Fun with the Barrel!!

When my kids were little, Uncle Pat made this short video of them all crawling out of a barrel. One by one, my five kids and their cousins crawled out (plus a couple of dogs). So, how many kids does a barrel hold??!!

Well, now starts the count down to Christmas. Remember to look over our complete list of soaps and accessories and start your Christmas shopping here!!!! There is a scent and gift for everyone on your list!! In-laws, out-laws, aunts, uncles, teachers, co-workers, bosses, everyone on your shopping list, and it won't break your wallet!!!

Now remember the Christmas specials for our soaps!!!
For the holidays, we will be selling them for 3 for $10 or 6 for $18 plus shipping and handling. They can go in everyone's stocking!!

Write the email addresses below and we will send an invoice with total. For big orders please allow 2 weeks.

Please pass on this blog to your friends and family!! Let them know about our blog and Burlap Babes Soap!!!

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Put in an order today!! Great gifts for teachers for any occasion!Get your Christmas shopping off to a good start!!!

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BurlapBabesSoap@aol.com

Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Try the bath bombs too!!!

Happy

Thanksgiving to

Everyone!!!

Sour Dough Starter

A cool turkey with lollipop "feathers"!! And I got out my "real" turkey from the freezer and put it in the refrigerator to start thawing. Can't wait!!

I started a batch of sour dough starter yesterday. With sour dough you can make rolls, bisquits, cinnamon bread, bagels, muffins, pizza dough, and even pancakes. I am going to make rolls for Thanksgiving with my starter.

Yeast Starter:
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
2 cups warm water
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tbs. granulated sugar or honey
Preparation:Sprinkle the yeast over the first amount of warm water and sugar, stir and let set 10 mins. Add second amount of warm water and flour, beat until smooth, cover with a cheesecloth and let set in a warm place for several days ,stirring several times per day. When ready the starter should have a sour smell with small bubbles gently rising to the surface. The whole precess will take from 5 to 10 days depending to some extent on the time of year. Place in a jar and refrigerate.
TO REPLENISH For each cup of starter used, add 3/4 cup of warm water , 3/4 cup of flour , 1 tsp. of sugar or honey and stir well. Cover loosely and allow to set at room temp. for AT LEAST one day. Refrigerate.
FEEDING: If starter is not used regularly stir in a tsp. of honey or sugar about every 10 days.

Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
Yield: 8 servings
1 cup active sourdough starter
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons shortening
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1/2 cup dry skim milk
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup whole milk
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
Butter
1/4 to 1/2 cup brown sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Sticky Mixture:
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon liquid coffee
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Dash of salt
Mix first seven ingredients together, working in the flour until a good dough results. Divide the dough into two parts, rolling each out into thin cakes about 1/4 inch thick.Do the following with each half: Dot with butter, then sprinkle with brown sugar-cinnamon mixture. Roll dough into 12-inch long pieces. Cut off 1 inch slices and place in prepared pan (mix Sticky Mixture ingredients and place in the bottom of a baking pan). Let dough rise about an hour and bake at 325 degrees F.Serve with sticky side up.


Here is a site to find some cool recipes for your starter:



Sourdough Home - Some Recipes

For the holidays, we will be selling them for 3 for $10 or 6 for $18 plus shipping and handling. They can go in everyone's stocking!! Write the email addresses below and we will send an invoice with total. For big orders please allow 2 weeks.Please pass on this blog to your friends and family!! Let them know about our blog and Burlap Babes Soap!!!http://burlapbabessoap.com/store/
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Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Try the bath bombs too!!!

Thanksgiving Menu

Mitch and his clone, Alex.

These are last years Thanksgiving pictures. We'll get more for this year next week. Ok, now Grampa never smiles for pictures, but that's good, because when he's smiling, HE IS USUALLY UP TO NO GOOD!!!!! And everyone of these girls (Breann, Kalista and Julissa) love to pick on him mercilessly! And he usually, oh did I say usually? He always deserves it!!

Ok, started on my menu for Thanksgiving. These are the ones I'm going to be making for desserts:

2 Pumpkin pies

1 Pecan pie

Pecan tassies

Puppy chow

Apple slices

Chocolate Silk Pie

and tons of whipped cream!!

