Let’s cook
Before Sam and I started Frontier Craftsmen, I spent seven years working as a pastry chef and developed a deep passion for cooking. I've always dreamed of sharing my recipes and hope to inspire others to cook and bake. My recipes come from the past twenty years of baking and cooking, using fresh ingredients whenever possible and always baking with butter and love. Be sure to check back weekly for exciting new recipes.
-Natalie Kohlhagen
What’s cookin’ this week???
Homemade Pizza - Black Bean Soup - Rich Chocolate Brownies
Preheat oven to 450
Combine all ingredients and knead for 5 minutes, by hand or in kitchen aid to dough hook
Oil, cover, and rest for 1 hour
Punch dough and rest for another 10 minutes
Flour counter and roll dough (makes 2 - 12 inch pizzas)
Prebake crust in the oven for 5-7 minutes
Top with sauce and pizza toppings and bake until the edges of crust are golden brown and cheese is melted
Homemade Pizza
16 oz. water (94-99 degrees)
3 Tablespoons dry yeast
1 lb. 12 oz. bread flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 Tablespoons olive oil
Black Bean Soup
Heat up a large Dutch oven, sauté onion in olive oil until translucent
Add the garlic cloves and cook for two more minutes, careful not to burn the garlic
Add the black beans, broth, tomatoes, and chilies
Bring to a boil and simmer for two hours
Blend ¾ of the soup with an immersion blender or place in a blender, do not put on the lid all the way or you will have a giant mess
Top with green onions, sour cream, or cheddar cheese
1 Vidalia onion, chopped
2 Tablespoons olive oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
3 cans black beans, drained and rinsed
3 ½ cups chicken broth
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes with mild green chilies
1 4oz can chopped green chilies
½ cup sour cream
¼ cup shredded cheddar cheese
¼ cup chopped green onions
Preheat oven to 325
Put chocolate and butter in a microwave safe bowl and heat for 2 minutes, stir together
In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla
Add the chocolate butter mixture to the egg mixture, do not overmix
Fold in the flour
Pour into a 9x13 greased pan
Bake until done, when a toothpick comes out clean
Rich Chocolate Brownies
24oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
10 oz unsalted butter
7 Whole eggs
9 oz sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 oz bread flour
3/14/2025
Blackberry Lavender scones-Dutch Oven Mac N Cheese - Smoked Pulled Pork
Blackberry Lavender Scones
Preheat oven to 425
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and dried lavender
Cut in the butter with two butter knives
Add the yolk, milk, and vanilla
Gently mix only until combined
Fold in the blackberries
Lay down a piece of plastic wrap, put the batter down, fold and turn 4-5 times until mixture comes together
Shape the dough into a circle and cut into 8 equal pieces
Brush the scones with an egg wash and bake until tops are golden brown and scones bounce back when lightly pressed
While still hot from the oven drizzle with prepared lemon glaze
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 ¼ teaspoons dried lavender
4 Tablespoons unsalted butter
1 egg yolk
1/3 cup milk
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
¾ cup blackberries
1 lemon, juiced and zested
Powdered sugar
Dutch Oven Mac N Cheese
1 small Vidalia onion, chopped
2 Tablespoons olive oil
4 Tablespoons salted butter
4 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 qt milk
12 oz sharp cheddar cheese
¼ cup parmesan cheese
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
10 oz cooked pasta
½ cup breadcrumbs
1 cup Colby Jack cheese
1 teaspoon dried thyme
Heat oven to 350 degrees
Sauté onions and olive oil in a hot large Dutch oven for 8-10 minutes, stirring often
Add the butter to the onion, stir until melted
Add the flour, stir
Slowly add the milk
Add the cheese, salt, pepper, and thyme. Stir until all of the cheese is melted
Mix in the pasta and stir
Combine the breadcrumbs, Colby Jack cheese, and thyme then sprinkle on top
Bake covered for 25-30 minutes or until the top is golden brown
Smoked Pulled Pork
5-6 lb bone-in pork shoulder
Sam’s rub (Recipe down below)
Honey
Pat dry the pork and rub generously with rub
Smoke at 225 degrees for 12 hours fat side up. Sue ¾ hickory and ¼ cherry wood chips soaked in water
After the first four hours and at the eighth hour add a light glaze of honey over the pork
Cook for a total of 12 hours until the internal temperature reaches 190 degrees
Rest for 30 minutes before pulling
Homemade BBQ Sauce
1 cup apple cider vinegar
1 cup ketchup
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon sriracha
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon honey
Whisk all ingredients together in a small sauce pan over medium heat for 8-10 minute
3/7/2025
Irish Soda Bread - Homemade Granola - Flamin’ Chicken
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and the salt in a bowl
Cut in the butter with two butter knives until the butter is pea size
Add the buttermilk and mix until it all comes together kneading no more than two minutes
Shape into an oval loaf and bake on a cookie sheet with parchment paper
Bake for about 40 minutes
Allow to cool completely before slicing
Irish Soda Bread
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
¾ cup plus 2 Tablespoons buttermilk
Granola
¼ cup maple syrup
¼ cup honey
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ water
¼ canola oil
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
2 Tablespoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
7 cups old fashioned oats
1/2 cup wheat germ
1 cup flax seed
2 cups slivered almonds
2 cups Craisins or raisins
1 cup another other chopped nut
2 cups coconut flakes
Preheat oven to 275.
