Hot Chocolate Recipe PLUS Free Printable Tags

 Good Morning Friends. Are you ready for Christmas? I spent this week baking some treats and making some Elf Hot Chocolate for our neighbors. We live out in the country with only 8 houses in a valley, so I wanted to gift a little something to each house as a thank you for being so sweet to us since we moved into their little community eighteen months ago. When I made the hot chocolate mix, I put them into little jars and then needed something to decorate them with.....so I designed some fun little Elf tags to tie onto the jars. If you want to print them out for yourself, just click the photo to grab your download!

 All dressed up and ready to be delivered!

Recipe adapted from Mel's Kitchen

Free Tag Printable ( Click Here or on Photo)

Thank you so much for stopping by the farmhouse. Lynn

Multigrain bread with a twist - make the dough in your breadmaker!

Fresh bread baking in the oven is one of my favorite things. Although I am not a "food blogger" and take amazing photos, I love to share what's baking in the farmhouse kitchen. This recipe is so easy and it turns out perfectly every time. Just put the ingredients in your bread machine, choose the dough cycle and then it's time to create! The first time I made this recipe I made the dough into one large round loaf. It was scrumptious, but it was a huge loaf!

The next time I tried the recipe, I made two loaves. One plain and the other with cranberries.

 My next attempt was a cinnamon raisin loaf...oh my goodness...yummmmmmm. I think I have my new fave! Enjoy the process, experiment with different nuts and seeds. And of course let me know if you come up with something yummy! Happy Baking!

Multigrain Bread Recipe:

 Add ingredients into your bread machine in the following order:

• 2 cups warm  water 
• 1 Tbsp neutral cooking oil or olive oil 
• 1 Tbsp dark brown sugar or honey
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp fine salt
• 1/2 cup multi-grain cereal such as 7-grain or 10 grain cereal  
• 2 tsp sesame seeds * see notes
• 2 tsp sunflower seeds 
• 2 tsp poppy seeds
• 2 1/4 tsp active dry or instant yeast 

Add -Ins (optional):

• 1/3 cup chopped dried cranberries or raisins
• 1/3 cup chopped raw pumpkin seeds, walnuts or other nuts.

 Place ingredients into your bread maker following the above directions. Choose the dough option. When the dough is complete, place on counter and make into 2 loaves. *At this point you can always add in cranberries or raisins as well. Place dough in bread pans lined with parchment paper or non stick spray. Let rise for 30 min. Preheat oven to 375F. Bake for 35 to 40 min until the bread sounds hollow or reaches an internal temperature of 190F. Remove from oven and let cool.

Notes:
* Seeds can be any combination to add up to 6 tsp.
*This dough can be made into one round loaf and cooked in a dutch oven at 450 for 30 min with the cover on, and then an additional 10-15 minutes with the cover removed.
* Line pans with parchment paper to help bread not stick to pans.
* This dough can be made into buns or loaves.
* Recipe adapted from https://www.seasonsandsuppers.ca


Thank you so much for stopping by the farmhouse. Lynn

Apple Bundt Cake

Hi Friends! A post that isn't scrappy related..what? lol.  A friend of ours dropped off this HUGE box of apples for us, and while her son was here he said his mom made this delicious Apple Cake! Well..of course I needed the recipe. She shared this with me yesterday and this morning I made the cake. Oh my goodness it was incredibly delicious, so I thought I would share the recipe with you. The original came from Allrecipes.com. The only thing I changed was instead of white sugar, I used brown sugar with the apples. Yummm. Hope you enjoy!

Rated:

Submitted By: Carol

Photo By: zaitgha

Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Hour

Ready In: 2 Hours Servings: 12

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups apples - peeled, cored and diced 1 tablespoon white sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 cups all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups white sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup orange juice 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 4 eggs 1 cup chopped walnuts 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting

DIRECTIONS:

1.	Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt or tube pan. In a medium bowl, combine the diced apples, 1 tablespoon white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; set aside. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
2.	In a large bowl, combine 2 cups white sugar, oil, orange juice, vanilla and eggs. Beat at high speed until smooth. Stir in flour mixture. Fold in chopped walnuts.
3.	Pour 1/3 of the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the apple mixture. Alternate layers of batter and filling, ending with batter.
4.	Bake in preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

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Printed from Allrecipes.com 9/21/2012

Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate your scrappy support! Have a wonderfully happy scrappy day! Lynn