The main menu will be the turkey of course, which Paul makes, with sausage stuffing. Mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, Italian pasta salad, broccoli salad, nachos and cheese (kids favorite), cheese ball, spinach dip and crackers, tater casserole, meat balls in mushroom sauce, and yeast rolls. Everything home made of course. Can't wait!!!

Now remember the Christmas specials for our soaps!!!

For the holidays, we will be selling them for 3 for $10 or 6 for $18 plus shipping and handling. They can go in everyone's stocking!! Write the email addresses below and we will send an invoice with total. For big orders please allow 2 weeks.Please pass on this blog to your friends and family!! Let them know about our blog and Burlap Babes Soap!!!http://burlapbabessoap.com/store/
Put in an order today!! Great gifts for teachers for any occasion!Get your Christmas shopping off to a good start!!!
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Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Try the bath bombs too!!!

Full List of Soaps!!

BURLAP BABES HANDMADE GOAT MILK SOAP
NUT N HONEY=hints of almond, honey and ground oats added
SASSY CITRUS=soothing chamomile with hints of orange and invigorating lemon
CHOCOLATE MINT SWIRL=real cocoa and mint scented
MOUNTAIN BREEZE=hints of invigorating lemon, eucalyptus and mint
MUSKY ORANGE BLOSSOM=sensual, soothing patchouli with hint of orange
SOOTHING CITRUS=hint of lemon and patchouli with calendula petals
MIDSUMMER NIGHT=soothing lavender and orange zest in oats
SLEEPY TIME SOOTHER=soothing chamomile, spearmint, rose petals hints of orange and lemon
BURLY LAVENDER=soothing patchouli and relaxing lavender
LAVENDER CITRUS=calming lavender with hints of orange and lemon
GREEN HOT YLANG YLANG=euphoric ylang ylang and green tea combo
CITRIS SCRUB=invigorating lemon and orange with 7 grains
LUSTY LAVENDER=canola, olive safflower oils with soothing lavender
WINTER CIDER=hints of orange, cinnamon, and clove
ROLLING MEADOWS=Lavender and clarifying rosemary
RASPBERRY SPLASH=Raspberry with hint of orange and 7 grains
SPRING FLING=lilac with 7 grains
MOCHA CAFÉ=chocolate scented with real coffee
CLEAN SCRUB= tea tree, clove with hint of winter berry
DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE=spearmint scent with spearmint leaves
PROMISE ME A ROSE GARDEN=rose petals with rose scent
NILLY VANILLY=pure scent of vanilla with cornmeal
LAVENDER LACE= relaxing lavender and soothing vanilla
POWER PUFF (GURLZ)= The soft, true powdery scent, just like a babies bottom!!
WARM EMBRACE (VICTORIA SECRET LIKE)- .DISCONTINUED
CHARDONNAY DREAMZ- Hints of tarragon, sweet orange, and nutmeg
BARNEY’S BUBBLES-all natural animal soap and flea repellant
BYE BYE BUGZ- all natural bug repellant
COOL MINT NICHOLYPTUS- eucalyptus, and soothing spearmint

BURLAP BABES BATH BOMB FIZZIES
DIFFERENT SCENTED BATH BOMBS IN ½ PINT JARS, WITH FABRIC
CHARDONNAY BATH BOMBS
SWEET PEA BATH BOMBS
CHARDONNAY BATH BOMBS


HEMP OIL GOAT MILK SOAPS
PATCHOULI PATCH HEMP OIL SOAP- patchouli and exfoliate
ROLLING HILLS HEMP OIL SOAP-sage and citrus
LEMON ZEST HEMP OIL SOAP= lemon with paprika *coming soon*
LAZEE LAVENDER HEMP OIL SOAP= lavender with exfoliate coming soon
COMFY CLOVE HEMP OIL SOAP= comforting clove with hints of orange, exfoliate*coming soon*
SWEET EARTH HEMP OIL SOAP= patchouli with sweet orange
CITRUS COOLER= zesty lemon with sweet orange, exfoliate
KIM’S SOAP KOATS
KOLORED SOAP BAGS FILLED WITH 4 OZ. SCENTED SOAP CHIPS
DIFFERENT KOLORED SOAP SAVER BAGS: PUT SOAP IN BAG OR SMALL PIECES AND USE AS WASH CLOTHE
GOURMET SOAPS
LUSCIOUS MANGO- Sweet goats milk with scent of mango
ORANGE SLICES- Sweet goats milk with orange peel and orange EO
NILLA WAFERS- Sweet goats milk with vanilla FO

DUCKS IN A CUP- CUTE LITTLE DUCK SITTING IN BABY POWDER SCENTED SOAP
SANDY SANDALS- LITTLE SANDALS IN A CUP OF BABY POWDER SCENTED SOAP

WRAPPED IN BURLAP OR SMALL GIFT BAGS

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Gift Bag or Burlap????

