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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get your Northern Michigan kids outside and teach them how to make maple candy from fresh snow. A February morning filled with fresh snow means it’s a perfect day to make maple syrup snow candy. Have ...

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 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 ...