Pioneer Cooks: Dutch Baby 🔥 & Cowboy Coffee In A Frontier Cabin

It's a frosty New Year's start out on the Montana Prairie & we are here to cook! This 1889 historic house is abandoned no longer. My little girl & I are firing up the old wood-burning cookstove for an all day marathon of making historic recipes. 3 old classics: cowboy coffee (with eggshells), rudimentary hot cocoa, and a Dutch baby pancake (no leavening).

When the firewood is chopped, the coffee brewed, the food cooked, and the dishes washed (sans running water), we will be proud that today was no "soft-living" day--it took muscle, grit, & the will to march on through the cold, snowy hours. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you!

Cowboy Coffee:
4 heaping TBS coarse ground coffee
3 cups of water
1 eggshell, washed
*Boil all together for a minimum 20 minutes.

Dutch Baby:
3 eggs, whipped until light
1 cup whole milk
splash of vanilla
1 cup of flour
1TBS sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 TBS bacon grease
2 TBS butter
*Heat cast iron skillet in the oven until hot at aprox 425 degrees. Add butter and bacon grease to skillet. Pour in batter that has been whipped for 5 minutes straight, then rested for 25 min (to let the flour absorb the liquids). Bake at 425 for 8 min, reduce heat to 350 & bake for another 15 min. Serve hot!

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[nmelkhunter]

You had me at Teddy Roosevelt. He’s one of my favorite presidents; from the work he did to alleviate working conditions in sweatshops, to his conservation efforts, to the Panama Canal, what a great man. The day spent in your cabin and the efforts you needed to undertake to use the wood stove show we do live in a soft, albeit sometimes stressful, world.

[gerryhartung]

He was always saying, "Whoa, Nellie!!" My comment, was meant as a joke. As in... shopping for cast iron pans and pots for that beautiful stove. At 80 years old I remember a lot of cooking on wood stoves. This channel is priceless!

[Playitagaindian]

We received an orange in our handmade stockings made by a distant Aunt. Simpler, grateful times. Thank you for sharing your pioneering life experiences with us. Truly refreshing. ❤

[debbieramsey]

This vlog is incredible. Please don't stop.

[mariettawarkentin]

So wonderful! Sweet little family!! When I lived in the community in my 20’s the majority of us were single but some children. We drew names for the children and made homemade gifts. My friend Steve & I crafted a toddler bed for my godchild Ariel. I painted the headboard. Wondering what you use for the “ necessary?”.💕🙏🕊✝️

[jennifergriffith]

Love the pop overs ❤ again love the warmth and the simplicity of it. Woke up one morning to no electricity in our home. Thank God we have wood heat because I have had to cook a couple of meals on the wood stove. ❤

[RobinLMT]

I adore you and your videos! We crush eggshells and mix them with new, wet coffee grounds to form a ball. It's lowered into the hot water in a perk coffee maker. The egg is a binder to hold the grounds together while the coffee simmers. The calcium in the shell eases some of the acidity in the grounds. Good stuff!

[paulyoung]

Thank you for sharing these humble experiences at your prairie homestead. I truly love the old ways. My dad made his coffee that way his whole life, he did not like perked coffee. I've drank gallons of his cowboy coffee until he passed away in 1986. So you make such fond memories resurface and for that a, heartfelt thank you.❤❤❤

[JosieandThePups]

What an amazing way of life you are giving your littles! To teach them the ways of our ancestors is the real treat! Love this

[sueking]

Just found this Vlog and love it. Your green pot u made the cowboy coffee in is amazing. ❤

[ashleyjones]

Recently found your channel - learning valuable skills and perspectives in this uncertain time and indulging in rejection of this sickeningly soft life. Time to revert back to reality and real work. Thank you and never stop! -a brand new subscriber

[helbergreen]

I love your vídeos, your kitchen and your iron skillets.
Congratulations, you have a beautiful family.
Beauty is in simplicity.

[barbedstar]

Historically, dried apples would have been squirreled away for special times. A bowl of apple slices, reconstituted with a drizzle of maple syrup, would be up in the warmer, maybe for a couple days, waiting for that lovely Dutch Baby to come out of the oven. Made a Christmas breakfast pure heaven in those hard times.... Sweet video. Always enjoy your content!

[CedarHillsHomestead]

Your videos are SO good! You’ll be at 100k in no time and it will be very well deserved. I get excited to sit down and watch whenever I can! ♥️

[LittleCountryCabin]

I think this just might be my favorite video yet. So beautiful and full of wisdom. If America could only embrace the spirit and wisdom of Teddy Roosevelt again! He had the heart and vision of a pioneer. You and your sweet family are bringing that same spirit to life again through these wonderful videos. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all. May God bless you richly❤

[debwassemiller]

I just found your channel. VERY INTERESTING!!! My dad was born in Denton, Montana in 1918 and spent the first 8 years of his life there. He was very proud of his pioneer childhood! Your channel reminds me of his childhood that he told me about! Thank you

[jkq]

Theodore Roosevelt: What will destroy America; Peace at any price and the love of soft living.

I thoroughly enjoy your commentary in all of your videos. It's one if the reasons I enjoy watching them. So educational!

Many people need to be reminded of things or shown things that the years and technology have caused us to forget.

The irony is that it's technology bringing you to them.

THANK YOU for all of the hard work you all have done and continue to do!! Bravo!! 👏 👏👏

[micheleandrews]

Thank you for sharing your special cabin with us! I hope elementary teachers find you. What a great resource for kids too!!😊

[greenorchard]

I just found your channel. I cook with wood year round. I love when other people have the same passion for wood stoves as I do. From NB Canada.

[anniegrace]

What an epic opening, Jessica!! Thank you so much for that rock solid perspective. Great quote by Roosevelt. I love your channel! And your candles and spoons 👏