Wild wed

What a great baking day!!  We got so much done for market tomorrow I am very pleased and tired....LOL
so a couple of newbies to the baking family
One being a 6inch cheesecake that is topped with some homemade apricot preserves and fresh blueberries

I am so tempted to cut into one tonight but I will be good!  LOL  the crust on it is crushed toasted almonds and pate' brisee.  Basically a nice and light and flaky buttery crust with almonds.

Lemon buttermilk cakes with blueberries and a nice lemon glaze

More hamb/sandwich buns

My choc dipped coconut macaroons, so yummy! 

Another newbie: I decided to some mini pies since I didnt have alot of pie dough left, diced up peaches and a bit of an oatmeal crisp topping and these little gems are good to go.  And yummy! I had one stick in the pan and didnt look very pretty after gettin it out so had to welllllllllllll sample it!! Quality assurance at it's best here!!

Banana bread, banana strawberry bread and also my zucchini pineapple breads done

Another new flavor of shortbread:  chocolate chip orange with at touch of grand marnier in it!  Note to self: next time add 3 tbsp grand marnier

Plenty of muffins

These were the almond crusts for the cheesecakes

So along with all that we got some of my peanut butter cookie pies done, cookies and some baguette bread too.

Tomorrow is Allegan Market so hope to see ya there.

Have a super night!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

holiday cookies

Let the holiday cookie baking begin!!! My favorite holiday thing to make!! I should have been employed by Keebler!! LOL
So I whipped up some cookies for markets and also made up some gifty boxes and tins up for my shows this weeekend.

My cranberry pecan with lemon cream filling.

No gingerbread men here!!   I scooped out the dough and smoooshed down a tiny bit then baked them out  but  they needed that little "farmgirl bling" so I piped a bit of white icing on each then topped them off with a cinnamon candy.  They smell absolutely divine!!   Winter Gingerbread Cookies!! 

 dressed for the holiday!!

Some chocolate cinnamon rounds sprinlked heavily with powdered sugar. 

I love spritz cookies and did up some almond butter ones complete with the "bling" some asst color nonpariels.

I took some plain ol kraft paper boxes and added some colorful holiday scrapbook papers cut with decor edge scissors and stuffed them with cookies, tied with some pretty ribbons and a cute stamped out tag.  Perfect for gift giving.

White chocolate peppermint fudge! 

Love white choc with peppermints. 

all sliced up and ready for markets

I had some of these little boxes I used for cake truffles and made up a few fudge and peanut butter balls for gifts.

These are known as buckeyes and are one of hubby's favo!!  Creamy smooth peanut butter, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla dipped in melted milk and semi-sweet chocolate.  YUMMY! 

Packaged some up in bags of 4 for markets

Love the round tags looks like this one I cut off a bit!!  LOL OPPPS!!

So today will be full of baking also, I was suppossed to be in Kazoo for Bronson Winter Market this am but had major truck troubles so am not able to go!! DARNIT!!   

So will head over to the kitchen and bake!!  perfect day!!  Lots to get done for this weekend, mexican hot cocoa cookies, candycane cookies, snowman cut outs, oatmeal rasin, and maybe some shortbread trees on the list so far since I will have all day to bake now.

Have a wonderful weekend.

I will be in Saugatucks Green holiday market tomorrow 10-3 and Saugatucks Brewing Co market/art show sunday from 1-9

Stop on by for some great winter offerings!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Our holiday open house

I am back from our holiday open house this weekend.  Next year we have decided to do only friday and sat no sunday!! YIPPEE!! sunday was 10-3 and it was very very quiet.  Overall we did about 1/2 of what we did last year which is ok since we had a very good busy show last year and things are different this year as we all are aware of!  So here are some pics of our offerings.  My friend Laura does all the hypertufa leaves and stones and they all look amazing!! 

I did have about 15 altered books I got done and also some altered frames. 

Here is her waterfall and I just love this one!! 

We offer some grubby candles in all sizes and some very cool candle holders.

grubby votives that smell amazing!

My mom and brother and I made up some fresh pine centerpieces with and without candles.

And my friend Bonnie had a few antiquey pieces like this old chair.

homemade rugs

all natural soaps and lotions

some fixins and essential oils

more of my signs

lots of candles, pip berries and refill bulbs

one of my bake shoppe tables

A snowman in a basket filled with twigs, berries, and pods and some cones. 

I have to say as much fun as it is I am so so SO so glad to be back home with my guys!!  It was great today I packed up all the fall decorations around, started  decorating outside for xmas.  I put some pine branches around the farmstand, filled some window boxes with pines, cones and some red ornaments and made a couple of pine swags to hang around.  It really was almost 50 outside today and a perfect day for it now all i have yet is to put lights around and then can sit back and enjoy the white shimmering lights.   As much as I love colored c9 lights I absolutely love all white!!  I have lots of ideas of some new things I would like to make next year for our show and am for NOTHING doing a show the weekend before ours!!  LOL i say that now!! 

So this week is gonna be a bit crazy!!!  Thursday I am at Allegan market in the am with Dave from Young Earth Farm, South Haven in the afternoon and then off to Douglas to Everyday People Cafe to do their evening open house of artists!! Friday is Bronson Market then Saturday is Saugatuck Green Market I am in and then Sunday is the artists show at Saugatuck Brewery!!  So BUSY week ahead of me so it was nice to slack around a bit today and not do alot!!  even though I have to do double time tomorrow and wed!! 

Well have a great week I will try to get back on here and take pics of the cookies for my cookie boxes I will be makin this week!! 

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~