We put our Sweet Goat Milk Soap in either burlap or, by request, in a hand made gift box!!

We have Kim's soap bags with "Promise Me a Rose Garden" goat milk soap chips or just a plain bag to put your own in. All our items are 3 / $10 for our Christmas special.

Here are some more holiday recipes:

"Santa's Whisker's" cookies
Makes 60

3/4 cup Margarine

2 cups Flour

3/4 cup Sugar

1 tablespoon Milk

1 teaspoon Vanilla

3/4 cup finely chopped candied red or green cherries

1/3 cup finely chopped pecans

3/4 cup coconut

Beat margerine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add about half the flour, the sugar, milk, and vanilla. Beat till thoughly combined. Stir in remaining flour. Stir in cherries and pecans. Shape into 8-inch rolls. Roll in coconut. Wrap in wax paper; chill 2- 24 hours. Cut into 1/4-inch slices. Place on an un-greased cookie sheet. Bake in a 375 degree oven 10-12 minutes or until the edges are golden. Cool cookies on a wire rack. Makes about 60.

For the holidays, we will be selling them for 3 for $10 or 6 for $18 plus shipping and handling. They can go in everyone's stocking!! Write the email addresses below and we will send an invoice with total. For big orders please allow 2 weeks.Please pass on this blog to your friends and family!! Let them know about our blog and Burlap Babes Soap!!!http://burlapbabessoap.com/store/

Put in an order today!! Great gifts for teachers for any occasion!Get your Christmas shopping off to a good start!!!

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Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Try the bath bombs too!!!

New Bunny Wabbit!!

This is our new bunny, Lucy!! She's a lion's head rabbit. We think she might even be going to have some little rabbits in maybe about 3 1/2 weeks. We will keep you updated!!

Walnut Butter Cookies
Makes 2 1/2 dozen
1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup of cornstarch

1/2 cup powered sugar

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, room temp.

1/2 cup coarsely chopped or sliced walnuts.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Sift first 3 ingredients into large bowl. Add butter and mix well. Stir in walnuts. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto baking sheet. Bake until cookies are golden, about 20 minutes.

Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies
Makes about 1 dozen

2/3 cup butter or margarine

1/2 cup sugar

2 teaspoons ginger

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 unbeaten egg

3/4 cup molasses

3 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon soda

raisins

Combine shortening, sugar, spices and egg in large mixing bowl. Mix until well blended. Add molasses and mix well. Sift together flour, baking powder and soda. Stir into shortening mixture and mix well. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Roll out on floured board and cut gingerbread men shapes. Use raisins for eyes, nose and buttons. Sprinkle with granulated sugar, if desired. Bake on greased cookie sheets at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

For the holidays, we will be selling them for 3 for $10 or 6 for $18 plus shipping and handling. They can go in everyone's stocking!! Write the email addresses below and we will send an invoice with total. For big orders please allow 2 weeks.Please pass on this blog to your friends and family!! Let them know about our blog and Burlap Babes Soap!!!http://burlapbabessoap.com/store/

Put in an order today!! Great gifts for teachers for any occasion!Get your Christmas shopping off to a good start!!!

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Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Try the bath bombs too!!!

SNOW, SNOW AND MORE SNOW!!

Well, this is what we woke up to!! These pics are from the front door and the back door. Yep, from the door, not quite ready to get out in it yet!!

And it's suppose to snow all week long!!!

