Sunday, October 1, 2017

I made the "Easy Refrigerator Cucumber Salad" and am reposting it. Tim LOVES the recipe:)

Very colorful and so easy to make.


I made 3 jar of the Cucumber Salad and a loaf of Best Ever Banana Bread by Gemma at Bigger Bolder Baking. Very good day:) 







Best Ever Banana Bread


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Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups ( 71/2oz/ 225g) all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoons salt
  • ⅔ cup (5oz/150g) sugar
  • ¾ cup (2¼oz/67g) rolled oats (preferably quick-cooking)
  • ¼ cup (2floz/60ml) flavorless oil (canola, vegetable, sunflower oil)
  • 2 large eggs
  • ⅓ cup (21/2floz/75ml) milk
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 medium very ripe bananas
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350oF (180oC)
  2. Prepare a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper.
  3. In a medium bowl, combine your dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, oats, sugar, cinnamon and salt)
  4. In a large bowl, combine your wet ingredients (eggs, milk, oil, vanilla and mashed bananas)
  5. Pour the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients and mix by hand just until combined. Do not over mix as this can make the banana bread tough.
  6. Pour the banana bread batter into the pan and bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick or cake-tester comes out clean. Enjoy!
  7. Store at room temperature wrapped in cling wrap for up to 3 days.





Apple Picking~Apple brownie recipe

Finnian and Hunter were playing "Hide-N-Seek" in the apple orchard.

Ilsa first family trip to the orchard was great!

The trees were loaded with apples this year.

Hunter apple! A little too big:) 

Jacob and his wife Lindsay. She ran a half Marathon this morning, (13 miles).

Jennifer and Finn.
Apple Brownies 

Apple Brownies

Recipe By:BakerJim
"This was my Mom's recipe. Easy and quick to make. Apples and walnuts are packed into a cinnamon spiced blonde brownie. Always a hit when I bring it to parties. Very moist and great to make in the fall when apples are plentiful."

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 3 medium apples - peeled, cored and thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
 
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9 inch baking dish.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together the melted butter, sugar, and egg until fluffy. Fold in the apples and walnuts. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Stir the flour mixture into the wet mixture until just blended. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared baking dish.
  3. Bake 35 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/68348/apple-brownies/print/?recipeType=Recipe&servings=12&isMetric=false

A "vintage train" ride. Enjoy the sounds of long ago, ( and yes, I did get soot on me). This is a coal powered steam train.