Showing posts with label strawberries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strawberries. Show all posts
Feb 24, 2014
Fruitful Day
Got a baking bug today. Asked honey what he wanted me to bake and he said Peach Upside Down Cake. So, okay, down to the cellar and I did have a jar of peaches left.
It's a cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of melted butter, peaches and I mixed up a yellow cake and poured over it. I use the Dinette Cake from the Betty Crocker cookbook and just doubled it.
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As long as the oven's going I thought I should do all my baking for the week. Save on propane. So I looked in the freezer and pulled out some cranberries and some strawberries.
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Made these cranberry cookies:
1 12 oz. bag of cranberries**
2/3 cup powdered sugar**
3 1/2 cups flour**
1 t. cinnamon**
1 t. baking powder**
1 t. soda**
1/2 t. salt**
1 egg**
1 cup sugar**
3/4 cup brown sugar**
1/2 cup butter**
3 T. orange juice************
Slice cranberries in half and put in bowl sprinkle with powdered sugar. Let set 10 minutes.
Cream butter, sugars, orange juice, and add beaten egg. Sift and add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, gradually. This gets a bit dry and I usually only put in 3 cups of flour. Add cranberries and stir gently. Drop onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.******************
Now some strawberry bread...
3 cups strawberries, mashed and drained**
(I put some of the juice into the batter)**
1 1/4 cup oil (lard)**
4 eggs beaten**
Mix all this together and add to the dry ingredients which are:**
3 cups flour**
2 cups sugar**
1 1/4 t. cinnamon**
1 t. salt**
1 t. baking soda**
Mix everything together will and pour into two greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 for an hour.*******************************
Last-I threw some homemade mac and cheese in the oven with some ham for supper tonight.
Now everything is done except the dishes. Help.
Jun 8, 2012
Check the date...
Okay, it's June 8th. I think this is the very earliest I have ever found ripe, wild strawberries. Yep, this afternoon I was able to pick half a handful. Up here in Northern Minnesota strawberries are the first berries to get ripe, but not usually in early June.
How wierd is that??
Must be all this global warming.
How wierd is that??
Must be all this global warming.
Jul 1, 2011
Farm Life
Woke up to a thick fog this morning and a cow bellering in the pasture. Turned out she couldn't find her calf. He was laying just a few feet from her and wouldn't respond to her cries. Not a very obedient son.
Wild stawberry season is here and, Lord willing, I'm going to get out there and pick some. Wild strawberry jam is my honey's favorite. And then, I hope to weed my garden for the rest of the day-after I make some cheese, yogurt and butter.
With all of this milk coming it's hard to keep up. I'm still looking for customers who could use some raw milk or fresh cheese, but I'm not a good salesman. So my kitchen is always looking like a home dairy. I still feel totally blessed with this cow and all of this milk.
What kinds of things do you do to celebrate the 4th? We don't really have any traditions in our family. We may go to a nearby town Sunday night to watch fireworks and then have a picnic at my parents house on Monday. One thing we have done every year since we were married is to light off some fireworks of our own. In Minnesota, most fireworks are outlawed, but the ones that sit on the ground and make a lot of noise and smoke are the ones we use.
Also, my bees are going gangbusters. I get to put another super on today. They've filled two so far. This is the best year I've had for bees.
Well, the fog is lifting a bit. Time for milking and chores. Thanks for visiting. Hope you have a very blessed Fourth of July.
From Glory Farm
Wild stawberry season is here and, Lord willing, I'm going to get out there and pick some. Wild strawberry jam is my honey's favorite. And then, I hope to weed my garden for the rest of the day-after I make some cheese, yogurt and butter.
With all of this milk coming it's hard to keep up. I'm still looking for customers who could use some raw milk or fresh cheese, but I'm not a good salesman. So my kitchen is always looking like a home dairy. I still feel totally blessed with this cow and all of this milk.
What kinds of things do you do to celebrate the 4th? We don't really have any traditions in our family. We may go to a nearby town Sunday night to watch fireworks and then have a picnic at my parents house on Monday. One thing we have done every year since we were married is to light off some fireworks of our own. In Minnesota, most fireworks are outlawed, but the ones that sit on the ground and make a lot of noise and smoke are the ones we use.
Also, my bees are going gangbusters. I get to put another super on today. They've filled two so far. This is the best year I've had for bees.
Well, the fog is lifting a bit. Time for milking and chores. Thanks for visiting. Hope you have a very blessed Fourth of July.
