Cookbooks for Kids - Part Six

We have decided to work our way through some cookbooks for kids.  There are really no rules, except that we will choose cookbooks written with children in mind and make at least one recipe from each cookbook.  This is just for fun, and to give us an excuse to work together in the kitchen.   To read all of our cookbook reviews, click here.

The sixth cookbook we chose is My Little House Cookbook with recipes by Amy Cotler.  This cookbook features recipes mentioned in the My First Little House Books adapted from The Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  There are eleven recipes with illustrations of the cooking process and the final product.  Frontier food was pretty simple, and so are the recipes in this book - homemade butter, strawberry jam, and buttermilk cornbread are just a few.  The strangest recipe in this book is popcorn and milk - you are supposed to fill a glass of milk with popped popcorn, eat the popcorn, and then drink the milk.  Does anyone really do this?

The recipe we chose is "Laura's Little Maple Cakes".  They are mini maple cupcakes dipped in maple icing.  R and I made the cupcakes while C was in school (yes, school is still in session here) and when C came home, they both iced them. 

R thought they were too sweet (she does not have a sweet tooth at all), but the rest of us think they are tasty!  The flavor is similar to eating pancakes with a little maple syrup. 

Normally, I have problems with cookbooks that only have eleven recipes, but in this case, the book features only foods that were mentioned in the My First Little House Books series so I understand why there aren't more recipes.  If you are simply interested in trying out a few of the recipes, borrow this one from the library.  If you love all things Little House, then you might want to own this book for collection purposes rather than as a regular kitchen tool.