Kitchen Towels

Look what my mom made me….

 

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Mom’s Fruit Cobbler

Mom’s Fruit Cobbler

1 stick of butter

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

3 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups milk

4 cups of fruit I use one can of sliced peaches, {but that is because I like the doughy cake part way better than the fruit}

Place butter in and 9 x 13 baking dish, set in your preheating oven {Preheat to 375 degrees} until butter is melted.  Mix flour, sugar, baking powder,salt, and milk… Blend well.  Pour batter over the melted butter and spread fruit evenly over the batter.  You basically have 3 layers… butter, batter, fruit…

Bake for 40 minutes. 

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Travelin’ Tuesday {4}

Well I sure didn’t travel far this week, but I figured since I didn’t post last Tuesday… I had better do something…  As we wrap up the end of the school year with 4 kiddos at 3 different schools it’s been a little busy… So I thought I’d share our home! 

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Memorial Day

I woke up this morning thinking of a friend, Becky, who lost her son Jesse in war.  This is a child of God, who we watched grow into an amazing young man, husband and father.  When Jesse went into the service his mom wrote him every day and his “battle buddies” and him would request simple things, like toilet paper, gum, toothpaste… things we take for granted everyday.  Becky would pack up items and ship them off.  When Jessie’s life was taken by a bomb, Packed With Pride became her means of getting through everyday life.  Please take a moment and visit their site.  A $12.50 donation will send a solider a box Full of goodies. 

Jesse Mizener

As I was preparing food for our bbq this afternoon, with some friends, I looked over into the family room where Tanner was busy playing and this is what I saw…

GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS

 

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Biscuits and Jam

This wonderful weather {cloudy, rainy, cold} I LOVE it…. Has inspired me to bake… I first saw this recipe for freezer jam {I remember making in home ec.} on another blog, it looked so yummy, that I went to the strawberry stand and bought some in season berries… Followed this recipe….

Strawberry Freezer Jam

2 cups of strawberry puree {I was surprised how little strawberries it took to make 2 cups}  I used our Vitamix to make the puree, I am not a chunk person, if you are then use a potato masher and mash your berries by hand.

4 CUPS of sugar {I know it’s a lot, but DO NOT use less or it won’t set right}

1 {1.75 oz box} Sure Jell fruit pectin

3/4 cup water

Containers for storing/freezing

Smash your berries add ALL that sugar, let set while you bring your 3/4 cups water and pectin packet to a boil.  Add the pectin to the fruit/sugar mixture. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour into your containers.  Keep one for your refrigerator, and freeze the rest until ready to use!

After making my jam, I needed something to taste it on… So I made homemade biscuits…

Biscuits

4 cups of flour

2 TBSP baking powder

2 TBSP sugar

1 tsp salt

2 sticks of cold butter

1 1/2 cups, milk, buttermilk, or half and half {I only had 2% milk so that is what I used}

Mix all dry ingredients together.  Cut butter into little slices add to the flour mixture and work it with a pastry blender or your hands until it resembles pea sized crumbs.

Put dough on a flour surface and knead for a minute, sprinkle extra flour if it’s too sticky.

Roll dough out to about 1/4 thick and fold in half.

Use a biscuit cutter or cup {I used a cup} and cut out your biscuits.  Place them close together on a greased cookie sheet.

Bake for 12 minutes at 450 degrees.

Makes about 24

 

 

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Poppies

If I can make Roses out of coffee filters I thought… why can’t I make Poppies?  My mom’s favorite flower is the California Poppy {also my Nana’s}.  So for Mother’s Day my mom got a Poppy arrangement and gift certificate.

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Bye Bye Preschool…. :(

What’s your favorite block?

Tanner’s last official day at preschool was yesterday…

It makes me happy and sad… Our baby is going to start kindergarten.

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More Teacher Gifts

Cousin Cathy recruited me to make some teacher gifts for her…

I really like this color combo too…

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What the Heck???

So last night I am walking down the hall and in front of my front door on the cream colored tile I notice all this black soot?  Weird…. But yesterday was SUPER windy and because it has been so hot, I had all of the windows and doors open plus the whole house fan…  I go to wipe it up with a paper towel and it literally smeared EVERYWHERE… YUCK… I decide I guess I better clean tomorrow… This morning I notice because the cats had raced in the hallway and slid the runner off to the side, that there was a perfect BLACK line where the rug was, and that same soot all over…

Upon further inspection this junk is all over everything, I am not kidding, it’s everywhere.  My kitchen shutters…

Here is the rag after wiping only two fins on my shutters…

I so have my work cut out for me… I am very glad REBA is home.

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Poke Cake {Lemon Light}

POKE CAKE

1 pkg yellow cake mix

1 (3oz) pkg lemon Jell-o {I only found the 6 oz size, so I split it in half} now I can make another 😉

3/4 cup water

3/4 cup oil

4 eggs

Topping

2 cups powdered sugar

1/3 cup lemon juice

1/2 tsp lemon zest {I didn’t use, because I didn’t have it}

Blend together cake mix, lemon jell-o, water, oil, and eggs until well blended.  Pour into ungreased 9 x 13 baking dish.  Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

While cake is baking, make topping.  After cake is removed from oven and still hot, poke holes in the top with a fork {I used a bamboo skewer}.  Spoon topping over the cake. *The icing will disappear*

Cool completely {although as you can see from my picture I ate it warm}…. YUM

Thanks for the recipe Tina W.

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