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Cranberry Filled Cookies

Cranberry Filled Cookies

History of the Cranberry The cranberry, along with the blueberry and Concord grape, is one of North America’s three native fruits that are commercially grown. Cranberries were first used by Native Americans, who discovered the wild berry’s versatility as a food, fabric dye and healing agent. Today, cranberries are commercially grown throughout the northern part of the United States and are available in both fresh...
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Five-Minute Cranberry Sauce

Five-Minute Cranberry Sauce

After two years of lobbying and petitions, the fifth-grade class on the North Shore that worked towards making the Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) the State Berry was thrilled when the legislature finally officially adopted the Cranberry in July of 1994. Cranberry Juice was also adopted as the official State Beverage of the Commonwealth on May 4, 1970. Ingredients for 5-Minute Cranberry: 3 cups fresh or frozen...
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Baked Wild Turkey with Berry Stuffing – Massachusetts State Game Bird

Baked Wild Turkey with Berry Stuffing – Mass...

Wild Turkey is the state bird (or state game bird) of Alabama, Massachusetts, and South Carolina. Cooking wild turkey is a little different than cooking a standard store-bought turkey, because they are drier and have a smaller breast. It’s important to keep the bird moist when you cook it. Ingredients for Wild Turkey 1 bird – wild turkey (prepared – gutted and feathers removed) 1/8 cup – Salt 1...
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Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns

From Mother Goose: Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One ha” penny, two ha” penny, Hot cross buns! If you have no daughters, Give them to your sons One ha” penny, Two ha” penny, Hot Cross Buns! Originally these buns were supposed to be a Saxon tradition, marked with a cross in honor of the goddess Eostre, with the four quarters representing the four stages of the moon.  Early Christians adopted...
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Corn Muffins – Massachusetts State Muffin

Corn Muffins – Massachusetts State Muffin

The schoolchildren of Massachusetts petitioned the State Legislature to make the Corn Muffin, a staple of New England cooking, an official state symbol. In 1986 the state legislature. Corn Muffins – Massachusetts State Muffin Cooking and Preparation Time: 30 minutes Servings: 9-18 Muffins Ingredients 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup corn meal 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt...
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Boston Cream Pie – Massachusetts State Dessert

Boston Cream Pie – Massachusetts State Desse...

The Boston Cream Pie as we know it come from the Parker House Hotel in Boston.  Up to that point there was a pudding cake that was similar, although the top was usually coated with powdered sugar, not chocolate. It was made with a white cake split and filled with a pudding or custard filling. The Parker House chef,  Monsieur Sanzian, added a drizzled chocolate icing top layer in 1855 and, according to some sources,...
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