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...

For the first time in a long, long, long time, I woke up to a day where I had nothing on the list that could be done (for one reason or another).  Rain arrived, and there was heavy cloud cover, making me feel even lazier than ever.  Oh, I could have attacked some deep cleaning with gusto, but I didn't.  I got a few recipes written on cards, but boy I felt lazy dazy.  Maybe I deserved a day off and it just arrived? Well, I eventually found something I could do.   I mean they are taking up half of a kitchen table right now. About the bread. . . .

Tip 1:  I found another way to use leftover (when there is any) whiskey butterscotch sauce.  Bake a cinnamon/brown sugar coffee cake, and drizzle some on 10 minutes before it comes out of the oven. I baked the coffee cake, but no sauce to be found (sad face).  Tip 2:  I opened a jar of h ome canned hot sauce to make jalapeno poppers , but nee d to use the rest up before I forget I opened it.  I found that adding home canned hot sauce to greens is a wonderful way to flavor them up.  I used them on spinach recently. We are short on eggs.  The colder weather has slowed production down, but no need to panic (I told myself).  I had a good supply of ingredients to make a crock pot of steel cut oats (with apples , walnuts and raisins).

We lack orchards that do no t spray in our area.  The only way I'll get organic apples, is to wait for my trees to produce or buy gala organic apples from the grocer (and hope they are really organic). I've been happy with the taste of my homemade applesauce, using gala, even though other types are suggested more often.