
1 cup sugar
1 tbs molasses
Mix well and walla... brown sugar!


Quick, easy, light and fluffy. I can't believe I waited so long to try this. Have you ever made your own?
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We spent an enjoyable Thanksgiving at my parents home. Lots of food, family and laughs.
Today will be spent puttering around home. The Christmas tree will go up and of course there will be plenty of leftovers to munch on. Farm Chick from Fresh From The Farm is hosting a recipe swap on Fridays and I thought I would join in this week. Nothing fancy, just a quick, simple way to use up some of those holiday leftovers.
Spread out a package of crescent rolls and pinch the seams together. I then cover with chopped up ham, turkey or whatever is leftover and top with cheese. Roll up and then slice the roll. Bake at 375* for approximately 7 minutes.
It beats your average ham and cheese sandwich.
Christmas cards are done and ready for the mail. I love sending and receiving cards. For me it signals the start of the season.
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Pop 1 cup of corn (boy does it make a lot of popcorn!)
Preheat over to 215*
In a 2 quart sauce pan melt 2 sticks (1 cup) of butter over medium heat. Then add 2 cups of brown sugar, 1/2 cup corn syrup and 1/2 tsp of salt (increase to 1 tsp if using unsalted butter) and increase temperature to medium high. Stir continuously until it reaches a boil. Boil for 5 minutes. Do not stir during this time.
Remove from heat and add 1/2 t of baking soda and 1 t of vanilla. Pour over popcorn. Stir until coated well. (I used two large bowls to do this).
Spread corn onto parchment covered baking sheets. Bake for 40 minutes stirring every 10 minutes. If corn is still mushy cook for 10 minutes longer until you reach the desired crunch. (I found a recipe for this on another blog. I tweaked it just a little and wanted to give her credit for the original recipe.)
Allow to cool and store in an airtight container.
Chuck declared this the best carmel corn ever! He said he will not buy store bought again. yippee!
I will be packaging this is glass jars to hand out at Christmas.
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First you mix 1/2 cup rice, 5-8 drops of food coloring and 1 t of white vinegar (this will help the color set) together.
Next you spread the rice onto a foil lined cookie sheet. Make sure to keep the colors separate! Then bake at 200* for 45 minutes. Once cooled the fun begins.Choose or draw a picture and then paint on some glue. Sprinkle the rice over the glue. I had Megan do this on a cookie sheet so when it was time to shake off the extra rice it was a little bit contained.
The finished guy that has been named Turkey Lurkey. This was a fun project and there is enough rice left over for a couple more afternoons of fun.
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They did a little digging in the area where the root cellar was located and my parents brought me back this buried treasure.
Saying I was giddy when I saw these is an understatement! If these jars could talk imagine all of tales they could tell. I will certainly treasure these jars.
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I was the lucky mom who got to man the cookie decorating table. It was just a little messy!
Another station was stuffing a scarecrow. When the last group went to that station they had a class picture. Notice the little guy to the left at the table. He stuck out his tongue in every picture!
There was a station to shuck corn and then you were able to take it home.
My favorite activity was canning corn. There was a bowl of candy corn that the kids scooped into a canning jar and put on a sticker saying they had canned corn. I thought that was very creative. Great job Mrs. F, it was lots of fun!
Friday afternoon there was a play day with some friends we went to China with. Saturday consisted of lots of errands and then yesterday it was time to trick or treat.
Megan dressed up as a clown. Here is a picture taken in the same spot (just a little updated now!) in 1974. I am on the left and was 3 and my sister was 2.
Megan with my nieces ready to hit the road! Although busy it was a great weekend.
I hope you are taking time to enjoy the simple moments!