News - American Heritage – Page 34

America has so many flags with so many different stars. There is the current flag with 50 stars, the Lone Star from Texas, flags with 48 stars and the Betsy Ross flag. Since the latter is sometimes mistaken for the Confederate flag in our shop when we show our woven Betsy blanket, perhaps we should tell its legendary story. It is impossible to imagine the history of the USA without her: Betsy Ross. In May 1776, the leader of the Continental Army George Washington, the probably richest man in the colonies Robert Morris and her distant uncle George Ross met...

The popular angel food cake is reminiscent of cotton candy – fluffy, light, and sweet. Years before American Heritage was founded, angel food cake was our favorite cake, and the special baking pans quickly became part of our product range. It requires a lot of egg whites, extracts, cream of tartar, and a special angel food cake pan (we offer a Angel Food Cake Pan made of coated steel and a cake pan made of lighter aluminum). Ingredients for the Angel Food Cake: 350 g sugar 1/4 tsp salt 200 g sifted flour 12 egg whites (room temperature; the fresher the egg...

On July 4th, American flags decorate the country and in many places people invite people to picnics and BBQs. Of course, fireworks are a must. The most patriotic of all American holidays commemorates the declaration of independence from England and thus the founding of the United States of America. How did this come about? The English monarch had imposed high taxes on the American colonies and American traders were not allowed to trade overseas. The settlers' colonies in the New World were primarily used for exploitation; they also had no parliamentary rights. The citizens of the 13 North American provinces...

There are many names for this sweet delicacy: cinnamon roll, cinnamon bun, sticky roll, or sticky bun. Since the 18th century, they have been a popular, quite sweet and, as the name suggests, sticky breakfast pastry in America. Baked from sweet yeast dough with milk, brown sugar , and cinnamon, sometimes with raisins depending on the recipe. White vanilla frosting is a must in my opinion, even if your fingers are sticky afterward! My personal favorite: freshly baked cinnamon rolls from an Amish bakery. If you've developed a taste for them, feel free to try them. Here's my Recipe for...