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A quick apple peel syrup recipe.

A family favorite straight from Grandma’s handwritten recipe book. She always says, "Spies for pies" (plus Mcintosh) and she is right, those old Michigan varieties bake down perfectly. Ingredients Apple layer: 8 sliced apples (Spies or McIntosh) 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup chopped nuts (optional) Topping: 2 sticks butter 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour 4 eggs Instructions Preheat oven to 300°F  and grease a 9x12 pan . In a bowl, mix apples with 1 cup sugar, cinnamon, and nuts. Spread the...

In 2020, when the world slowed down temporarily due to Coronavirus, my grandma, Joan Dick, sat down and took time to write out her favorite family recipes by hand. The world outside had gone quiet, stores closed, streets empty, but her kitchen was alive with memory. She wrote each recipe slowly, the way you’d write a letter to someone you love. Every page carried the weight of a life lived close to the land: a rhythm of planting, harvesting, cooking, and gathering. Each dish told a story, not...