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Easy recipe for homemade lemon pepper seasoning salt. One of my favorite homemade seasoning mixes! Easy recipe for homemade lemon pepper seasoning salt. One of my favorite homemade seasoning mixes!

Many people are looking to make their own seasonings and mixes for cooking. One motivation is that it is almost always less expensive to make your own, and you also have the advantage of controlling the amount of salt and artificial ingredients such as MSG that are found in many store bought counterparts.   Here…

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Easy copycat recipe for Hershey's chocolate syrup. Easy copycat recipe for Hershey's chocolate syrup.

Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup   There are several recipes for homemade Hershey’s chocolate syrup floating around on the Internet. Some of them said that they turned out runnier then the store-bought version, so I kept looking for a recipe that would result in a comparable if not better version of the store bought favorite.   Have…

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How to make and can homemade peach jam with either liquid pectin or powdered pectin. Easy canning recipe. How to make and can homemade peach jam with either liquid pectin or powdered pectin. Easy canning recipe.

I love canning peach jam every summer. I took my boys to go pick peaches at a local orchard this year. It was really fun and I look forward to making homemade peach jam again this year.   Peach jam is very easy to make. You can make it with either liquid or powdered pectin.…

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Easy recipe for canning plum jam, conserve, or preserves Easy recipe for canning plum jam, conserve, or preserves

In late summer I love going to the mountains and picking wild plums. They are so delicious straight off the tree. After I get them home I use them for canning plum jam. Plum jam is really good, and easy to make. I liked this recipe so much that it’s now one of my top favorite…

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