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Vintage Recipe – Chocolate Banana Pie!

July 7, 2022 by OurWrensNest Leave a Comment

This vintage recipe is perfect for those summer picnics! I love everything vintage! Right next to my collection of retro cameras is my awesome collection of vintage cookbooks. It's that one thing I always look for while antiquing. Unique and fun cookbooks! I have everything from cooking during World War I to using bananas in unique ways to how throw the perfect fondue party. I often times find myself referencing my vintage cookbooks for recipes because I just love the simple recipes. Food doesn’t need to be complicated to taste good! Some of my favorite cookbooks are the smaller cookbooks companies sold. Recently I was looking for a fun and easy summer recipe, and I remembered my ...

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Ice Cream – From Bananas?!

April 11, 2022 by OurWrensNest Leave a Comment

Learn How To Make a Cool Treats Using Bananas! A quick scoop of ice cream is such a tasty treat. Ever get that taste for ice cream and realize you have no ice cream in your freezer? AH! Don’t worry though there is a quick treat you can make to satisfy your craving and all you need is bananas. Yes, bananas! Banana ice cream is the perfect treat! Banana ice cream is not a new recipe and there are many different ways to create your own banana ice cream! We are sharing our favorite way to make banana ice cream. Supplies Needed To get started all you need is 3-4 ripe bananas, 1-2 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream, a food processor (or blender), an ice cream maker (we are ...

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Vintage Inspired Bunny Cake!

April 4, 2022 by OurWrensNest Leave a Comment

A Traditional Bunny Cake, Fun and Easy to Make! Spring is such a fun time. Lots of gardening, hatching chicks on the farm, and baking for special spring get-togethers. After a long winter, it's fun to find fresh, fun desserts to make for your family and friends. A cake that immediately comes to mind when I think of Spring and Easter is the traditional bunny cake! This easy-to-make bunny cake was created and popular in the 1970s and continues to be a cake that many still make today. The original cake was decorated using shredded coconut. There are now many different variations of this cake. My Grandma and Mom both have their own special ways of making a bunny cake, and here is how I ...

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Little Peep Meringues!

March 28, 2022 by OurWrensNest Leave a Comment

Make these super cute and delicious treats! Meringues are such a fun and easy treat to make. The perfect delicate sweet treat. We especially like to make meringues in the Spring. There are many different versions of meringues from vanilla to chocolate to even mint. Meringues make the perfect vehicle for trying different extracts for flavoring. Simple Ingredients The ingredients needed to make meringues are so very simple and very easy to find around the house. You will need: 3 Large Egg Whites, at room temperature. Be sure the eggs are large in size. Since we have a lot of bantams on the farm, we sometimes have to use an extra egg. ½ teaspoon vanilla extract⅛ teaspoon ...

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Homemade “Pudding” Puffs!

February 13, 2022 by OurWrensNest Leave a Comment

Make Your Sweetie These Easy and Delicious Treats! There is nothing better than a sweet way to end an amazing meal. Dessert does not have to be super complicated to be really tasty! With all the busyness of life, it's really good to have some simple dessert recipes on hand. Homemade Pudding Puffs are a fun take on cream puffs. All you need is simple ingredients, and in no time you will have an impressive but easy-to-make dessert everyone will love! To make your own batch of pudding puffs, you will need 1 cup of water, ½ cup butter, 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 4 eggs, and 2 cups of your favorite pudding. Chocolate is a great pudding option! You can choose to garnish your pudding puffs ...

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Maple Buckeye Candy!

December 21, 2021 by OurWrensNest Leave a Comment

Make These Quick and Delicious Candies, Inspired by The Buckeye Nut! Growing up in Northeast Ohio you become very familiar with a few things. You hear the phrase "Lake Effect" and freeze in your tracks. Our weather changes as quickly as a blink of an eye. You support the Cleveland Browns no matter what, you drink pop, and Cleveland is the city of Rock and Roll! You also know when someone gets out the peanut butter and chocolate it's time to make Buckeyes, those tasty morsels that are impossible to stop eating! Buckeyes are a delicious mix of butter, peanut butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar formed in a "dough" and then dipped in chocolate! After the Buckeyes are all complete, ...

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Making Homemade Fudge With Mashed Potatoes!

May 15, 2021 by OurWrensNest 2 Comments

With a few items from your pantry, you can have delicious fudge in no time! I have a serious obsession with vintage cookbooks! Every time we head out to our favorite antique store, I run to the book section. Though I love our modern conveniences we have today, it is so great to learn the "old ways". You really gain a better appreciation for certain recipes this way. Over my next few blogs, I thought it would be fun to try some of the recipes in my vintage cookbooks! The first recipe we are going to look at is Old-Fashioned Mashed Potato Fudge from the Wilton Complete Book of Candy. When I first saw this recipe I had to do a double-take. Fudge and mashed potatoes are not something I ...

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Some of the eggs we are so very happy our flock pr Some of the eggs we are so very happy our flock provides us! ❤️ Nothing is better than a basket full of farm fresh eggs! 

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Recently we added the Large Capacity Round Feeder Recently we added the Large Capacity Round Feeder (R-30) from @kuhlcorp and we are loving it so much! 🥳 It’s cut our feeding days in half, no food waste, and our adventurous bantams can’t roost on top! Total win in our books! 💪 

Visit @kuhlcorp on Instagram and drop them a message to order your own large capacity feeder! 

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Ohhhh so excited to find today our sweet Fern runn Ohhhh so excited to find today our sweet Fern runner duck is laying a green-blue egg! Always wanted a runner that lays this color. Adds some beautiful color to our duck eggs. ❤️

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6 years ago today we received our first ever box o 6 years ago today we received our first ever box of chicks from @meyer_hatchery ! Little did we know how life changing that box of feathered friends would be! ❤️ Such a fun adventure!

The hubby documented my excitement leaving the post office that day and I’m so glad he did! 🥰

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Incubating and hatching eggs is such an incredible Incubating and hatching eggs is such an incredible and fascinating experience! This view never gets old, that tiny heartbeat ❤️🥹 Our call duck hatching eggs from @open_gate_farm are amazing, every single egg we received is developing! Such a fun adventure!

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This snowy evening called for homemade banana muff This snowy evening called for homemade banana muffins! 🌨️

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Little buddy was really on guard today protecting Little buddy was really on guard today protecting the ladies. 💪 We love our Silkie roosters, they are so sweet and protective. ❤️

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Always watching! 👀 #ourwrensnest #backyardchic Always watching! 👀

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The duck crew is loving this wet, snowy morning. T The duck crew is loving this wet, snowy morning. They were having a blast playing in the snow! Fern’s run at the end is the best. 🤣🥰

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