Challah & fall pics

Oh I swear this has been the best fall we have had in years!!! The trees even though they have gone thru a terrible year between our early warm weather then freezing after they started with leaves, then the severe drought and now excessive amounts of rain they have given us the most beautiful color show!!!
I cant stop taking pics!  Everyday it just gets prettier outside!!

Yesterday Mary and I had a busy day getting ready for markets this week.  Wed=100 mile market in Kalamazoo and thurs=Allegan market (last one of the season) 

My glazed pistachio bread loaves were setting up

I bought some great red swiss chard at market so made chard rolls with a vegetable and rice filling forgot to take pics of them packaged.

personal size pumpkin bread pudding with cinnamon sauce.  Mary had a great idea to bake some in our jumbo muffin pans and they turned out super!!

here they are waiting for the cups of sauce to go in with them 

and we made cheddar topped foccacia (which by the way is delish grilled with more cheese for a cheesey grilled sandwich!! yummo!

cut up for sandwiches

and our drive near the farmstand looked so pretty.  The leaves were gracefully falling from the trees it was almost magical outside.  I couldnt snap a perfect pic to show them flowing to the ground

hubby's new toy! 

Challah bread loaves  LOVE the way the braided loaves look!  Some are topped with organic poppy seed and sesame seeds just for fun=)

A look at the drive towards the barn and coop

and this little maple tree is just glowing!! So gorgeous!! I truly feel blessed to have seen such magnificent colors!!

I am off to the kitchen to finish things up and package the cookies for market this afternoon.

Hope yall have a wonderful day.  Today and tomorrow are gonna be in the 70s here again and only a very slight possibility for rain! woo hoo!! kind of sick of rain lately!!

Hope yall have as great a day as we are gonna in your neck of the country!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

last outdoor market today!

And of cource it is raining!! LOL we have gotten sooooooooo much rain this fall!!  making up for the drought this summer I guess!! but naturally it has to be coming on our market days!!
So this is South Haven's last outdoor market day and then November 3rd we start inside at Foundry Hall for our Winter Market with a great line up of farms/vendors being there!! I will post about that once we start and also give pics!!

So yesterday was a long day baking at the kitchen.  I feel blessed to have a dear sweet friend MARY join us baking! WHEW!! I would probably still be there getting ready for market if it wasnt for her and Susan making things!!

I made up some lavender shortbread cookies

Susan made praline pecan bars *when I took this pic they just came out of the oven still bubbling!*

Mary made this delish batch of chocolate coconut biscotti bites!! oh my goodness I could eat the whole batch!~! SERIOUSLY** love biscotti!!

hmmmmmmmmmmm maybe if we have some left I make buy a few and hide em!! LOL

this is Susan's Aunt Rosalee's crispy molasses cookies that Mary made!! Oh my these guys are pretty and yummy too!!

these little guys baked up so nice!

oh they look so pretty!! 

I also made a batch of pumpkin spice bars with cream cheese frosting which are pretty tasty too!!

and then I was so so pleased with this pinterest recipe I just had to make!!  Cinnamon Braid Bread

You roll it up jelly roll style then cut in 1/2  twist the two ends together and fan out the edges and shape into a circle.

 (I will find the original post and link it up here, she has awesome step by step directions)  I highly recommend making this bread it is easy peasy!!

So you see these beautiful layers of cinnamony goodness!! oh and buttery too!!=) 

They look so darned pretty but we had to cut one up to see if they matched up in taste!! 

a little "farmgirl bling" of just powdered sugar and water drizzeled on top. 

Ps. they are not only pretty but yes yummy too!! 

So a big THANKS TO MARY AND SUSAN!! and a sneak peek, more marshmallows to come next week!!  Mary is making a special seasonal flavor!! WOOHOO!! 

Have a blessed weekend I will be back soon!!

Sunday is our 12th year anniversary and hubby and I are doing something special with our "MY boys" lol for the day!!  and I am making a special supper for us maybe I will even get a bottle of wine or wellllllllllll probably a sweet fruity one since we dont care much for wine!! LOL

Hugs yall!!

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~