Hard tack recipe

This biscuit is a forever food that is perfect for storing in your Prepper Pantry

There’s a handful of recipes I remember my mom making during the Christmas holidays. I remember some Christmas cherry cheesecake bars, snickerdoodles, peanut blossoms and this hard tack candy. I’ve always been candy crazy, so when I remembered this candy, I had to make it to share with you. This brings back many memories for me and I hope it does for you too.

Originally written in the March 2009 – Issue 20 Newsletter of Practically Primitive (www.practicallyprimitive.com) Imagine a bread that is healthy and nutritious, easy to make, simple to carry, requires no refrigeration and will last indefinitely on a shelf or in a backpack. How handy! Of course, it also happens to be as hard as rock. A staple of cowboys, hikers ...

If you’ve been looking into survival food, Hardtack is a type of hard, dry biscuit or cracker commonly eaten by sailors and soldiers. It is made from flour, water, and…

Previously I mostly just thought of hardtack as being something eaten by Civil War soldiers. It actually goes back to the time of the Egyptians, used by sailors. The good thing about hardtack (from a sailor or Civil War perspective) is that it can last for years if it stays dry and is kept away from bugs and such. It is light and easy to transport (think backpacking) but is dense, so it holds a lot of nutrition. I have wanted to make some for about a year now. I finally got around to trying…

This homemade hard tack candy is a classic old fashioned candy that will bring back so many memories. The brightly colored candies can by made into a variety of tasty flavors, and are surprisingly easy to make at home!

Not quite a cookie, and almost a cracker, hard tack is a traditional flat bread of the Scandanavian kitchen. My grandmother served hers with butter and orange marmalade, which I always enjoyed. T…

There is something I find romantic about selling most of my junk and moving to a little cabin in Alaska with only moose for my neighbors. I...