MORE HOLIDAY RECIPES:

Chocolate Eclairs
Makes 6 eclairs
Large box Instant Vanilla Pudding

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup butter pinch of salt

Frosting:

3 Tablespoons butter

1-1/2 cups confectioner's sugar

2 teaspoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 Tablespoons cocoa

2 Eggs
Mix up vanilla instant pudding per instructions on box. Refrigerate. Sift flour and set aside. Slowly heat the milk. Add butter and bring to boil. Add flour and salt. Stir immediately! Cook and stir the batter until it leaves the sides of the pan and forms a ball. Remove from fire. Beat in eggs, one at a time - making sure each egg is fully mixed in the batter before adding the next egg. Spoon batter onto greased cookie tin making six 2" mounds. Bake in 400 degree oven for 30 minutes. Bake an additional 5 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow puffs to cool . Fill each puff with vanilla pudding by cutting a slice in the side of each puff. Carefully open the eclair and fill. Melt 3 Tablespoons butter. Stir in cocoa and add balance of ingredients for frosting. Mix well and frost each eclair. Make sure to seal the cut side of the puff used to fill eclair with the chocolate frosting. Refrigerate until served.


Mocha Truffles

2 packages semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

3 tablespoons instant coffee

2 tablespoons water

1 pound dark chocolate candy coating

Melt chocolate chips in the microwave or in a double boiler on top of the stove. Mix coffee and water in a cup to dissolve coffee. Add cream cheese and coffee/water to the melted chocolate chips, stirring well to mix. Refrigerate for 2 hours and then roll into small balls. Dip balls into melted dark chocolate coating and let dry on wax paper.

For the holidays, we will be selling them for 3 for $10 or 6 for $18 plus shipping and handling. They can go in everyone's stocking!! Write the email addresses below and we will send an invoice with total. For big orders please allow 2 weeks.Please pass on this blog to your friends and family!! Let them know about our blog and Burlap Babes Soap!!!http://burlapbabessoap.com/store/
Put in an order today!! Great gifts for teachers for any occasion!
Get your Christmas shopping off to a good start!!!
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Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Try the bath bombs too!!!

Zach, the Clown!!

Top left: Our resident clown, Zach!!

Top right: Alex and Bailee a few years back, so cute!!

Best Texas Christmas Cookies
Makes About 4 Dozen
1 bag (9 oz.) BRACH'S CHOCOLATE STARS or HERSHY'S KISSES (milk chocolate)

1/2 cup shortening

3/4 cup Creamy or Crunchy Peanut Butter

1/3 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar

1 egg

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1. Heat oven to 350F. Remove wrappers from chocolate pices. 2. In large bowl, beat shortening and peanut butter until well blended. Add 1/3 cup granulated suger, beat until light and fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla, beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt,gradually add to peanut butter mixture. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar, place on ungreased cookie sheet. 3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediatly place chocolate piece on top of each cookie, pressing down so cookie cracks around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to a wire rack. Cool completely.

Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats
Makes 12 Servings

12 ounces Semi-sweet chocolate chips

12 ounces Semi-sweet butterscotch chips

4-5 cups Rice Krispies Cereal

2 tablespoons Peanut Butter

In a saucepan melt together 1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips(12 ounce bag), 1 bag of butterscotch chips (12 ounce bag), and two tablespoons of peanutbutter. When melted, add 4-5 cups of rice krispies cereal. Mix well. Press into a lightly buttered 9 x 13 baking pan. Refrigerate until set. Cut into bite size pieces and enjoy!

For the holidays, we will be selling them for 3 for $10 or 6 for $18 plus shipping and handling. They can go in everyone's stocking!! Write the email addresses below and we will send an invoice with total. For big orders please allow 2 weeks.Please pass on this blog to your friends and family!! Let them know about our blog and Burlap Babes Soap!!!http://burlapbabessoap.com/store/

Put in an order today!!

Get your Christmas shopping off to a good start!!!

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Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Try the bath bombs too!!!

SPECIAL!! Ducks in a Cup and Sandy Sandals

We are having a special on our "Sandy Sandals" and "Ducks in a Cup". These are great stocking stuffers for kids and adults alike. The sandals are half buried in "sand" with a ribbon to wear it around your neck. The ducks sit in their own little "sea".
These are great for birthday party favors, Christmas stocking stuffers or gifts for teachers and students!!!

For the holidays, we will be selling them for 3 for $10 or 6 for $18 plus shipping and handling. They can go in everyone's stocking!! Write the email addresses below and we will send an invoice with total.
For big orders please allow 2 weeks.

