Recipes Collected

Another project that I’ve wanted to take on for a long time, and have just begun is taking my favourite recipes and putting them together in one place. At the moment they are often on various scraps of paper in a folder, or in certain cookbooks. But I usually have to sort through the whole folder or take a couple of my cookbooks to the couch, because I don’t know exactly which one it is in.

About a year ago Apple came out with a program called iBook Author – to help make it easy for people to write their own books. And so I have started my recipe collection. But it isn’t fast! I have three recipes written out so far. I have a long way to go.

Here is a sample page:

Thumprint cookies
A page from my “recipes collected” book.

Baking…

My new favourite cookie recipe:

Cookies

Mayflower Cookies

½ c unsalted butter
1 c brown sugar (I use part honey/agave syrup)
2 eggs
1¼ pumpkin puree
2 c flour (I use stone ground spelt)
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
¼ tsp salt
2/3 c currants (I prefer chocolate chips and dried currants)

In large bowl cream together butter and sugar.
Add eggs and pumpkin puree.
Blend in flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg & currants.
Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets & bake for 10 minutes at 350?
Cool on a wire rack
Makes 2 dozen

Notes:
My (defrosted) pumpkin puree is very runny so I add an extra cup of flour (includes ground flax seed and oat bran). This gives me more cookies.

Happy Hallowe’en!

Jack O'Lantern

Scott, a boarder at Cheryl’s neighbour turn 41 today — and woke up to 41 pumpkins on the front lawn! Rita told Cheryl to invite everyone to come and get a pumpkin. So Billie and I walked over and chose a pumpkin, brought it home and carved it  (that is, I carved it; Billie just watched intently, hoping she could eat it). Jack spent the evening glowing on my balcony.

Monday – baked the pumpkin and put 8 packages of pumpkin puree into the freezer. i do love pumpkin chocolate chip cookies!

A productive day

I had very “Mennonite Mama” kind of a day. I made baba ghanouj (OK, that’s a Middle Eastern influence, not a Mennonite one), pickled beets, dill pickles, muffins, and bumbleberry jam, besides finishing Mina’s doll.

goodies
Goodies