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Recipe: Baked Apple Chips
Again with the apples. This time, baked apple chips. Not only are they easy to make, they are a delightfully light snack. You’ll eat them up. Ingredients 4-5 apples 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 4 teaspoons of sugar Set the oven to 275 degrees – let it heat up. First – wash your apples. Cut them at thinly as possible. You can core them if you like, however, I didn’t. The core leaves a little crunch and texture. Pat them dry and lay them down on…
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Recipe: Apple Butter
Fall is here! Oh, and so is thanksgiving – happy thanksgiving to all my Canadian fans! When October hits I know it’s time to pluck the apples from our tree. Last year we pruned it, so it didn’t produce any apples. This year, however, the apples were plentiful. Time for apple butter. Here we go…apple butter in the slow cooker. Much like the strawberry-ruhbarb butter I made last month, this one has little sugar and keeps for about 4-5 weeks in the fridge. Ingredients 5…
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Recipe: Homemade Apple Sauce
Who doesn’t like homemade apple sauce? Even for the simple fact that it makes your house smell glorious – like a cool fall afternoon…the kind of day you feel like watching a football game outside. Yes, please! Ingredients 10 apples (a variety) 1 orange half a lemon 1/2 cup of brown sugar 1 stick of salted butter 2 tablespoons of cinnamon 1 teaspoon of all spice and nutmeg First – you need to peel and core all of your apples – then cut into quarters.…
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Tutorial: Neck Cowl
It’s fall – time to stay warm. The list of things I can make for myself (or for women in general) is endless…but it’s hard to find things to make for a guy. This neck cowl is perfect – as long as you keep the fabric and colours masculine. What You Need 2 pieces of fabric that measure 30 inches by 9.5 inches matching thread serger sewing machine an iron. So – the easier thing to do is not cut the fabric in half –…
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Recipe: Apple Cider
Want the house to smell like fall? Don’t want to spend 8.99$ on mulling spice? Try this! Ingredients One jar of apple cider (about 1.99$ – you would need this with the mulling spice, too). 1 tablespoon of each of the following : cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice. Mix together and put on the stove around medium heat. Time to spice things up. Most of the time you already have the ingredients above – and if you don’t, they sell huge bags like the…
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Recipe: Pumpkin Parfait
Tired of the same old pumpkin pie for fall dessert? Try pumpkin parfait instead! I made this recipe since I love pumpkin pie and well, my husband loves chocolate…so I thought of this fun way to eat it all in one! Start with some empty, yet tall glasses and oreos! Crush up the oreos and put in the bottom – one of my cups has crushed graham crackers (I’m not a big chocolate person). Next layer is the pumpkin pie mix. When I was making…
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Recipe: Skillet Apple Crumble
Sunday dessert – what’s better than skillet apple crumble? Last weekend I made lamb roast and salad – we hung out and ate with the football game on. We were too full for dessert right away. We live in the country so when it gets dark and quite it’s the perfect time to watch a movie…Lincoln was the pick – and boy, was it ever good. Such an all star cast. What made it better? Skillet apple crumble! Ingredients 1 3/4 cups of flour 2…
