1 bottle red table wine (this one’s my favorite) 2 cinnamon sticks 1 orange sliced 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. water 5-10 whole cloves cardamom, to taste star anise, to taste Add everything to a crock pot and cook on low until hot. Strain and switch setting to warm. The alcohol does not “cook out.”…
Category: Fall
Mulled Cider
Ingredients 1 gallon fresh apple cider 2-3 anise stars 4-5 cinnamon sticks 1-2 tsp. whole cloves 1 orange, sliced (I actually used clementines for this batch) Pour cider in the crock pot. Add in remaining ingredients. Cook on high for four hours. I serve mine directly from the crock pot with a ladle, but some…
Pumpkin Pecan Lava Cake
Ingredients: 1 c. plus 3 Tbsp. flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1 1/4 c. sugar, divided 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/4 tsp. ground cloves 1/2 c. pumpkin puree 1/4 c. milk 1/4 c. butter, melted 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/2 c. brown sugar 1/2 c. chopped pecans, divided 1 1/2…
Pumpkin Spiced Rum(chata)
There are tons of drinks just like this one all over social media right now, so if you like this one, there are plenty more to try! Ingredients: 2 c. hot coffee 2 Tbsp. sugar 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 c. milk 1/2 c. Rumchata 1/4 c. pumpkin spice vodka Whipped cream or Reddi-whip Add the…
Fireball Cider Floats
Ingredients: Vanilla ice cream Fresh apple cider 7-Up Fireball Caramel Syrup Kosher Salt Scoop as much vanilla ice cream as you’d like in the glasss (I filled mine up). Then, pour apple cider to the 1/3-mark. Add 1-2 oz. of Fireball and then top off with 7-up. Drizzle caramel syrup on top and sprinkle with…
Caramel Apple Cinnamon Cocktail
This is one of my absolute favorite drinks. I mixed it up after searching high and low for a recipe I liked that included apple juice, fireball, and caramel vodka. I couldn’t find one, so I made my own. Ingredients: 3 c. apple juice 1 1/2 c. caramel vodka 1 1/2 c. Fireball cinnamon whisky…
Apple Waffles
Ingredients: 2 c. flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. sugar 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. nutmeg 2 eggs 2 c. apple cider (I have also used apple juice in a pinch) Mix all dry ingredients. Add in eggs and cider. Mix well. Bake in waffle maker.
Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients: 11 c. chicken broth 1 pkg. Mrs. Reames frozen egg noodles, 24 oz. 1/2 tsp. thyme, dried 2 tsp. parsley 1 tsp. black pepper 1 onion, chopped 4 carrots, sliced 4 stalks celery, sliced 1/2 c. butter 1/2 c. flour 2 c. half and half 1 lb. chicken, cooked and chopped 1/2 c. cooking…
Simple Everyday Chili
Ingredients: 2 lbs. hamburger, browned and drained 2 onions, chopped 6 green peppers, chopped 4 stalks of celery, chopped 7 cloves garlic, minced 2 cans Bush’s Savory Beans Southwestern Style Pinto Beans, 15.4 oz., undrained 2 cans kidney beans, 15 oz., drained 2 cans Original Rotel Diced Tomatoes and Green Chilis, 10 oz. 2 cans…
Apple Butter
Ingredients: 6 lbs. of apples, peeled, cored, and sliced 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. brown sugar 4 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1 Tbsp. vanilla Place the apples in the crock pot. Add remaining ingredients and stir well. Cook on low for 10 hours. When done, I recommend…