It's Pie Time

I know that Martha would be disappointed

however
after years of making my own crust,

I decided to cheat and it seemed to me
that no one noticed !

Sooooo...

I decided why am I driving myself crazy making crust,

so I just buy the already made crusts.

If you are a purist and just have to make crust
......knock ya self out.......

Perfect Chocolate Pecan Pie 

(As if regular pecan pie wasn't decadant enough)

makes 1 deep dish or 2 shallow

1 c. light corn syrup

3 eggs
1/2 c. sugar

1 pkg. semi sweet chocolate morsels

1/4 c. butter, melted

1 1/2 c. pecan halves

1tsp vanilla

1 deep dish or 2 shallow pie crusts

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place cookie sheet in oven to preheat.
In a large bowl, combine corn syrup, sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs, beat well.

Place chocolate chips and pecans in the bottom of fluted pie crust.
(see below on how to flute)

Pour syrup mixture oven pecans.

Place pie on heated cookie sheet and bake for 55-65 minutes
or until deep golden brown and filling is set.

Cool completely. Store in refrigerator.

Sour Milk Pie

This is my grandmother recipe. I know it sounds odd -

if you like mincemeat you'll love this - much more economical!

This has to be my favorite,

I remember as a kid I couldn't wait for her to make it!

1 C milk

2 Tbsp. Vinegar

Mix the vinegar into the milk

 to sour it I usually wait abt 15 min b4 using

1 C sugar

1 C Raisins

1 egg

1 slice of bread - torn into pieces

1 tsp each: nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, 1/2 tsp clove

Mix all ingredients and place between 2 crusts.

Use an egg wash - mixture of 1 egg yolk plus 1Tbsp milk

 brush over the entire crust

Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

how to flute a pie crust

I also will be making a pumpkin pie,

I figured everyone knows how to do this
so I won't bore you w/  mine.

What is on everyone's menu?
Do you have any traditions ?
 What is your family favorite?

Love the Pie Party

T-D Round Up 

Reindeer Food

Reindeer Food

What you need:

Oatmeal

Sugar Crystals - whatever colors you'd like

I mix whatever colors I have - 

I like to use just the oats and sugar

that way if it is accidently eaten it's ok

some sites have you use glitter,

my kids would want to try it out b/4 Rudy got any

I mix it in a snack bag attach the tag (above link)

and give as gifts to little ones

On Xmas Eve

they sprinkle it on the snow

so the reindeers can see it

and Santa will come

Buckeyes

My hsb did his holiday cooking today.....

Buckeyes!

Ingredients:

1 ½ C creamy p. butter

1 stick butter

1 lb. P sugar

1 tsp vanilla

choc. Bark

Mix or Cream ingredients.

Chill the mixture abt an hour

Melt the chocolate bark in a double boiler

just before you are ready to roll

once chilled  knead and roll  

into bite size pieces

kneading gets rid of the graininess

 

 

 

Except the gynormous one for Jane (my sister)

  Dip and roll in chocolate bark

and set on wax or parchment paper

He use to seal over the hole with a wet finger

 but we noticed no one else does it

so he doesn't any more

I forgot the most important part -

You must wear your OSU shirt

and

of course -

watch the Ohio- Michigan Game

Did I mention Ohio won????

Enjoy your Buckeyes....

O....

HI........

.........O

Not to rub it in

BUT........

WE WON!!!!!

GO  BUCKS

Coffee Liqueur - Holiday Gift

This is a very easy gift.

I put it in an ikea bottle
but you can use old wine bottles with a cork
and seal with wax
or if you want to give smaller bottles
 put it in glass soda bottles like Crush or Jones
 it can be put in a wine bottle bag
or decorate with a pretty bow

Home Made Coffee Liqueur

1 ½ C strong expresso or very strong coffee -  I have used instant coffee crystals

1 qt. Vodka

1 C brown sugar – or more to tatse

1 Tbsp. Vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean

Combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly.

Place in glass jars
and allow to age 3 weeks to 3 months

ENJOY

THE game

If you were to ask people who know me, they would tell you hands down,

that I am not a fan of football - baseball is my game,

however,

the BIG game is this weekend.

I  know the rest of the Buckeye Bloggers know

what the BIG game is.

.......yup.......

VS

according to Wikipedia:

The Ohio-Michigan State rivalry (also known as The Game by some followers) is an intense college football rivalry between Ohio State University and the University of Michigan. It has attracted particular national interest over the last four decades as most of the games have determined the Big Ten Conference title and the resulting Rose Bowl match ups, and many have influenced the outcome of the national collegiate football championship. The game was ranked by ESPN in 2000 as the greatest North American sports rivalry.

....YUP...

It's serious business here in Ohio

Go Bucks!!!

Repurposing/Transformation

I took this $2 necklace

and

made this one:

This $1.50 necklace

transformed into:

I bought 4 of these frames for .50:

spray painted them

and made these:

Please join Gina for Transformation Thursdays

Red and Green Jalapeno Jelly

Red and Green Christmas Jalapeno Jelly

It's a perfect relish to many holiday favorites, or serve it with cream cheese on a cracker.

Prep Time: approx. 20 Minutes. Cook Time: approx. 10 Minutes. Ready in: approx. 30 Minutes.

Makes 6 jelly jars (36 servings).

1 cup chopped red or green bell pepper

1 Tbsp -1/4 cup chopped jalapeno pepper depending on taste

5 cups white sugar

1 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar

1 (6 fluid ounce) container liquid pectin

food coloring - optional

Remove stems, veins and most of the seeds of the bell and jalapeno peppers. Mince peppers in a food processor. In a 5-quart pot over high heat, combine bell peppers, jalapenos, sugar and vinegar. Bring to a rolling boil; boil for 3 minutes.

Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes.

 Stirring constantly, add the pectin and let mixture continue to cool for 2 minutes more.

 Now stir for 1 minute.

Pour into hot, sterilized jars and top with sterilized lids.

Secure lids with bands and allow jars to cool slowly, creating a vacuum seal.