Please pass on this blog to your friends and family!!
Let them know about our blog and Burlap Babes Soap!!!
http://burlapbabessoap.com/store/
Put in an order today!! Get your Christmas shopping off to a good start!!!
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BurlapBabesSoap@aol.com
Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Try the bath bombs too!!!
Here are some more Holiday recipes:

Lemonade Pie
Makes 2
1 small can frozen lemonade
1 can eagle brand milk
1 container cool whip
2 graham cracker pie crusts

Mix lemonade, milk and coolwhip in a large bowl. Pour into pie crusts, chill for 2 hours serve. This is nice and refreshing.

Frozen Peanut Butter Pies
Makes 2 Pies
1 1/4 graham cracker crumbs
1 teaspoon flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
1 1/2 cup peanut butter
3 ounces cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon burnt sugar flavoring (optional)
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 large carton cool whip
Crust: Combine the graham cracker crumbs, flour, brown sugar, and melted butter. Press into the bottom of a pie pan and Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Filling: Blend well until very smooth, peanut butter, cream cheese, burnt sugar flavoring (optional), powdered sugar, and milk. Add 1 large carton cool whip, blend and pour into shell and freeze at least 24 hours.

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Fleas?????

Hey, top picture is Barney!! He's our mascot for our animal soap "Barney's Bubbles"!!!

Barney got in some hot water this week. He decided to eat some of mommy's soaps and tore up the carpet!! Naughty Barney!! But his soap sake is really good! It keeps the fleas and all those other nasty bugs away. We use both Barney's pic and the bottom pic to wrap our animal soap in.

Holiday Cheeseball
Makes 7-10 servings


1 16 oz. package Philadelphia cream cheese

1 16 oz. package shredded cheddar cheese

1 small onion - diced

1 package budding meat (ham) julienne

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1/4 teaspoon hot sauce 1 16 oz. package chopped nuts ( if desired)

Leave cheese(s) and meat out over night to soften. Next day, use electric mixer (or hands) to mix well. Roll in nuts. Refrigerate atleast 2 hours before serving.

Frosty Freeze Pie
Makes One Pie

1 (8 ounce) package Philadelphia cream cheese, softened

1 (7 ounce) jar marshmallow cream

1 cup sherbet ice cream-any flavor

2 cups cool whip, thawed

1 (9 inch) prepared chocolate crumb crust

Combine cream cheese and marshmallow cream mixing at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Add sherbert, mix well. Fold in whipped topping. Pour into crust; freeze until firm.

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Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Try the bath bombs too!!!

The Miller's

Here is Dan and his family, mom Cyndi, Bailee sitting on dad's back and Emilee in dad's arms.
Emilee is such a character!! Dan raised and butchered a pig this week. When we asked Emilee what they named the pig, she said "Bacon".

Chocolate Éclair Cake
1 box of graham crackers
2 boxes of vanilla pudding
1 container of Cool Whip
3 1/2 cups milk
1 container of any flavor icing

Fill bottom of 9x13" pan with graham crackers. In separate bowl mix next 3 ingredients, then blend until smooth. Cover graham crackers with even layer of filling and then repeat this (the putting down graham crackers and covering them with the filling) until you are almost out the filling. Let set for about 5 minutes and then you should cover with icing. (make sure top layer is graham crackers)

Cheesecake Bars
Makes 18 to 20 bars


1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
7 Tablespoon butter or marg. softened and cut into 1/2-in. pieces.
1 egg yolk beaten
1/3 cup flaked coconut, packed
2(8-ounce) packages plain cream cheese, softened
1(14-ounce) can eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
2 eggs
1/2 cup lime juice

Preheat oven to 400f. With mixer fitted with flat paddle, combine flour and surgar. Add butter and egg yolk;blend until combined. Mix in coconut. Press dough evenly into bottom of greased 13x9 in glass baking dish. bake 12 to 14 min. or until edge of crust is golden brown. reduce oven temp. to 350f. with mixer, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in eagle brand until smooth.add eggs;mix until just combined. Stir in lime juice. Pour batter over baked crust. Once oven is cooled to 350f. bake 17 to 22 min. or until center is set, cool. cover and chill for 21 hrs. serve with toppings. store left overs covered in refrigerator.

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Write and say you saw this ad on the blog and get 3 soaps for $10!!!! Prices in effect till Christmas!

