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Fall Harvest Pickle Recipe

28/8/2026

Submitted by Michael Land, Community Cook

As fall rolls around it is time to start using up the last of the harvest. One of those plants that seems to keep on giving is zucchini. Seems a little of it goes a long way. The following is a recipe I have gotten from Mary Fisher, an Amish friend in PA. I have made these several times and they are always very tasty.

Mary (and Mike’s) Zucchini Sweet Pickles 
Zucchini Mix:

16 cups zucchini, cubed
4 cups onions, Sliced
2 cups carrots, cut and steamed
2 head cauliflower
4 red peppers, chopped
1/4 cup salt.

Mix this with salt and let it stand for 3 hours. Drain and pack in sterilized jars to be filled with syrup.  

Syrup:

12 cups water
4 cups vinegar
6 cups sugar
2 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
2 tsp. celery seed.

Mix and bring to a boil before pouring into each bottle. Secure snap lids and process for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes a tasty, colourful pickle for any table.  

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Hummingbird Cake Recipe  (makes a very large, moist cake)

9/5/2026

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Ingredients:
3 cups AP flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
1tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp cloves
¼ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp salt
1 ½ cup veg oil
3 large eggs, room temp
8 oz can of crushed pineapple, drained
2 cups mashed bananas (5-6)
1½ tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 2 9 inch round pans
Sift dry ingredients and add sugars in a bowl
In separate bowl, whisk wet ingredients
Add dry ingredients to wet until just combined.
Bake for 25 - 30 min until the inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Cool in pan for 5 min, then turn out to cool completely.
Dust lightly with powdered sugar or frost with cream cheese frosting.

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Blueberry Custard Pie

27/2/2026

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(Makes 8 servings)
Berry Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbsp cornstarch
1/8 tsp cinnamon
3 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
3 tbsp orange juice.

Custard Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups milk
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 tsp lemon extract or lemon juice

Topping (meringue):
3 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
6 tbsp sugar
And one 9 inch pre-baked pie crust!

Method:
Berries - In a saucepan, stir together sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon. Stir in the blueberries and orange juice. Cook and stir until mixture is bubbly. Cover and set aside.

Custard - In a saucepan, combine milk, egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch and salt. Cook and stir until bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 more minutes and stir in lemon extract or lemon juice. Cover and set aside.

Meringue - In a medium mixing bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until firm peaks form.

Assemble - Pour berry mixture into baked pie crust. Carefully spread custard over the berry mixture. Spread meringue over custard, spreading to edges of crust to seal.

Bake the meringue-topped pie in a 350F oven for 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Store in the refrigerator.

Happy Baking!

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The Maplegrove Inn's Glazed Maple Sugar Load Recipe

27/2/2026

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Ingredients:
½ cup softened butter
1 and ½ cup maple sugar
2 eggs, beaten
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
2 ½ cup AP flour
1½ cup applesauce

Glaze:
2 oz butter
2/3 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon maple extract

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, line loaf pan with parchment paper
Sift flour, baking soda and spices into a bowl, add salt
In separate bowl, using an electric mixer: cream butter and sugar until fluffy and then add eggs and mix for 1 min
Fold half the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, alternating with the apple sauce.
Place batter in loaf pan and bake for 60 minutes, use toothpick to measure doneness.

For glaze:
over low heat melt butter in a small pot, add powdered sugar and maple syrup and let simmer until sugar is dissolved, add extract and pour over cake, will set as it cools.

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Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

30/11/2025

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from Erica Dunn

Everyone loves a classic appetizer over the holidays: crispy bacon, crunchy water chestnuts and Dunn Right BBQ Sauce talk about a mouth-watering masterpiece your guests will love. You can assemble this appetizer and bake it when ready to serve.

Recipe:
1 lb of Bacon (I used thick cut)
2 cans of whole water chestnuts, drained
1/2 cup of Dunn Right Sauce

Cut your bacon strips into thirds.
Slice the water chestnuts in half lengthwise, creating 2 round but thinner slices.
Wrap each water chestnut in a slice of bacon place them on a wire rack on a baking sheet, seam side down.
Use foil of a baking sheet if you don’t have a wire rack.
When the water chestnuts are all wrapped and on the baking sheet, bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until the bacon is crispy.
Add the bacon-wrapped water chestnuts to a baking dish and pour the sauce.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, then serve with toothpicks.

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Peanut Butter Brownie Trifle

30/11/2025

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from Cheryl Neil

Here's my peanut butter brownie trifle recipe. It's a favourite every Christmas - always a special request dessert! Enjoy!

