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With just some freshly fallen snow and ingredients from the pantry, you and your kids can turn a bad winter storm into a sweet snow day Yes, sigh, another winter storm is dumping epic amounts of snow ...

Cooking oil if using candy molds. If you are using a baking pan, you can use wax paper instead of cooking oil. Half a cup of pure maple syrup (make sure it is not imitation syrup!) If you're enjoying ...

Here is a delicious winter treat that is easy to make and has only two ingredients: maple syrup and new snow. My grandma taught me to make this confection and called it jack wax. Put 1 cup of real ...

These candied apples call for nothing more than maple syrup and the apples. Simply cook a pot of syrup until it reaches 248 degrees, or “firm-ball” stage. Simple as this sounds, give yourself plenty ...

As a writer for the “Homestead” section of the Bangor Daily News, I am almost ashamed to admit that I did not take to the “Little House” series as a kid. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s problematic literary ...

Brach's Maple Nut Goodies are the definition of a vintage candy, dating all the way back to the early 1900s. They're the kind of sweet treat that you may have only seen in passing at the convenience ...

A Vermont maple season unfolds from the first tree tap to finished confections. Martha joins a family farm that has produced maple sugar for generations, learning how weather controls sap flow and how ...

From Texas to West Virginia, California to Tennessee, many famous songs have name-dropped American states, forever tying their artists to a specific region — even if they aren’t originally from there.

As soon as the weather takes on a chill and the leaves begin to change, the apple harvest begins. While you can buy apples at your grocery store year-round, there’s something magical about finding ...