Recipe Little House on the Prairie Recipes

I loved Little House on the Prairie. They were always so happy and healthy and Pa was quite the man. I found some of their recipes that came from the book series. These are fun recipes that are easy with basic ingredients.

Johnny Cakes

• 1 cup corn meal
• 1 teaspoon raw sugar
• 1 tbsp. salt
• ½ cup water
• 1 lb. of bacon

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, mix the corn meal with the salt and sugar.
2. Add water and mix until you get a nice paste. Form the paste into patties and set aside.
3. Fry bacon. Remove bacon and fry the cakes in the bacon grease until golden brown.
4. Wrap the patties in brown paper and then again in brown wax paper.

Parched Corn
Supplies:

• Fresh Corn on the Cob
• 1 tbsp. Lard
• Frying Utensil

Instructions:

1. Using a canteen half, plate or small skillet, melt the lard.
2. Cut the corn off the husk and place in the pan.
3. Fry until the corn is soft, then eat.

There are a few more recipes listed here: Little House on the Prairie Recipes

 

i totally have this cook book somewhere! looking for it now, lol. totally forgot i had it in with my homeschool supplies.

 

because, obviously, i'm a valley girl. heheh.

 

Any recipe that has you cook bacon just so you can fry something in the grease is AWESOME in my book! Assumption being you also nosh on the bacon! Yum.