REMEMBER to keep checking back for more Christmas cookie and candy recipes!!
Please pass on this blog to your friends and family!! Let them know about our blog and Burlap Babes Soap!!!
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Put in an order today!! Get your Christmas shopping off to a good start!!!
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Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Try the bath bombs too!!!

Oh what a family!!!

Miscellaneous family picture! Top left are brother Pat's children, top right Mitch and his honey, Heather.
bottom left: my sis and me, bottom right: Poor baby with a bad doo!! HEHEHEHE Love that boy, Alex

Chocolate Chess Pie
Makes 6 to 8 servings

2 cups sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

4 eggs

1 can, 8 ounces chocolate flavored syrup

1/4 cup milk

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 unbaked pie shell

Combine sugar, cornstarch, eggs, chocolate flavored syrup, milk and butter in a bowl. Beat until smooth, using an electric mixer at medium speed. Pour into pie shell. Bake in 350 degree oven for 55 minutes or until center sets. Cool on rack.


Coconut Pie
1 stick butter or oleo

1 can coconut

1 1/2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1/3 cup buttermilk

1 tablespoon flour

1 teaspoon vanilla

In unbaked pie shell pour 1 stick of melted butter or oleo. Sprinkle 1 can of coconut throughout pie shell. Mix all ingredients together and pour into pie shell. Bake 45 minutes at 325 F degrees.

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Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!!

Boy Scouts!!

Awwwww, and here is Ryan again, or as Grampa calls him, "Myron"!! He spent several days at boy scout camp this summer. Looks like he did tons of cool stuff!! Way to go Myron!!!

Now here are more recipes for your holiday baking!

7 Layer Bars
Makes Approx 18-24
1 Stick Margarine melted in pan.

1 Cup Graham Cracker Crumbs

1 Cup Coconut

1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk

1/2 Package Milk Chocolate Chips

1/2 Package Butterscotch Chips

1 Cup Of Your Favorite Chopped Nuts

Layer all ingredients in order listed in a 9x13 cake pan. Then bake at 350 degrees for about 20 min or untill it starts to pull away from the side of the pan. Let cool and then cut into squares. Very good but also rich.

Christmas Candied Walnuts
2 cups brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

1 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

6 cups walnut halves

Put sugars into saucepan and mix; add sour cream. Stir while cooking to the soft ball stage. Add vanilla and stir until fairly thick. Add the walnuts and stir until evenly coated. Turn out on a cookie sheet covered with waxed paper. Sprinkle with powdered sugar while hot. Let nuts cool and break apart.

Please pass on this blog to your friends and family!! Let them know about our blog and Burlap Babes Soap!!!
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Check out all the great scents!! There are some for everyone, young and old!!! I always send a sample of one you didn't order!! Or ask for any samples you are interested in!!!!!!

Fall Fun!

Ryan and Amanda playing on the trampoline. Seems like all the kids just love jumping on these things.

MORE CHRISTMAS BAKING RECIPES:

Cherry Winks
2 1/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup Crisco

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 Tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup chopped dates

crushed corn flakes

cherries

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Blend together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, Crisco, and sugar. Mix the eggs, milk, and vanilla, and beat well. Add walnuts and dates. Mix together and drop by teaspoonfuls into crushed corn flakes and roll them around. Put on a cookie sheet and top each with a 1/2 cherry. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Yummy when warm.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Makes about 50
1/2 cup oil

4 1-oz. squares unsweetened chocolate, melted

2 cups sugar

4 ex. lg. eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 cup powdered sugar

Mix oil,chocolate and sugar. Add one egg at a time until well mixed. Add vanilla, salt,flour and baking powder. Chill overnight, or for several hours. Heat oven to 350 degrees. shape dough into balls of about one teaspoon each and roll in powdered sugar. Place dough balls approximately 2 inches apart on a well greased backing sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Makes about 50 cookies.

