Welcoming autumn with comfort foods
I am sitting here drinking coffee and enjoying a piece of zucchini coffee cake that a lady from our church district dropped off here for us.
It is delicious, and I would like to ask her for the recipe. I do hope it doesn’t have many calories! Isn’t it always comforting to yourself when you try to say it has a vegetable (zucchini), so it (the cake) can’t be too unhealthy? The added zucchini does make it a moist cake.
It is a dreary, rainy day, but we sure welcome the rain we received.
It was so dry around here and the grass was turning brown. The leaves are starting to fall and the calendar shows that autumn is officially here. We still have peppers and tomatoes in the garden beds, otherwise the rest of it is history for 2024.
Our solar power is low due to no sun for several days. Our water pump probably uses the most power.
I went out to see if I could start the generator so I can wash dishes. For some reason the generator doesn’t want to start. And yes, I did check to see whether it has gas. It might be the oil, but it’s not our generator, so I don’t want to mess with it too much.
We are using Dustin and Loretta’s generator while ours is getting repaired. I’ll wait until the daylight hours charge it up more to wash dishes.
When my husband Joe comes home around 3 p.m., he can look at the generator and see what is wrong. I can just see him giving it one pull and it starting right up.
I’m spoiled with ours, as it has a key to turn on and you don’t have to pull the rope to start it.
It is now around 11:30 a.m.
Daughter Lovina came and she is making lunch for Kevin and me. We had skipped breakfast (except I had coffee and that coffee cake), so she is making poached eggs and toast for her and me. Kevin is heating up the leftover omelet from last night’s supper for his lunch.
God’s blessings to all!
Pumpkin spice sugar cookies
Ingredients
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup canned pumpkin puree
1/4 cup granulated sugar (for rolling)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla extract and pumpkin puree until combined. Gradually add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture, mixing until just combined. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Place 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl and roll each ball in the sugar to coat. Place the dough balls about 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Flatten each ball slightly with the bottom of a glass. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden. Makes 2 dozen cookies.
Email LovinasAmishKitchen@MennoMedia.org.