Harvesting----STILL!

I know....I know.....

my posts have been few

and VERY far between.

All I can say is

I AM SO SORRY!

In this photo we are

combining our

last field of flax.

The good news...

we are movin' on

to harvest our

sunflowers....

Please know I

appreciate all of

you who stop by and

I promise I will be

back to visiting you

all really soon!

I have some picture

and a few recipes to

share with you.....

now if only I could

find the time to post

them in a timely manner!

Pleace leave me a

comment and tell me

what is going on in

your little corner

of the world! :)

Be back soon....

Farmchick

Let us prepare for Thanksgiving!

Hello to everyone out there! :) Busy as usual around here....we are still plugging away at harvest. It is a beautiful weekend for harvesting....warm and windy! YES-we need that to dry things out.

This morning I started thinking....you know....before we know it--THANKSGIVING will be here. I guess I am getting old because time really zips by. So, anyway, early this morning I decided to mix up a batch of homemade Crescent Rolls. They are not as hard as they look and are really good. I found this recipe quite a few years ago and I think they are fun to make. The neat thing about these rolls is that you can mix them up, cut them and shape them and then flash freeze them for future use. That is exactly what I did today.....I put them in the freezer so that I can just pop them in the oven on Thanksgiving Day. :)

Farmchick's Crescent Rolls

3 tsp yeast

2 cups warm water

1/2 cup butter, room temp.

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup mashed potato flakes

2/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder

1 1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs

6 cups flour (sometimes you need 1/2 cup or so more!)

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Dissolve yeast in warm water. Pour into mixing bowl. I use my kitchen aid but you don't have to...this can all be done by hand. Add the butter, sugar, potato flakes, milk powder, salt, eggs and half of the flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in the remaining flour a little at a time....until you have a firm dough. (don't overmix--you want light flaky crescents) If it is still really sticky add a little more flour. Turn out dough onto floured surface and knead 8-10 times. Divide dough in half.

Roll each half into 12 inch circles. Cut each circle into 16 wedges with a pizza cutter. Roll up wedges starting at the wide end and place point side down on parchment paper lined sheet. Curve ends to form crescent shape.

Now, if you want to save them for future use like I am doing today. Arrange rolls on baking sheet-stick in freezer until frozen. Throw them in a ziplock bag and put back in the freezer!

To bake the frozen rolls--

Preheat oven 350 degrees. Arrange rolls 2-3 inches apart on parchment lined sheet. Cover and thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Let rise in a warm place for about an hour or doubled in size. Bake until golden brown--aprox. 15 minutes.

Now you have ONE LESS thing to mix up on Thanksgiving....now that's a good thing right??

If you stopped by -- let me know--I love hearing from you all! :) Thanks for all the wonderful comments.

Farmchick

A new BEEF recipe for you! :)

I know, I know....it took me long enough to post something new! We have been busy around here. We finally got done harvesting our wheat. The weather just will not cooperate - if is isn't raining then it's super cloudy out and COLD! We still have flax, corn and sunflowers to harvest....we are hoping for warm, sunny and breezy fall days to dry everything!

So, would you like to know what's for supper in Farmchick's kitchen tonight???? Let me tell ya....it's something yummy....;)

Tasty Farmhouse Cube Steak Sandwich

2-3 pounds of cube steak...sliced thinly

2 onions, sliced

1 envelope of dry Italian salad dressing mix

1 envelope of dry ranch salad dressing mix (I have one large container so 3 TB = an envelope)

1 envelope of dry brown gravy mix

1 can of mushrooms

1-2 tablespoons worchestershire sauce

2 cups water

French Rolls

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Brown meat and then add onions. Add worchestershire sauce. Cook for a few minutes.

Put meat, onions, mushrooms, all three envelopes and water

into crockpot. Cook on low for 4-5 hours.

I like to spray the buns with Parkay butter spray

and toast in the oven. It's your choice...I just happen

to like nice toasty buns! ;)

Put meat mixture on bun and serve a small bowl

of the juice for dipping.

Tasty Farmhouse Cube Steak Sandwhich...

that's what's for supper in

Farmchick's Kitchen tonight!

Thanks for stopping by!

Leave me a comment so I know

you stopped in for a visit!