Recipe:
2 fudge brownie mixes
1 pkg peanut butter chips
2 pkgs Reese's minis
4 cup milk
2 pkg vanilla pudding
1 cup peanut butter
4 tsp vanilla
24 oz Cool Whip

Bake brownies with peanut butter chips mixed in.
Cool.
Cut into 3/4" pieces.
Cut peanut butter minis in half.
Save 1/3 cup for garnish.
Mix puddings and milk. Add peanut butter & vanilla. Fold in Cool Whip

Layers:
brownies mini peanut butter cups
pudding mixture
Repeat twice.
Cover with Cool Whip and garnish with peanut butter cups.

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Lemon Sugar Cookies

30/11/2025

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from Marilyn Wells

Recipe:
Lemon Cookies
1 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/4 cup lemon juice (I juice a real lemon then top it off with bottled stuff!)
2 Tbsp grated lemon rind
2 tsp vanilla
5 cups President's Choice Gluten Free Flour
4 tsp baking powder (mix with flour)

Salt Lemon Drizzle
1 1/2 cup icing sugar
2 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp lemon juice

Cream butter, eggs, sugar, milk, lemon rind, add half the flour, lemon juice and vanilla, and then rest of the flour. Cover and refridgerate for at least a half hour.
Divide dough, roll and cut in desired shape.
Bake at 350* for 12 minutes.
Cool and use lemon drizzle or decorate as desired.

This is a favourite recipe for several reasons. It’s easy, it makes lots, they’re smooth for decorating, and they’re delicious. A nice light lemon flavour. I make mine Gluten Free but regular wheat flour can easily be used. I got the recipe from a client years ago, she had been making them at Christmas time for years. Her daughter was married and had moved away but she still got a box in the mail every year from her mom. They freeze well

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RHUBARB CAKE/BUTTER SAUCE

29/5/2025

Ingredients: (Cake) 1 cup white sugar,
2 tbsps. butter, softened,
1 large egg,
2 cups all purpose flour,
1 tsp. baking powder,
1/2 tsp. baking soda,
1/2 tsp. salt,
1 cup buttermilk,
2 cups diced fresh rhubarb.

(TOPPING)
1/4 cup all purpose flour,
1/4 cup white sugar,
2 tbsps. melted butter.

(SAUCE)
3/4 cup brown sugar,
1/2 cup butter,
1/2 cup whipping cream,
1 tsp. vanilla extract.

DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9 inch square cake pan. Make cake: Beat together sugar and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in egg until well combined. Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl; add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk to butter mixture, stirring just to combine. Fold in rhubarb just until incorporated; pour batter into the prepared pan. TOPPING: Stir together flour, sugar and melted butter in a small bowl until evenly moist; sprinkle over batter in the pan. Bake the topped cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a cooling rack. SAUCE: Stir together brown sugar, butter, cream and vanilla in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute. Serve hot sauce over warm cake. As spring rolls out a bounty of rhubarb to most of us in Albert County, get out, gather and find your way of enjoying this early spring treat.

Rhubarb Conserve

29/5/2025

Ingredients: 14 cups rhubarb cut in 1/2 inch pieces,
3 cups raisins
7 cups sugar,
juice of 2 oranges,
rind of 2 oranges, thinly sliced,
1/2 to 1 cup walnuts.

Combine rhubarb, raisins, sugar, orange juice & orange rind. Let stand for 1/2 hour. Bring this to a boil, uncovered, for 40 minutes, stirring often. Add coarsely chopped walnuts & boil to jam stage, approximately another 5 minutes. Pour into hot sterilized jars. Seal with prepared snap lids and let cool.

Glazed Ham Balls

29/10/2024

From the kitchen of Mary Fisher comes the following recipe:

Glazed Ham Balls
1 ½ lbs. Ground ham, cooked
1 cup milk
1 lb. loose sausage
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 ½ cups quick oats

Combine ham ingredients. Shape into 1 ½ inch balls. Place in a greased baking dish and bake at 350F for 1 hour. Yields 40 or so balls.

Sauce:
1 cup brown sugar
1 ½ cups light corn syrup
3 tbsps. cornstarch
3 tbsps. vinegar
1 ½ tbsps. mustard
½ tsp. ground cloves
1 ¾ cup pineapple juice

In a saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes. Pour sauce over ham balls 10 minutes before they are done baking.

This is a delicious meal served with rice and a vegetable. Enjoy.

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Fall Harvest Pickle Recipe

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Blueberry Custard Pie

The Maplegrove Inn's Glazed Maple Sugar Load Recipe

Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

Peanut Butter Brownie Trifle

Lemon Sugar Cookies

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Rhubarb Conserve

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