Pioneer Woman at Heart

Yesterday I shared a blast from the past recipe, from my Spanish class (High School Days).  Today, I am sharing another blast from the past recipe.  It's funny and somewhat frightening that I saved these recipes.  When I was hunting for the sopaipilla recipe, I ran across a binder full of recipes from my Home Ec. class in Junior High School.  It uses applesauce vs. apples.  It was a very moist coffee cake, and apparently the family loved it, as it went very fast after I baked it. Spicy Apple Crunch Cake (adapted with organic ingredients) 2 Cups All purpose flour 1 tsp. brown sugar 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. ground cloves 1/2 cup canola oil 2 eggs, farm fresh 1 cup home canned applesauce 1/4 cup milk 1 cup walnuts, chopped Topping: 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped 1/4 cup flour, all purpose 3 Tbsp. butter, melted 1 tsp. cinnamon Preheat oven to 350°F and grease only the bottom of a 9 x 13 bak...

Apparently, in this pandemic time, people are going crazy over "fair food."  One restaurant started it.  They dedicated one night for serving a drive thru with just fair food.  I didn't go, but the entire town (Big City) went.  I heard there was a 3-4 hour wait in line.   The next day, the town announced that fair food vendors will be set up this weekend at the fair grounds for selling food.  I am sure that will end up a crowd too. I decided to do a fair food night at home.  I made homemade corn dogs with real beef dogs and homemade batter. We also made hand cut fries to go with them, but that's not all.  I started us out with a batch of homemade sopaipillas, an old, old high school recipe from Spanish class.  We used to make them and sell them at lunch at school to raise money for our Spanish class.  They are like mini elephant ears you'd get at the fair.  Just for the update, all the fairs have canceled their fair t...