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"Night Before Christmas" Coffee Cake
1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter

2 beaten eggs

1/2 cup warm milk

1 pkg yeast (2 teaspoons bulk yeast) dissolved in

3 tablespoons warm water

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Topping:

2/3 cup sugar

1 tablespoon cinnamon

4 tablespoons melted butter or margarine

1/2 cup nuts or maraschino cherries, candied red or green cherries

Cream together sugar and butter. Then add eggs, milk, 1 package of yeast (2 tablespoons bulk yeast) dissolved in 3 tablespoons of warm water, flour, salt and vanilla. Beat all of these ingredients together. Then set dough aside and let it rise, until double in size. When your coffee cake dough has risen to double the size (this may take about 2 hours) put it in a 9x13" greased pan and spread with topping; Combine sugar, cinnamon, melted butter and nuts (you can use maraschino cherries or candied red and green cherries if you don't like nuts) Now place in a cold oven and leave it in there overnight to rise. The next morning turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 1/2 hour. Take out and serve warm. This makes a large coffee cake or you can put the dough in two round pans instead.

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New Jersey Pumpkins!!

These are our New Jersey Pumpkins, Billy and Olivia!! Billy had a great time. Olivia slept most of the time.
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Angel Crisps
1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup shortening

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

water for dipping sugar for dipping

Cream shortening, sugars, vanilla and egg. Add dry ingredients. Roll in walnut size balls. Dip top in water, then in sugar. Place sugar side up. Dent top with finger. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Put on cooling racks until cool. Store in an air tight container.

Brown Sugar Icebox Cookies
Makes about 16 dozen
3 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup soft butter or margarine

2 cups light-brown sugar, firmly packed

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup finely chopped walnuts and pecans

1.Sift flour with baking soda and salt;set aside 2.In lagre bowl of eletric mixer at medium speed,beat butter until light.gradually beat insugar.Add eggs and vanilla;continue beating until very light and fluffy. 3.At low speed,beat in half the flour mixture until smooth.Mix in rest,with hands,to form a stiff dough.Add nuts,mixing to combine well. 4.Turn out dough onto lighty floured surface.Divide in thirds.With hands,shape each third into a roll 8 inches long. 5.Wrap each in saran or foil.Refrigerate until firm-about 8 hours,or overnight-before slicing and baking.(Rolls may be stored in refrigeator a week or 10 days.Bake freash as desired) 6.Preheat oven to 375F.With sharp knife,cut as many 1/8-inch slices as desierd for baking at one time.Rewrap rest of rool;refrigerate 7.Place slices,2 inchesapart,on ungreased cookie sheets.Bake 7 to 10 minutes,or until lightly browned.Remove to wire rack;cool.

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Chocolate Mint

Speaking of Christmas cookies and candy, here are our "Chocolate Mint" goat milk soap!! It has real cocoa, sweet goat milk soap and Peppermint essential oil!!! It's a yummy soap! Smells good enough to eat and will make any room smell great when set in a basket with a finger tip towel and other accessories!!!
Happy Birthday to Paul Jr.!!!

Here are some more recipes for your holiday baking:
Buckeyes
2 cups peanut butter

1 stick margarine, melted

3 cups sifted confectioners sugar

16 ounces chocolate chips

1/3 bar paraffin wax

In a large bowl combine the peanut butter, margarine and confectioners sugar and mix well. Chill, form into walnut size balls. Melt chocolate chips and paraffin in a double boiler. Dip balls into chocolate mixture to coat. Place on wax paper until firm.

MARBLED POUND CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GLAZE
Makes 1 loaf
POUND CAKE:
4 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into small pieces, plus extra for greasing
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
2 cage-free eggs
1 cup organic buttermilk
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
CHOCOLATE GLAZE:
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into small pieces
3 ounces unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup brandy
Position a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. With butter, coat the bottom and sides of an 8-1/2-by-3-1/2-by-2-1/2-inch loaf pan.
For the cake, in a medium-sized mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In the large bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large mixing bowl using a hand-held electric mixer, beat the butter at medium speed. Gradually add the sugar, then increase the speed to high and continue beating until fluffy. One at a time, add the eggs, beating just until each has blended in. Reduce the speed to low and beat in a third of the flour mixture; then half of the buttermilk; then another third of the flour mixture; then the remaining buttermilk and the vanilla; and, finally, the remaining flour mixture.
Scrape two thirds of the batter into the loaf pan. Add the cocoa to the batter remaining in the bowl, and beat at low speed until blended. With a rubber spatula, fold in the chocolate chips. Drop large spoonfuls of the chocolate batter over the batter in the pan; then, inserting the blade of a narrow metal spatula or a table knife vertically into the pan, swirl through the batters to combine them partially for a marbled effect.
Bake the pound cake until a long wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
When the cake has cooled completely, run a sharp knife around the inside of the pan to separate the cake. Invert the pan onto the rack and lift it away to unmold the cake. Turn the cake right side up. Place a pan below the rack to capture glaze drips.
To make the glaze, bring 2 inches of water to a simmer in a medium saucepan. In a medium heatproof bowl large enough to rest on the pan's rim without touching the water, combine the chocolate and butter. Set the bowl over the simmering water and leave until the chocolate and butter have melted almost completely; then, turn off the heat and let the mixture continue melting, stirring occasionally. With a wire whisk, stir in the corn syrup and brandy. Carefully pour the mixture through a fine-meshed strainer into a clean liquid measuring cup.
Drizzle the warm glaze evenly over the cake. Leave until the glaze has set.
Slip a long, sturdy spatula under the cake and transfer to a flat serving platter or cutting board. To serve, cut crosswise with a sharp serrated knife.

