Danish Coffee Cake

Danish Coffee Cake

Put in large mixing bowl :
1/2 cup warm milk
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar1
/2 tsp salt

In a small cup
:1/2 cup warm water
1 Tbs active yeast
1 Tbs sugar
Let it sit about 10 minutes

Add to the warm milk mixture, and add:
2 eggs, slightly beaten with fork
3-4 cups flour, mixing after each cup of flour

It should form a nice, but still slightly sticky dough. Let it rise, until double in size.

Flatten on a cookie sheet. Spread butter (or margerine) over dough
Add sliced apples (about 4 - 5) down the middle
1/4 cup of brown sugar (or more if sour apples)
Sprinkle with cinnamon

Fold over sides, turn it over, make 3 diagonal slices / / / and bake at 350 degrees until nicely golden brown
Mix icing sugar with hot water until it is slightly runny and drizzle over cake when it is cold.

Destashing supplies on Etsy

I have discovered that one of the contributing factors to my asthma issues is polymer clay. I could cry, since I enjoy working with it so much.

So, I have decided to sell my supplies in my Etsy store. I have a quantity of brand new, never opened 2oz packages of Fimo polymer clay, as well as liquid fimo, large blocks of white and transluscent fimo, foils, a pasta machine that was dedicated to rolling clay, as well as other miscellaneous items. I will slowly list those on Etsy, and if you would like to purchase a quantity of these items, contact me and we might be able to work something out.


Good thing I have fallen in love with wood carving and also enjoy making my organic catnip toys!

Business Page on Facebook

I am now slowly getting my business page for my Etsy shop set up on Facebook. If you would like to get updates on New listings in my shop, please feel free to become a fan (using the button top right) and you will receive updates whenever I list something new. If you are not a member of Facebook, it is pretty easy to sign up.

Or if you prefer, I am considering making up a newsletter to mail out to those who wish to receive one. As I do not always write about it here on my blog, that may be easier for you. Just send me a convo through my Etsy store, or leave me a message here on my blog, and we will figure out something!

Have a Happy Hallowe'en! Blessings to you all!

A chair built out of Rocks, Yard Art

My husband has recently been doing work for a farmer, and when the job was done there were a number of very large rocks. He asked the farmer if he could have them and brought them home. This is what he made out of them. Pretty cool, eh?

Wood chip carvings

I have been practicing more with my carving. Here is a cute little choir angel. I need to definately work on the face and spacing. Not too bad though!



Once again, it is not really chip carving, as I am still doing more line carving than chipping.

Simple, yet elegant lines.

Danish Pickled Cucumbers

Danish Pickled Cucumbers

Peel, slice in half, remove seeds from cucumbers.

Lay the slices in a bucket layers with pickling salt (cucumber, pickling salt, cucumber, salt etc)

Place a weighted plate over top and let sit overnight.

Next morning, drain and cook in a large pot with a mixture of 1:1 ratio sugar and water. Make sure that the sugar and water covers the cucumbers. Add one vanilla bean and a bag of pickling spices suspended in the mixture.

Bring to a boil, simmer until they are tender with a bit of a crunch left over.

Bottle in sterilized jars, adding little pieces of the vanilla bean to each jar.

Do Not Can these pickles. Just let them sit at least a month before trying them.

My Christmas Wish List Part 3!

JeanPaul by Fluur

Lemon Lush Single Use Shower Cubes by bovinebubbles

Shawl Pin - Wooden Garden by Arly

The Bluest Blue Bangle by PrairieBlossoms

All handmade, available on Etsy!