My son should be a Smurf as much as he eats blueberries š« I started planting Blueberry bushes for him over ten years ago. Today there’s enough for him and a few left for the rest of us š This is a recipe I’ve modified over the years – you can make it in the…
Cherry Pie
Bright red fresh tart cherries + maple sugar = yummy cherry pie!
My cherry trees produced really well this year so I wanted to enjoy the bounty.Ā I love the contrast of tart cherries and maple sugar.Ā I don’t have a cherry pitter so I used a chop stick to remove the pits (although another year I may invest in a manual pitter).Ā I use maple sugar in my pies – you substitute 1:1 white to maple in any recipe you use.Ā The tart cherries are balanced by the sweet maple sugar.
For 9-inch Two Crust Pastry
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 6-7 Tablespoons ice cold water
Combine the flour and salt. Cut in the shortening using a pastry blender or food processor on “pulse.”Combine lightly until the mixture resembles course meal or really tiny peas.Sprinkle water over the mixture 1 Tbsp at a time and mix lightly with a fork or your hands.(If you used a food processor, transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl before adding the water.)
Cherry Filling
- 2 cups Fresh cherries – pitted
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup Maple Sugar
- 2 tablespoons tapioca
- 1 1/2 tablespoons corn starch
Ā Ā Best served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream sprinkled with maple sugar
Baked Maple Apples
2 large apples – I used Zestra, Cortlands or any good baking apple
1/4 cup Maple SugarĀ
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon ( I used King Arthur Vietnamese Cinnamon)
1 Tablespoon Butter
Carefully remove the core but leave the bottom of the apple intact.Ā I used a knife to cut the top part out then a spoon to scoop the rest out.
Place apples in a baking dish.
Divide the butter in half and add to each apple.
Mix the Maple Sugar and cinnamon and split equally between the apples.
Bake at 350* for about 25 -35 mins or until the apples are soft all the way through.
Serve warm withĀ a slice of sharp cheese or vanilla ice cream! Yummy!
Maple Sugar Bunny
Just in time for Easter we are offering a Maple Sugar Bunny! This 4.5 ounce bunny is made from 100% Pure Vermont Delicate Maple Syrup. Ā Also available are our gift boxes of Ā smaller bunnies, chicks and butterflies to complete any Easter Basket!
Maple Rhubarb Pudding Cake
You know it’s truly Spring when you have fresh rhubarb for sauce, pies and cakes! Ā I make my rhubarb sauce with Maple Syrup or Maple Sugar instead of white sugar. I also substitute the white sugar in the cake with Maple Sugar.Ā Ā The maple rhubarb sauce can be eaten as is, used over pound cake or ice cream.
Sauce ingredients:
4 cups of fresh rhubarb
1 cup Maple Syrup
2 tsp butter Read more