Combine syrup, honey, sugar, water, oil, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a small bowl. Whisk all together until well combined
Combine oats, wheat germ and flax seed in a large bowl.
Pour the wet mixture over the oat mix
Divide the oat mix between two large pans, the thicker it is the longer it will take to dry out
Bake the granola, stirring every 20 minutes for about an hour and a half. For the last 20 minutes add the almonds, Craisins or raisins, nuts, and coconut
Allow to completely cool before storing in a sealed container
Whisk together the soy sauce, oil, water, onion, sesame seeds, sugar, garlic, ginger, salt and pepper
place the chicken in a large ziploc bag and pour the marinade over the chicken. refrigerate overnight or for at least 6-8 hours.
Drain the marinade off the chicken and cook the chicken over a hot grill. Beware, it’s called flaming chicken for a reason.
Cook chicken to 180 degrees, about 45 minutes.
Flaming Chicken
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup canola oil
¼ cup water
2 Tablespoons minced dried onion
2 Tablespoons sesame seeds
1 Tablespoon sugar
2 Tablespoons minced garlic
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground ginger
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
3-4 pounds chicken pieces (legs and thighs – bone in)
2/28/25
Express Smoked Ribs - Lasagna Soup - Carrot Cake
liberally coat ribs in rub, and put into a crockpot on low with 1 cup of apple sauce spread on top. cook for 2 hours.
heat the smoker to 200-225 and cook the ribs for four hours
hour 1 - 1 light smoke (1 handful of apple chips and 1 handful of hickory chips), drizzle honey over the ribs
hour 2 - reload chips and coat ribs with the prepared apple bBQ sauce.
hour 3 - reload chips, flip ribs, and drizzle with more honey.
hour 4 - reload chips, flip ribs, and coat with more aaple bBQ sauce.
Express Smoked Ribs
1 rack Baby Back Ribs
1 cup Apple Sauce
Sam’s Rub (recipe Down Below)
2 Tablespoons Apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons bBQ sauce
1/4 cup honey
Sam’s Rub Recipe
3 tablespoons kosher salt
2 1/2 Tablespoons light brown sugar
3 tablespoons paprika
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon thyme
1 tablespoon chili flakes
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. extra can be stored in a mason jar.
in a large dutch oven, saute onion with olive oil until translucent. Add all the spices and italian sausage. Cook until the sausage is cooked through.
mix in the tomato paste and crushed tomatoes.
add the broth and pasta, bring to a boil, and cook until pasta is al dente.
lastly, stir in the parmesan cheese and heavy cream.
Lasagna Soup
1 vidalia onion, chopped
1 teaspoon garlic powder or 1 crushed clove
1 teaspoon oregano
2 tablespoons basil
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound italian sausage
1 tablespoon tomato paste
15 oz crushed tomato
1/2 pound pasta
4 cups Chicken broth
1/3 cup shredded parmesan cheese
1/4 cup heavy cream
Carrot Cake
4 large eggs at room temperature
1 1/4 cups canola oil
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups sifted cake flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups carrots
***first step - most important! cook the carrots in water until soft. drain and mash the carrots, this will add moisture to the cake and keep it from drying out.
heat oven to 350 and prepare two 9-inch cake pans with parchment paper. parchment paper on the bottom, spray the sides with a pan spray.
in a mixer with the paddle attachment, combine the eggs, oil, sugar, and vanilla. do not overmix; that will add air to the batter, causing it to collapse.
add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in three parts, scrape the bowl each time.
fold in the mashed carrots, again careful not to overmix.
pour the batter into the two prepared pans and bake for 40-50 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly pressed.
completely cool before frosting. top with your favorite cream cheese frosting recipe.