When winter becomes a drag, I turn to cooking. This apple cake was one of my family favorites. I included it in my book Family Favorites From the Heartland. Gram’s Raw Apple Cake Ingredients: ½ cup butter2 cups sugar2 eggs2 cups flour2 teaspoons sodapinch salt2 teaspoons cinnamon1 teaspoon nutmeg5 grated large apples or 7 small ones (Granny Smith work best) Combine all ingredients, adding apples last. Bake in a 9 x 13 cake pan at 350 degrees for 50 min….
On ordinary days, one day melts into another. Then, in a 24 hour period, the world dumps up-side-down. This picture showed up on my computer from seven years ago the other day. This was a colt that had been born the summer before. Life was in the normal mode. Then things flipped. On the next St. Patrick’s Day the PET scans showed my husband had stage 4 metastatic lung cancer. That horrible disease and spread all through him. Within six…
Everywhere you turn, you hear of frozen pipes, cars in ditches from icy roads, and caution to get your animals inside from the frigid cold this winter. With all this in mind, I wrote a poem called Winter Blech. Winter Blech! Bare trees.All gone dormant.Plants reside in the basement,under grow lights. Bee hives are securedfor the winterwith mouse guardsat the entrance. Time to settle infor the long wait’til we see Jonquils again. As of today, January 23, 2024, Spring is…
January 2024 Fluffy white cushions grace patio furniture.Six inches of powder rest on split-rail fence.Each tree branch thickly-laden in white.The only footprints—a rabbit’s trail across the landscape.I snap a picture before weather warms,erasing it all. My books are available at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sally-Jadlow/author/B007F5H0H4
With cool weather here, it’s time to make some goodies in the oven. A neighbor brought me a delicious recipe I want to share with you. Poppy Seed Bread 3 C. flour3 eggs1 ½ t. salt1 ½ t. baking powder1 C. + 2 T. oil1 ½ C. milk2 ¼ C. sugar1 ½ T. poppy seeds1 ½ t. vanilla1 ½ t. almond extract1 ½ t. butter flavor Frosting¼ C. orange juice¾ C. sugar½ t. vanilla½ t. almond extract½ t. butter flavor Mix…
Now that Christmas is past, the gifts have been opened, and the decorations have disappeared, it’s time to pay the piper. I found this picture on Facebook with the caption, “This snowman is to scare away the bills.” If it works, we better pray for snow! My books are available at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sally-Jadlow/author/B007F5H0H4?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
This Christmas I made a charcuterie tree for a centerpiece. I bought a Styrofoam cone and covered it with plastic wrap. I gathered three kinds of cheese, red peppers, pickled okra, sliced red pears and apples, and rolled up ham with cream cheese and dill pickle relish inside. I stuck each bite on the Styrofoam with party toothpicks. I intended to put black and green olives on it, but forgot them. The star on top is from the red pepper. It…
If you need a special treat here is a recipe from Nordic Ware I made for this season. The metal stamps come out very crisp and clean. Gingerbread Cookies for Cookie Stamps Ingredients 3 cups flour 4 tsp ground ginger 3 tsp ground cinnamon Heaping ¼ tsp ground cloves 6 Tbsp butter, softened 2/3 cup brown sugar 1 egg 2/3 cup molasses 2 ½ tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt Directions In a medium bowl, mix together the flour and spices….
Sixty-one years ago, it was my husband and me. Now, we’ve expanded to thirty-four, with more to come! How did that happen? Wishing you all a meaningful Christmas season. God bless you all.
Christmas A baby’s cry pierced the darknessseparating time from a B.C. erato an A.D. one. God’s 400-year silence broken between Old and New Testamentsby the Word delivered in flesh and blood.A voice no longer filtered through a prophet. God’s Son came to earthto declare His rescue from sin and deathto weary waiters who heard of Messiah,but now beheld Him with their own eyes. We, once again, wait for His second coming.Come, Lord Jesus. My books are available here