fresh, and you'll love how easy this recipe is. With just your Instant Pot pressure cooker and three ingredients, you can have fresh jam with hardly any work in about two hours. This is a low sugar strawberry jam. It uses about much less sugar, and I've even used a sugar substitute to test it. Don't have an Instant Pot? Don't worry, I'll include stove top directions too.
How to make a quick and easy mini apple pie with crescent rolls and canned apple pie filing. This dessert takes about 30 minutes from start to finish, and they taste delicious. Earlier this week, I was really craving something sweet but I didn't want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. My standby quick and easy dessert is either a peach or apple dump cake since I have so much canned pie filling. One can only eat so many dump cakes, so I came up with this easy crescent apple pie. It took about 10 minutes to assemble, so it was quick, easy, and yummy! This isn't completely original--I've seen crescent pie desserts before. But I did add my own spin to the classic recipe with a few tricks my grandma taught me. This would be amazing with vanilla ice cream on top! Unfortunately, we didn't have any. I will make sure that I do for next time!
Learn how to make Instant Pot iced coffee concentrate. This makes several cups of coffee that you can dilute with water to make iced coffee drinks at home. I have a new obsession this summer: iced coffee. I was never a fan of cold coffee, but it turns out that I just didn't know how to make it properly. I've been experimenting with different ways to make iced coffee, and I'll be sharing them with you in upcoming blog posts. I usually use the cold brew method. but that takes a full day to make. I forgot to brew some, so I was looking for a faster way to make it. Rather than brew the coffee and chill it, I decided to try Instant Pot coffee concentrate. This method makes several cups of coffee concentrate in about 1.5 to 2 hours. This is a concentrate, so you should always dilute it with water. Even if you add milk or creamer, definitely water this down.
Learn how to make an old fashioned dill pickle recipe and how to can it. This is an old recipe that's been passed down for generations. It has a distinct garlic and dill flavor that pairs well with sandwiches and other foods, and the pickles are great on their own as a snack. Like most women from her generation, my grandmother was an expert at preserving food. She grew up on a farm and later bought a farm with my grandfather. She raised four kids while my grandfather farmed. She was an amazing cook, and I'm so glad to have some of her recipes. This particular recipe was lost for many years after my grandmother passed away. None of the kids had the recipe, so we thought it was gone forever. Then my mother, who married in to the family, found the recipe in her recipe box almost 10 years after my grandmother passed away. I got it too late last year to make pickles, so you better believe it was the first thing that I made this year when my cucumbers were ripe. My grand
How to make an easy French toast casserole. This can be made the night before and makes a great make ahead breakfast for a family or for a crowd. This easy French toast casserole recipe makes a delicious breakfast, brunch, or even breakfast for dinner. My kids love it when we have breakfast for dinner. At one point, we had over 40 chickens. We were getting about 30 eggs a day, and we just couldn't eat them all. This French toast bake is a great way to use up a lot of eggs. This is also a good way to use up leftover bread. I actually used hot dog buns to make it for this blog post! I'll also give you some other bread ideas and mix ins to make a new family favorite.