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The Paint Pallette of Nature

We have such beautiful fall colors here in Indiana!! The colors range from orange to yellow to bright red!!! I am tempted to get out my oil paints and try my hand at copying these colors on canvas! The corn fields and the woods protect and feed our deer. God's hand in nature is so evident!! But, along with these beautiful colors, comes raking them up too!! Always great fun! Yeah right!!!

Here are some more Christmas cookie recipes:

Almond Crescent Shortbread
Makes approx. 7 dozen
1 cup butter

1/3 cup sugar

1 1/2 to 2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

ground almonds (approx.1/4 cup)

Extra sugar (about 1/3 cup)

Put all ingredients into a bowl. Mix together with a mixer. Take by the teaspoon and shape into crescent shapes and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 275 degrees for 15-20 minutes. They should not be brown. Roll in the extra sugar while still warm.


Amish Sugar Cookies

1 cup sugar

1 cup powdered sugar

1 cup butter or margarine

1 cup cooking oil

2 eggs

4 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine sugars, butter and oil, beat well. Add eggs and mix well. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar and vanilla. Cover with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator overnight. Make into small balls and flatten slightly with a fork. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Do not over cook.

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November 5, 2008

Fur Baby Business!!

We all love our fur babies, but one of us started a business for our fur babies!!!
As I'd mentioned before, our family has started some small businesses. One is Du Claw Pet Sitters.
Nephew, Sean Greenwood has started a dog walking business. His wife Kerry, new baby girl, and Sean are located in New Jersey, in Monmouth County.
They are Monmouth County's Premiere Dog Walkers & Pet Sitters
Du Claw was founded by Sean Greenwood. As a former member of the New York Stock Exchange, Sean knows how hard daily commuting can be on our pets. Long days, traffic, and delayed boats and trains often interfere with our pets' needs. When Sean left the NYSE he decided to devote his time helping other busy pet owners, and Du Claw was born.Sean is the "face" of Du Claw. He will be the one meeting you for initial "meet and greets" and is our team's "Top Dog". Check out his site!!!!

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Ok, here are some more Christmas recipes:
Martha Washington Mounds

1 stick oleo, room temperature
2 (1 pound) boxes powdered sugar
1 can Eagle brand milk
2 cups chopped nuts (optional)
1 cup flaked coconut
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 small package (3 ounces) cream cheese

Mix ingredients in large bowl until well blended. Put in refrigerator for about 1 hour. Then roll a teaspoon at a time into little balls (the size of a walnut). Place on waxed paper on a cookie sheet or flat pan. Put a tooth pick in each ball & keep refrigerated until ready to dip in chocolate. I found that freezing works better.

CHOCOLATE DIP: Melt 1/2 small cake paraffin in double boiler. Add 1 large package chocolate chips. Blend until smooth and keep over hot water while dipping. Place dipped chocolate back on waxed paper. After finished put a small amount on top of chocolate to cover toothpick hole.

Mom's Mints

24 oz. Mint Chocolate chips
6 oz. semi-sweet Chocolate chips
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar (well packed)
1 cup butter
2 eggsMelt chocolate chips together and set aside to cook until lukewarm. When cool, add powdered sugar. Beat in the butter and eggs, one egg at a time. Cream well with an electric mixer. Butter the bottom of a jelly roll pan. Pour the mixture in and spread. Refrigerate. When completely cooled, cut into squares.
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November 4, 2008