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Blueberry Muffins
After a full week juggling work, virtual school, and dinners, I typically spend the weekend working on the farm and cleaning the house in an effort to catch up on a week’s worth of laundry and life. I would really love to be one of those moms that just has it all together with flawless hair and makeup and a spotless house, but I don’t…. So my house ends up looking like a tornado ran through it by Monday afternoon. It seems like a never ending cycle sometimes. But on the rare occasion that the kids and I get to forego our housekeeping and spend the day with friends, we…
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Slowcooker Apple Butter Recipe
Using a slow cooker is one of the easiest ways to make apple butter. It tastes like you have stood over a wood burning fire stirring apples in a copper kettle all day. For those who may not know, apple butter does not actually contain butter. The “butter” term is used to describe its butter like texture. Apple butter is instead a scrumptiously decadent thickened applesauce spiced with cinnamon, cooked low and slow all day. It is delicious spread over toast in the morning or used in baked goods. Check out our recipe for homemade light bread to try it out on! It is so good! Apple butter is so…
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Pawpaw Quick Bread Recipe
Pawpaw bread is a delicious moist quick bread made with the fruit of the Pawpaw tree. The pawpaw tree bears a sweet smooth skinned fruit that looks similar to a papaya on the outside with a banana like custard on the inside. This custard like filling is a great addition to your fall baking recipes. I had never had a pawpaw before this fall, and knew very little about the tree and its sweet fruit even though it has been growing right outside our back door for years. If you want to learn more about the pawpaw and how to use it and grow it check out our post The…
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Easy Homemade Bread Recipe
Is there anything better than homemade bread? There are very few things, in my mind at least, that can compete with the deliciously warm and cozy smell of freshly baked bread right out of the oven. That is why today I am sharing my momma’s easy homemade bread recipe with you! I love baking homemade bread. This is especially true as the weather turns cooler and the trees begin to take on their fall colors. It is that time of year when I get the itch to make a batch, or two or three. Baking a loaf of homemade bread solidifies that fall is here and it is time to…