From Glory Farm
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Showing posts with label strawberries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strawberries. Show all posts
Feb 24, 2014
Fruitful Day
Got a baking bug today. Asked honey what he wanted me to bake and he said Peach Upside Down Cake. So, okay, down to the cellar and I did have a jar of peaches left.
It's a cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of melted butter, peaches and I mixed up a yellow cake and poured over it. I use the Dinette Cake from the Betty Crocker cookbook and just doubled it.
*************
As long as the oven's going I thought I should do all my baking for the week. Save on propane. So I looked in the freezer and pulled out some cranberries and some strawberries.
********************
Made these cranberry cookies:
1 12 oz. bag of cranberries**
2/3 cup powdered sugar**
3 1/2 cups flour**
1 t. cinnamon**
1 t. baking powder**
1 t. soda**
1/2 t. salt**
1 egg**
1 cup sugar**
3/4 cup brown sugar**
1/2 cup butter**
3 T. orange juice************
Slice cranberries in half and put in bowl sprinkle with powdered sugar. Let set 10 minutes.
Cream butter, sugars, orange juice, and add beaten egg. Sift and add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, gradually. This gets a bit dry and I usually only put in 3 cups of flour. Add cranberries and stir gently. Drop onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.******************
Now some strawberry bread...
3 cups strawberries, mashed and drained**
(I put some of the juice into the batter)**
1 1/4 cup oil (lard)**
4 eggs beaten**
Mix all this together and add to the dry ingredients which are:**
3 cups flour**
2 cups sugar**
1 1/4 t. cinnamon**
1 t. salt**
1 t. baking soda**
Mix everything together will and pour into two greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 for an hour.*******************************
Last-I threw some homemade mac and cheese in the oven with some ham for supper tonight.
Now everything is done except the dishes. Help.
Jun 8, 2012
Check the date...
Okay, it's June 8th. I think this is the very earliest I have ever found ripe, wild strawberries. Yep, this afternoon I was able to pick half a handful. Up here in Northern Minnesota strawberries are the first berries to get ripe, but not usually in early June.
How wierd is that??
Must be all this global warming.
How wierd is that??
Must be all this global warming.
Jul 1, 2011
Farm Life
Woke up to a thick fog this morning and a cow bellering in the pasture. Turned out she couldn't find her calf. He was laying just a few feet from her and wouldn't respond to her cries. Not a very obedient son.
Wild stawberry season is here and, Lord willing, I'm going to get out there and pick some. Wild strawberry jam is my honey's favorite. And then, I hope to weed my garden for the rest of the day-after I make some cheese, yogurt and butter.
With all of this milk coming it's hard to keep up. I'm still looking for customers who could use some raw milk or fresh cheese, but I'm not a good salesman. So my kitchen is always looking like a home dairy. I still feel totally blessed with this cow and all of this milk.
What kinds of things do you do to celebrate the 4th? We don't really have any traditions in our family. We may go to a nearby town Sunday night to watch fireworks and then have a picnic at my parents house on Monday. One thing we have done every year since we were married is to light off some fireworks of our own. In Minnesota, most fireworks are outlawed, but the ones that sit on the ground and make a lot of noise and smoke are the ones we use.
Also, my bees are going gangbusters. I get to put another super on today. They've filled two so far. This is the best year I've had for bees.
Well, the fog is lifting a bit. Time for milking and chores. Thanks for visiting. Hope you have a very blessed Fourth of July.
From Glory Farm
Wild stawberry season is here and, Lord willing, I'm going to get out there and pick some. Wild strawberry jam is my honey's favorite. And then, I hope to weed my garden for the rest of the day-after I make some cheese, yogurt and butter.
With all of this milk coming it's hard to keep up. I'm still looking for customers who could use some raw milk or fresh cheese, but I'm not a good salesman. So my kitchen is always looking like a home dairy. I still feel totally blessed with this cow and all of this milk.
What kinds of things do you do to celebrate the 4th? We don't really have any traditions in our family. We may go to a nearby town Sunday night to watch fireworks and then have a picnic at my parents house on Monday. One thing we have done every year since we were married is to light off some fireworks of our own. In Minnesota, most fireworks are outlawed, but the ones that sit on the ground and make a lot of noise and smoke are the ones we use.
Also, my bees are going gangbusters. I get to put another super on today. They've filled two so far. This is the best year I've had for bees.
Well, the fog is lifting a bit. Time for milking and chores. Thanks for visiting. Hope you have a very blessed Fourth of July.
From Glory Farm
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