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Ms. Shirley’s Hot Apple Cider

Published on December 3, 2019 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog10 Comments

We had some of this at a dance the other night and Ms. Shirley was kind enough to share her recipe with me. There are many different things you can add to this to make it ‘yours’ and I’ve included some add-ins at the bottom of the recipe. You can also heat this on the stove instead of a crockpot.

Ms. Shirley’s Hot Apple Cider

Ingredients:

6-8 c. apple cider
1/4 – 1/2 c. Mrs. Butterworth’s syrup
2 cinnamon sticks

Directions:

Place all ingredients in a large crockpot and heat until warm.

Serve hot!

Add-ins:

I love the hot apple cider that they serve at the Biltmore Estate in NC. You can add in a couple of these or just one or two to spice up your cider a little bit.

use real maple syrup instead of Mrs. Butterworth’s syrup
use 1/4 c. brown sugar in place of syrup
1/2 c. orange juice
2 t. cinnamon instead of cinnamon sticks
4-6 cloves or 1-2 t. ground cloves
1/4-1/2 t. allspice
a pinch of nutmeg
a pinch of salt

Easy Crockpot Apple Butter

Published on December 2, 2019December 3, 2019 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog2 Comments

I don’t post a lot of ‘canning’ recipes on here because most of what I know about canning is in my head. I just do things the way I saw them done when I was young and I can’t really guarantee the accuracy of all of them.

This recipe here is a good one for canning and giving out as gifts though. It never seems to stick around that long here though because my kids LOVE Apple Butter and I love that I know exactly what’s in it. The longer you let this cook the thicker it gets… we like it THICK so we always let it cook just a tad bit longer.

I haven’t tried using anything other than sugar to sweeten this with but I think it would probably be ok to give it a go. This also freezes well if you don’t want to can it.

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Crockpot Pumpkin Butter

Published on November 13, 2019November 19, 2019 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog3 Comments

This recipe here is a good one for canning and giving out as gifts though. It never seems to stick around that long here though because my kids LOVE ‘fruit butters’ and I love that I know exactly what’s in them. The longer you let this cook the thicker it gets… we like it THICK so we always let it cook just a tad bit longer. You can really try making butter ot of almost any fruit puree. I want to give this a try with my canned pumpkin soon!

I haven’t tried using anything other than sugar to sweeten this with but I think it would probably be ok to give it a go. This also freezes well if you don’t want to can it.

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By the Shores of Silver Lake Adventure: Science Lessons

Published on October 29, 2019November 1, 2019 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog8 Comments

Here are our Lesson Plans For Science

These lessons were made to go along with ‘By the Shores of Silver Lake‘ written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. We are planning to go through the whole series and I am keeping track of the different topics we are learning about here on my blog. We hope you enjoy these as much as we have! Continue reading “By the Shores of Silver Lake Adventure: Science Lessons” →