: Pumpkin Spice Cookies

 

 Pumpkin Spice Cookies 

• 2&1/2 cups AP flour
• 1 tsp  baking soda
• 1 tsp  ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp  ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp  salt
• 1/2 cup  unsalted butter, softened
• 1&1/4 cups Sugar
• 1/2 cup  canned pumpkin puree
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp  vanilla extract

cinnamon sugar

• 1/4 cup  granulated sugar
• 1 tsp (5ml) ground cinnamon

Let’s Bake :

Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.

• In a medium bowl, toss together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
• Using an electric mixer and in a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until well blended. Mix in the pumpkin puree, egg and vanilla until smooth. Slowly mix in the flour mixture until just combined. Cover and chill in the fridge for 1 hour or until the dough is firm enough to roll in your hands.
• Using a medium cookie scoop or tablespoon, roll out rounded cookie dough and generously coat in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned on the bottoms. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Diy Pumpkin Spice candles

Fall is perfect time for candle 

Glass container ,wick glue dot

Soy wax

Orange crayon 

1 tsp Pumpkin spices, nutmeg, cinnamon 

Use a clean class container, fix wick with glue dot. Make sure it is straight.  Melt wax ,add color and spices.  Pour in container and let set up. 

At home with Dot

It's the end of  September and Dot is passing the post to Blue 💙 

Blue is our mixed blue heeler we adopted from our local no kill shelter. They do a wonderful job and has adoption events all the time. Please donate to your local shelter or volunteer. 

September event ....

This has been a great event and ending soon. Sponsored by Bissell this is the largest funded pet adoption event. . Please help empty the shelters with reduced or free adoption fees. 

Some September dog holiday 

It's Service dog month : check local laws. 

Pet Pain Awerness months 

Concern Pet owner month

Adopt a dog day

Scooby Doo day

Rabies shot day schedule your appointment today. 

Pet care for September.....

Dog treats ... For Blue

Coming in October it's all about cats....

Diy Coffee crafts and recipe

Coffee candle 

Made with a clean jar, wick , soy wax , whole coffee beans and coffee essentials fragrance. 

Melt soy wax in microwave. Then pour into clean jar with wix. As it cools add coffee fragrance and whole beans. Let harden up 

Chocolate coffee spoons 

You will need

Spoons 

Chocolate 

Extra to add to coffee 

Melt chocolate and pipe it into spoon and extracts . Let harden.

DIY Coffee Creamer 

Ingredients

  

Base Vanilla Creamer

• 1 Cup Cream
• 1 Cup Whole Milk
• ¼-½ Cup Maple Syrup
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Pumpkin Spice

• 2 TBS Pumpkin Puree
• 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

Caramel Creamer

• 1 tsp Caramel Flavor or 2 TBS Homemade Caramel

Peppermint Mocha

• 3/4 tsp Peppermint Extract
• 1-1½ TBS Cocoa Powder

Instructions

 

• All of the recipes start with the base vanilla creamer. To make other flavors just add the additional ingredients listed.

  For the Pumpkin Spice and the Peppermint Mocha a blender is ideal for mixing.

  The Vanilla and Caramel can just be shaken in the jar to mix.

Morning Coffee

 

Happy Tuesday ! 

Today I am spotlighting one of my favorite stamp set from Stampin Up. 

My card is done in a cute strip  perfect for any Coffee lover. 

Coffee Can Scarecrow

National Coffee day.,.

• Put lid on coffee can. Cover coffee can with  tan paint  Let dry. 

Place coffee can on its side andusing markers add face details. 

Use instant grab glue to attach two  Buttons for eyes.

Stand coffee can up and pipe a generous amount of craft glue onto the coffee can lid. Cut raffia into 18” lengths and place on top of lid, covering the lid (be sure the raffia lines up properly with the facial features!). Let dry

Glue on the hat and flowers,let dry. 

Saturday At the Library

 

Johnny Appleseed : Children Story Time 

This stunningly illustrated classic is the perfect way to introduce young readers to the legend of Johnny Appleseed.

Rhymed text and illustrations relate the life of John Chapman, whose distribution of apple seeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today. Reeve Lindbergh's rhythmic verse is the perfect read aloud to share with the whole family, while Kathy Jakobsen's lush paintings bring to life this beloved classic story. 

Book Review : 

Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh is a favorite children’s books. The poem tells the story of Johnny Appleseed in a delightful way, and this is a great introduction to poetry for children who tend to run away from it. The illustrations are excellent and complete the story itself. I have used this book many times in teaching fall unit studies, and the children always enjoy both the story and the colorful illustrations. The book also gives a brief account of John Chapman, who really lived and planted apple trees across America.

Saturday Kidz Crafts 

Materials:

• Red construction paper
• Scissors
• Coffee filter
• Water-soluable markers
• Spray bottle
• Glue stick

Directions:

1. Cut out an apple shape from red construction paper, then cut out a smaller apple shape from the middle of the first to create an open space.
2. Lay a coffee filter on a flat surface, and use water-soluable markers to draw all over the surface of the filter. Try to use at least three different colors.
3. Fill a spray bottle with water, then spritz the coffee filter until damp. The colors should spread and bleed into each other. Let the filter dry completely.
4. Glue the colorful coffee filter on to the back of the apple cut out so that the colors peek through the opening.
5. Hang in a sunny window.

Materials:

• Cardboard roll
• Scissors
• Cardstock paper
• White school glue
• Green tissue paper
• Green construction paper
• Red buttons or pom poms

• Directions:

1. Cut a cardboard roll in half lengthwise, then glue the cut roll vertically on to a sheet of cardstock paper. Allow the glue to dry completely.
2. Cut out small square of tissue paper, scrunch them up, then glue them around the top of the cardboard roll to create the leaves of the tree. Let the glue dry completely.
3. Glue small red buttons or pom poms around the tissue paper tree to become apples.