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 All those April showers are paying off, aren't they? Bright and cheery blooms dot every yard and field around here, and the merry month of May has arrived! We love everything about this month, from the happy celebrations for moms and graduates to the warm-but-not-too-hot weather...summer's official kick-off is just a few weeks away!
In this month's edition of Feather Your Nest, we're celebrating a brand new cookbook, 101 Farmhouse Favorites, with a collection of recipes, inspiration and photos that remind us of days spent gathered around Grandma's farmhouse table. We hope you'll find a new family favorite in this cookbook, or maybe even a recipe that reminds YOU of days gone by.
Thanks for joining us every month for this eLetter and thanks for all of your letters...we're reading your suggestions, so stay tuned for lots more fun to come!
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Afternoons at Grandma's farmhouse always seemed to be sunny...a warm
breeze blowing through cotton curtains, endless fields of green,
helping pick fresh tomatoes and cucumbers in the garden and looking
forward to what she'd make for dinner. Whatever she was cooking up in
her kitchen, we knew we were going to have seconds...those treasured
recipes have been passed down through generations.
Grandma's tried & true classics were our inspiration for this
collection and 101 Farmhouse Favorites is filled with flavorful dishes
that'll make meals memorable no matter where you serve them. We hope
they'll inspire warm memories of your own!
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Cayenne Fried Chicken
This recipe comes to us from Vickie's own kitchen. She writes, "Warm up with this hot & spicy version of classic fried chicken...we guarantee you'll come back for seconds!"
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2-1/2 c. milk
2 T. plus 4 drops hot pepper sauce
1 t. salt
3/4 c. all-purpose flour, divided
3/4 c. butter, melted
6 T. oil
1/2 t. garlic powder
1 t. fresh chives, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Place chicken in a deep bowl. Cover with milk; add 2 tablespoons hot sauce and salt. Let stand for one hour. Remove chicken and coat with 6 tablespoons flour; set milk mixture aside. Heat 1/3 cup butter and oil in a large skillet. Cook chicken in butter mixture until browned on both sides and no longer pink in the middle; set aside. Drain skillet, reserving 3 tablespoons drippings in skillet. Add remaining butter and flour; stir until browned. Pour reserved milk into skillet. Add garlic powder, chives, remaining hot sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Spoon sauce over chicken before serving. Serves 4.
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Green Bean Bundles
Wendy Sensing of Brentwood, Tennessee shared this easy and delicious recipe with us. She writes, "This is one of our favorite side dishes to bring to church get-togethers...the dish always comes home empty!"
3 14-1/2 oz. cans whole green beans,
drained
8 slices bacon, cut in half crosswise
6 T. butter, melted
1/2 c. brown sugar, packed
2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced
Gather beans in bundles of 10; wrap each bundle with a half-slice of bacon. Arrange bundles, seam-side down, in a lightly greased 13"x9" baking pan. Mix melted butter, brown sugar and garlic in a small bowl; spoon over bundles. Cover and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake an additional 15 minutes. Serves 6.
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Super Berry Crisp
Sandy Widdows from Tucson, Arizona sent us this recipe. She writes, "I made this recipe one day with only the ingredients I had on hand. It turned out to be one of my husband's favorites...now I make it all the time!"
21-oz. can cherry pie filling
2 c. fresh blueberries
1/4 c. butter
1/3 c. long-cooking oats, uncooked
1/3 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 c. brown sugar, packed
1 t. sugar
1/4 t. cinnamon
Garnish: whipped cream
Pour pie filling into an ungreased 9" pie plate; fold in blueberries. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add remaining ingredients except garnish to melted butter, stirring to coat well. Spread oat mixture over fruit in pie plate. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes, or until topping is crisp and golden. Garnish individual servings with whipped cream. Serves 8.
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This cookbook made me long for summer and fresh veggies from the garden. I can't wait to cook and can recipes from this cookbook later this summer! There are also cute-as-a-button copy and cut canning labels in the back of the cookbook that will come in handy!
Each recipe has a yummy full color photo (my favorite part). Farmhouse Favorites reminds us of memories at Grandma's house sitting on the porch and sipping lemonade. Her meals were always made with love and those treasured recipes were passed down from one generation to the next. Those are the mouth watering, tried & true classics where Gooseberry Patch got their inspiration for this cookbook.
Farmhouse Favorites has 101 recipes that range from salads, appetizers, breakfasts, dinners, desserts and canning. The recipes remind me of comfort things like wrapping up in a warm blanket or eating mom's chicken soup when you feel sick.
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