Monday, November 11, 2024

Autumn Recipe

 


Autumn Harvest Bread

Ingredients


1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil, or melted coconut oil

2 large eggs, at room temperature

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed light or dark brown sugar

1/2 cup pumpkin puree (canned or fresh)

1 heaping cup peeled and shredded apple

3/4 cup peeled and shredded carrot

2 Tablespoons milk

1 cup chopped walnuts*


Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.   Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan. 

Whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger together in a large bowl until combined. Set aside. 

In a medium bowl, whisk the oil, eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin, shredded apple, shredded carrot, and milk together until combined. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Gently whisk until *just* combined. 

Fold in the walnuts. Batter will be semi-thick.

Spread the batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake for 55 – 65 minutes.  Baking times vary so keep an eye on yours. The bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out *mostly* clean with no raw batter. Remove the bread from the oven.

Cool completely in the pan set on a wire rack before removing and slicing. Cover and store leftover bread at room temperature for up to 3-4 days or in the refrigerator for up to about 10 days.

*NOTES:  Sweet potatoes or butternut squash may be good in this as well.  Of course, you would need to cook them until tender and then puree in a blender.I like using a combination of nuts and seeds.  I use walnuts, hickory nuts, pecans, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds or whatever I have on hand.  I also like to add in dried cranberries.

Friday, November 1, 2024

November Thankfulness

Hello Lovelies.

What a wonderful month we have landed in.  It's especially wonderful because we have so many things to be thankful for.  I found this in my files and thought I would share.  I am going to be using it for my scripture writing this month.  Maybe you would like to use it, as well.  If you aren't into scripture writing, maybe you can simply read the scripture for each day.



Thursday, October 24, 2024

Contentment


“Autumn is the season to find contentment at home by paying attention to what we already have.” — Unknown




Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Easy Quiche


Spinach Bacon Quiche

Ingredients

1 pie crust (homemade or pre-made)

1-8oz block swiss cheese (shredded)

1/2 lb bacon (cooked, drained and cut into small pieces)

1 good handful of baby spinach (washed and patted dry)

6 large eggs

1 can of evaporated milk

Salt & Pepper

Directions

Place the pie crust into a 9" pie plate or tart dish.  Layer the spinach, bacon and cheese in the crust.  Beat together the eggs and full can of evaporated milk.  Slowly pour mixture into crust being careful to not let it run over.   Bake at 375* until the top is browned and puffy.  It will fall after cooling for a few minutes.  Serve with homemade salsa and a salad.

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Autumn fun


 This looks like a bit of fun for the season.  If you, like myself, do not participate in halloween, you can always change those to other things.  I will be using Red Leaf, Autumn Music, Woodland Creature, or anything you can think of that you see during the Autumn season.