DIPS – SAUCES – SPREADS

Apple- Pear Butter ~ Your Best Weekly

First- today is my mom’s surgery. I will be away from the office as much as I can be.

I wish I could have made the trip to be with her today.

You guys knocked it out of the park once again last week. Some of the things that I was inspired by were…

This DIY Tablet Cover from Kimberly @ A Fresh Perspective

These delicious hamentashen from Tamar @ Random-osity

Thank you all for sharing your creativity with me each week!!

I think that most of you who know me well would agree that I am a complete sucker for packaging. I will buy just about anything (need it or not) if it’s packaged in an appealing way. I know- it’s bad. Really bad! But I can’t help myself. Obviously the hubs knows this & you know, he’s an enabler. He really is. One day he had to run to the new little hardware store here in town. We both have a thing for cute little local hardware stores. I think it’s because when we lived in Placerville (his home town) there was Placerville Hardware. OMG- I could wander in there all day & spend way too much. So anyhow- there he was wandering this store. He must have found the canning section because he came home with these adorable squaty, large mouth mason jars. Have I mentioned how much I love him for these random “gifts”??? I was THRILLED & started thinking of things I would make.

So I had been planning & preparing to use the pears on my counter that needed to have something done with them. Literally- for the 2 days prior I was planning on making a tart or cake or something with them. But when the beautiful little jars arrived in my kitchen I had a change of plans. Unfortunately I didn’t have enough pears to my liking for this recipe- so I added a couple apples in there too. I just started cutting & tossing things in the slow cooker until I felt it had enough of what I was looking for. I had never made this before- so it was all sort of trial & error. I was so happy when it came out the way it did.

The kids are loving it on their waffles & in their sandwiches in place of honey. Hubs grew up in an orchard & had this sort of thing available to him all the time. So he was sure happy to have a taste from his childhood memories to savor once again.

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Apple- Pear Butter from Kleinworth & Co.

Ingredients

6 large pears
6 large apples
3 tbsp cinnamon
1-1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp molasses
2 tsp vanilla extract
pinch salt

Instructions

Core, peel & chop your apples & pears & put in slow cooker on high.
Add all other ingredients.
Cook on high 1 hour.
Ladle into blender & puree (no chunks- still thick)
Pour back into slow cooker
Stir & reduce to low & continue cooking for 5 hours.
Ladle into sterile jars.
I put one in the fridge for immediate use the next morning & 4 in the freezer for later.

This filled these 3 – small jars plus 2 larger jars

Enjoy!!!

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Raspberry Marmalade {Recipe} ~ Your Best Weekly

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Last week you guys sure impressed & inspired me!

Highlights from last week are………

Tea Ring from Yolanda @ Peanut Butter & Jelly

Free Downloadable Photoshop Template from Tish @ le mie photo

YUMMY Chicken & Gnocchi Soup from Kimberly @ A Fresh Perspective

Chocolate Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie from Tamar @ Randomosity

Pork & Poblano Pozole from Sarah @ Faith, Family & F-Stops

Thank you all for sharing last week!!! You KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK!!!

These were awesome!!

I decided to try making the marmalade that Jaymi posted a couple weeks ago. We have a citrus allergy here in this house so I had to choose something that wasn’t going to give us all a reaction. So I chose the raspberries that I picked up at Costco. I have a huge obsession with loading my cart with as much produce as I can when I am there. Just wait until I can shop at the farmers market here instead. I am going to go gangbusters with the fresh, locally grown produce.

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Raspberry Marmalade {Recipe}

Ingredients

2 cups fresh fruit
3 1/2 cups water
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Wash, hull fruit.
Put in a large saucepan with water. Cover & let sit over night.
In the morning place 2 metal spoons in the freezer.
Place pan on stove, start heating on high.
Add sugar, mix & bring to boil.
Add vanilla.
Boil about 45 minutes to 1 hour on high.
After 45 minutes, place a little bit on the frozen spoon & put back in freezer for 3 minutes.
Check your spoon, it should be neither hot or cold.
Tip spoon- if it runs, boil another 5 minutes. Check again on the other spoon.
It's cooked enough when it doesn't slide off.
Turn off heat- let sit 5 minutes.
Pour into sterilized jars- refrigerate overnight.
Makes about 12-15 ounces.

The kids loved putting this on their waffles in the morning. Both jars were gone in record time.

It would also be great over vanilla ice cream or on a cheesecake.

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Finale ~ 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Day 7

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Welcome to Day 7 of my 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Holiday Recipe Series

This past week I took a much needed blogging break to prepare for our long distance move. Over the past 6 days I shared with you some recipes that have been part of my family traditions & so has Danelle. We hope that these recipes become memory makers for you & your family too.

Did you miss a post this week?? You can find all the links to all 14 of these fabulous recipes here today. We have it all covered, appetizers like Beer Bread, Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip & a Green Onion Cheeseball. Cookies for every craving- Sugar Cookies, Hot Cocoa Cookies & Four Spice Crackles. German Sweet Chocolate Pie, Easy Peanut Butter Fudge, Snickers Cake Mix Bars & Chocolate Nut Clusters. These are all quick & easy recipes that are sure to be the hit of your holiday gatherings this season.