Scrumptious Pumpkin Cookies

Oh my, how I do love fall! I want to share this recipe that I received from a friend. If you are in a fall mood, you are sure to enjoy these yummy cookies. They are so so simple. :D

Here is what you'll need:

2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Cup Crisco (or whatever off brand shortening you prefer. We get ours at Aldi :) )
1 Cup Canned Pumpkin (NOT pie filling)
1 Cup Granulated Sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Salt


It calls for frosting, but I prefer my cookies unfrosted. However, here are the ingredients for the frosting if you please:

1 Pound Powdered Sugar (usually 1 bag)
1 8oz Package Regular Cream Cheese
1 Stick Salted Butter
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract

Ok, you ready? Let's get started.
P.S. Preheat your oven to 375°

First, put on your favorite apron (I used Momma's :D)

Cream the Crisco, pumpkin, and sugar.

 

 

Add the egg and mix well

 

 

Now add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well

 

 

Now just use a fork to grab medium size lumps of dough and plop em' on an UNGREASED cookie sheet. (I had to use a small pan because all we have at the time is a little convection oven. Our big oven is broken :(  )

Bake for 10-15min.

 

 

Place on a wire rack to cool

 

 

Enjoy

 

 

 

~Erin

 

Simple Fix

So this is one of my newest consignment shop finds. YAY. I must say I am addicted to shopping at resale shops. I'm all about the bargains. Anyway, back to my point. I recently purchased this adorable skirt, but there was only one problem, it was too big by a couple of inches. :(

 

I knew that I wanted to keep the zipper that was in it, so my next question was: How can I do this without having to put darts in the lined skirt without ruining it? So, I decided to just put a small strip of 1/2" elastic along the inside of the skirt.

 

 

Yes, you can see it, but not when I'm wearing it.

The end result, one of my favorite outfits. (And you can't tell the difference :D )

 

So what kinds of techniques do you like to use to make minor adjustments to clothes that don't fit like you want them to?

 

Have a blessed week

Erin

 

Church Centennial & Fall Garden

Hello blogging friends. This post probably should have been 2 different posts, but I ended up just doing it as one.

 

First off, I decided to snap some shots of our fall garden. We have tomatillas (which are looking great, just not putting on yet), lima beans, squash, and jalapenos from this summer are still flourishing like crazy.

 

 Momma's lima beans

 

 

 

Our first squash just appeared

 

 

 



These are our squash plants that are going absolutely crazy. We only have two that survived. The one shown in the picture is actually planted a few feet away from where I snapped the picture (so you can't see where it's in the ground). It just keeps crawling. If you look really close, it continues up into the upper left of the picture. Crazy. :D

 

 

 

Ok, so now for the second half of my post. This year, our church celebrated it's Centennial. This weekend, we had a Centennial Celebration. Old pastors came, we had a get together out on church property, and fireworks!!

 

We were able to take along our friend's son Keegan. :D He liked Mallory pushing him in the swing

 

 

The Downing Family, a bluegrass/gospel group

 

 

 

Have a great week.

Erin

 

 



Fall Project

About a year ago, I decided I wanted to make a quilt to put in my hope chest. I purchased all the material, and that's as far as I made it. Life took over and other things took priority over my quilt. So, the other day I decided I was making my quilt before the year is gone. I am using the Grandmother's Flower Patch pattern (which I was able to snatch up at a garage sale for 25cents; yay for bargains :D ).
So.... here it is in it's early stages.

Here is my selection of fabric

 

 

Here are about 400 hexagons. That seems like good progress, but I have to have a total of 2,277 hexagons cut out. See, not much progress compared to the number I still have to finish.



 

 

I would love to hear from you what your favorite quilt patterns are and quilt making experiences you have had; good and bad.

Well, until later,

happy quilting

Erin

Refrigerator Dill Pickles

Our friends went out of town and they let us pick out of their garden while they were gone. We had more tomatoes and cucumbers than we knew what to do with, so we got a little creative. We decided to make refrigerator dill pickles-yumm.




Step 1:
Clean cucumbers and slice into spears

Step 2: Place the spears in the bowl along with the onions, dill, and garlic; set aside

Step 3: Combine remaining ingredients (water, vinegar, sugar, and salt) in a large pot and bring to a boil until salt is dissolved

Step 4:  Place cucumbers in jars and pour boiling mixture over cucumber mix, cool.

(sorry the picture is sideways, blogger won't let me change it). Cover tightly and refrigerate for atleast 24hours. Store in refrigerator for up to 2 months. Yield: 100 pickle spears

Step 5: EAT UP :D

Ingredients:

6-8 pounds pickling cucumbers

40 fresh dill sprigs

2 large onions, thinly sliced

5 garlic cloves, sliced

1 quart water

1 quart white vinegar

3/4 cup sugar

 1/2 cup canning salt

Chic-Fil-A

There has been a mighty controversy that has come in recent news involving Chic-Fil-A. The President of Chic-Fil-A, Dan Cathy, spoke out against unbiblical marriage not consisting of a man and a woman. He says ""I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say 'we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage' and I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about." I think it's about time that someone stand out and swim upstream from the direction that the world is trying to pull us. Chic-Fil-A has always been very open about their biblical beliefs and aren't afraid to lose business for it. Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin have both united in supporting the business. I'm sure it's extremely hard to be in the public eye, as they are, and still support business that are standing against what the world is trying to teach us.
Tomorrow, Aug. 1 has been named Chic-Fil-A appreciation day to show our support for the business standing up for biblical principles. I will be attending the Chic-Fil-A nearest me. Will you join us in supporting a Christian business standing up for what they believe in? I hope you will. I would love to hear your story of how you are supporting your local Chic-Fil-A.

Focused on Him
Erin

Summer Activities

Howdy fellow bloggers!!
I hope everyone's summer is going well. We seem to have something planned almost every day. My sister, Mallory just celebrated her Sweet 16 last Monday. I can't believe it. She went with a family that we're good friends with and headed to Branson. We joined them a few days later and spent a day in Silver Dollar City! If none of you have been, I HIGHLY suggest you should go with your family, it's such a fun atmosphere, not to mention the amazing rides.
This week I am spending my days working in our church office, then spending the evenings cooling off in the pool.
How are you spending the summer with your family?? I'd love to hear from you