Peanut Brittle

1 1/2 cups sugar1/2 cup light corn syrup1/2 cup water2 teaspoons melted paraffin2 cups raw, […]

Farmhouse Kitchen, October 2025

For almost 50 years, the Women’s Leadership Division of the Alabama Farmers Federation has spotlighted Alabama commodities and agricultural products through the Heritage Cooking Contest.

Farmhouse Kitchen, September 2025

For Rachael McLendon, the kitchen is the heart of the home. She and her husband, Jonathan, are raising their four children — Addie, 10, Anna, 8, Brett, 3, and Lindsey, 1 — on their Clarke County farm. The McLendons’ goal is to ensure their kids know the value of hard work by involving them in every aspect of the family farm. Rachael said one of her biggest blessings is homeschooling her children. 

Farmhouse Kitchen, August 2025

Kathy Deerman Thompson and her husband, Phillip, have long called the northeast corner of Alabama […]

Farmhouse Kitchen, July 2025

Penny Walters is a pro at food prep — whether cooking hearty meals for her family (She and husband Robert have four children and four grandchildren.) or whipping up large catering orders in her on-farm commercial kitchen.

Farmhouse Kitchen, June 2025

Tell us about your family.  My husband, Dylan, and I live in Woodstock and have […]

Farmhouse Kitchen, May 2025

Linda Seymore has always called east Winston County home. A stone’s throw from the Cullman County line, Linda and her late husband, Hershel, raised their family in Nesmith, just 2 miles from her home community of Hog Jaw.

Farmhouse Kitchen, April 2025

Shelley East is more than a nurse; she’s a nourisher. The school nurse at Sand Rock Middle School and nurse supervisor for Cherokee County School System, Shelley is known for whipping up tasty eats for her farm family, friends, coworkers and community members. 

Farmhouse Kitchen, March 2025

Recipes for sweet, peanut-packed treats abound in Elaine Helms’ Geneva County kitchen.

Her affinity for stirring up Crock-Pot candy, sugared peanuts or peanut brittle is especially fitting considering her husband, Jimmy, grows the delicious, nutritious peanut in Slocomb. The Helms family also grows cotton, corn, hay and oats on land Jimmy’s great-grandfather settled in 1893.