Farmchick

What am I up too?.........

I will give you

three guesses!!

I hope this post finds you all happy and doing well. I know my posts seem to be few and far between. I have so many pictures and recipes to share with you all. We are still harvesting and have so many other things going on I just can't seem to squeeze a post in. I am going to try extra hard to post a little more frequently. I really miss hearing from you all and I really miss having the opportunity to visit your blogs. Please make my day by leaving me comment to tell me how you are doing and what you have been up too!

Farmchick

Barn Craftshow!!

Shot of the people browsing around.
More shoppers!

My booth with my assistant Little Farmchick.

My wonderfully scented Corncob sachets.

More sachets.

Harvest Fixin's

Candy Corn Fixins

Gingerbread Fixin's

My Soy Chapstick

My Soy Candles

My Candle cupboard...I was still working

on making candles to get it filled up!

Well, the craftshow in the barn turned our awesome. It was a lot of fun. A little background about the barn craftshow. My sister-in-law (married to my farmer's brother) puts on this craftshow - for the last 4-5 falls. They bought the barn from my father - in -law a few years back. You see, when Mr. Farmer and I got married my brother-in-law and his family were already living in the same farm yard as my in-laws so we decided that we would live ACROSS the road from them. We had to start from scratch and make our own yard--at the time it was just a field. It has taken awhile to get from field to yard with a house and shop but we are getting there! Anyway, it was 32 degrees the day of the show---but that didn't stop the people from coming! We had over one thousand people show up. The people that get cold are the vendors (like me) but I had a propane heater this year and let me tell you--it was a life saver! Because of this heater I was able to enjoy chatting with people -- otherwise I would have been cold and miserable after sitting in the freezing temps for that long. Not only did I have a good time visiting with people I also sold a lot of stuff....so I am happy! The scents of the candles I made for the show are my biggest fall sellers: Hot Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Home for the Holidays, Candy Corn, Sugar Cookie, Harvest Spice, Pears & Berries, Black Cherry, Black Raspberry Vanilla and Spiced Cranberry. If you see anything you like-let me know....I may be having a fall online soon! :) Hope you have a great day and make sure you leave me a message too! You know how I love that! :)

Farmchick

Harvest Bundt Cake Recipe!!

Hello everyone

I have been very busy here with our kids and their activities and getting ready for the big craft show this Saturday. We have not been in the field since one week ago when it started to rain. We only had about 100 acres of wheat left to combine but we just couldn't get it done before the rain. When it dries and the sun comes out we will be able to finish the wheat and move on to flax, corn and finally sunflowers.

Many people requested the Harvest Bundt Cake

recipe so I am here to please! :) This cake really does make your house smell wonderful!!!

1 1/2 c sugar

1/2 c brown sugar, packed

2 t cinnamon

2 t baking soda

1/2 t salt

1/4 t nutmeg

1/4 t ground ginger

1 c canola oil

1/2 t vanilla extract

4 eggs

2 c all-purpose flour

15 oz can pumpkin

1 apple. cored, peeled and chopped

1/2 cup chopped nuts--I used walnuts but pecans would be great too!

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Mix first 10 ingredients--add 1/2 cup of flour at a time. Blend pumpkin, fold in apples and nuts. Pour into a greased and floured Bundt pan. Bake at 350 for 70 minutes. Cool about 20 minutes in the pan; remove and complete cooling on a wire rack. Frost when cool.

Fall Harvest Bundt Cake FROSTING

2 t vanilla

1/2 c butter, softened

8 oz. package cream cheese, softened (I used 1/3 fat type

3 1/2 c powdered sugar

Blend vanilla, butter and cram cheese together; add enough powdered sugarn until desired spreading consistency is achieved! That's it!! Yummy!!!

Hope your fall days are warm and wonderful!! Drop me a note.....you know I love hearing from ya!!

Farmchick

What's Been Going on???

Yes....you guessed it!

We are still harvesting spring wheat.

Yes--we still have a few days to go.

I miss visiting you all-

I am going to start visiting you tonight!

Today North Dakota

it was cooler and we may get

our first frost tonight.

I would love to know what state you

live in and what the weather is like

in your neck of the woods!

Farmchick