Holiday Shopping and Good Food

WUF is me...

I caught Mommie lying on her back on the couch, 

PLAYING on FB...

I propped my nose on her leg to ensure 

she didn't have any hidden snacks...

All was clear, 

BUT WOMAN, 

SOMEBODY has to get some work done...

So, it is ME, Again, 

Charcoal, 

stopping to Save the Day for the 

Folkart and Primitives Team and More!!

Christi Royle Hocking

of shopch2

Has shared a recipe with us.

It looks Yummy! 

Teddie’s Apple Cake serves 8

Butter for greasing pan 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting pan

1 ½ cups vegetable oil

 2 cups sugar

3 eggs 

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon 

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla 

3 cups peeled, cored, and thickly sliced tart apples

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 9-inch tube pan. Beat the oil and sugar together in a mixer (fitted with a paddle attachment) while assembling the remaining ingredients. After about 5 minutes, add the eggs and beat until the mixture is creamy. Sift together 3 cups of flour, the salt, cinnamon and baking soda. Stir into the batter. Add the vanilla, apples, walnuts and raisins and stir until combined. Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan before lifting out. Serve at room temperature with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.

shopch2

Scott Foster

of adzewoodcraft

 has shared one of his favorite fall treats.

I love this Acorn Squash: 1.Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Generously butter a rimmed baking sheet.

2.Halve squash crosswise. Scoop out seeds; discard. Slice a small piece off bottom of each squash half just enough to level.

3.Set squash halves, scooped sides down, on prepared sheet. Bake until golden, 20 to 25 minutes.

adzewoodcrafts

Kathy Hale Cage

of kathysheartcreations

Shared a favorite Apple Cake, too

I laughed and said this is exactly what the recipes look like that I have from my Mother.  They have been well used and love.  It brought the biggest smile to my heart!

Here are just a FEW of some Fall Items 

from the FAAP Team.

A link is provided to go to each shop,

BUT be sure to type FAAP in the etsy search bar 

to find hundreds of more AWESOME Handmade items.  

While, we in no way, are trying 

to skip over Thanksgving, 

we KNOW that crunch time 

is upon us for getting those 

HANDMADE 

Christmas gifts and Stocking Stuffers, 

gifts for Teachers, 

and gift exchanges.

PLEASE, allow us to HELP YOU!

You will be pleased with how helpful 

these artisans are, 

because I get to see them stress over 

all the small details 

that help to make 

your shopping experience 

a HAPPY time!

So CLICK away and HEART our items!

ripnrollrugs 

colleenscraftshed

MondaysChildPrims

TheHumbleStitcher

romalandwoodcrafts

loisling

ewenmedesigns

nanasgrungyprims

I WUF that you stopped by today!

I WUF that we get to make stuff for people like you!

WUF WUF...We really are handmade at heart and WUF what we do...I MIGHT see you later is I can't get Mommie to do this...~charcoal

Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread

A bit of work, but SO worth it !

Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread

Bread loaf

1/3 cup light brown sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2/3 cup white sugar

1/2 cup butter, softened

2 eggs

 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 /12 cups all purpose flour

1 3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup milk or almond milk

Apple Mixture

2 apples, peeled and shipped (any baking apple will do) 

 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 

 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 cup chopped walnuts - optional

Old-Fashioned Creme Glaze

1/2 cup of powdered sugar

1-3 tablespoons of milk or cream - (depending on thickness of glaze wanted)

Preheat oven to 350°.   Use a 9x5 inch loaf pan and spray with nonstick spray or line with foil and spray with nonstick spray to get out easily for slicing.

Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl, set aside.

In another medium sized bowl, beat white sugar and butter together using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.    

Beat in eggs one at a time, until blended in.    Add in vanilla extract.

Combine and whisk flour and baking powder together in another bowl and add into creamed butter mixture and stir until blended  Mix milk into batter until smooth.

Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan; add half the apple mixture, then half the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture.    Lightly pat apple mixture into batter.  Repeat with remaining ingredients.    Swirl brown sugar mixture through apples using knife of spoon.

Bake in preheat oven until toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.   Approximately 50-60 minutes.

To make glaze,  mix powdered sugar and milk or cream together until well mixed.   Let bread cool about 15 minutes, then drizzle with glaze.