Making homemade butter is simple. It just requires a churn or mason jar, whole fat whipping cream (we use the highest fat content we can purchase which is 35% or 36%), salt and cold water. We can make homemade butter fairly quickly, depending upon the amount we are making. Butter has to go through different…
Category: A Day in the Life of a City Pioneer
Making Sourdough Starter
Making a sourdough starter is simple. It only takes a few ingredients that most of us have in our pantry and then it takes 5-days worth of patience! But why make sourdough? Sourdough is much gentler on the digestive tract because the microbes in sourdough have begun to digest the proteins and sugars in the…
Pulled Molasses Taffy
Looking for a fun family activity that will yield a delicious bowl of taffy? Why not try out our Pulled Molasses Taffy…perfect to make on any chilly wintery day!
Welcome to Our City Homestead
Welcome to Our City Homestead where we share our love of good old fashioned cooking, meals made from scratch, gardening and crafting fun!