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Gingerbread in a Mason Jar {Mason Jar Mondays}

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Julie

When my kids were preschoolers, I was an assistant teacher at their school. My final year of teaching, I worked with a sweet lady who had been my son’s teacher when he was four.

I can’t remember the occasion, but I do remember giving her a small bouquet of flowers I arranged in a pickle jar I had saved.

I didn’t expect to get the jar back, but one day she came to me with the jar all cleaned up and empty. She handed it to me and thanked me for the flowers and then said, “My husband thought I should return this to you because it’s a really nice jar.”

I laughed and told her that although I liked the jar too, she could keep it because I had others at home. I saved my pickle jars because of the nice shape and didn’t mind giving them to others.

She thought it was kind of funny that her husband and I shared an appreciation for what she considered “throw away” jars.

Girl, if she only knew! I struggle with throwing away jars every time the jelly, the pickles or the maraschino cherries are gone! Jars are just so darn handy and they are also cute!

That’s why I’m so excited to be joining some very creative friends every third Monday of the month for “Mason Jar Mondays.”

Each month, we’ll bring you creative ideas using Mason jars. (more…)

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Apple Pumpkin Muffins Recipe

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Julie

I love recipes that are easy, delicious and freeze well – especially around the holidays.

When you have family coming in for Thanksgiving or Christmas, or if you just want a special treat in the morning and you don’t want to fuss, then these Apple Pumpkin Muffins are just the ticket for making ahead and freezing to serve when needed.

Of course, eating them fresh out of the oven is absolutely divine but, we all know that having something ready to go when things get busy is a sanity-saver – especially when you’re already destined for a full day in the kitchen.

Not only are these delicious, but they’re a great breakfast, brunch or snacking treat to make whenever you have leftover canned pumpkin (which happens to me after I make my banana pumpkin bread).

I’d love to tell you that I came up with this recipe on my own or that it’s been handed down generation after generation, but like many of my best recipes, it was discovered, tried and now cherished.

I like to share them on this blog in the same way I would to pass them on to a friend. After all, aren’t we all looking for great recipes?

I will always give credit where it is due if the recipe did not come from me. In this case, I would love to provide the online source where I got it from. I promise, I tried to get the original link to where I got these, but try as I might, I could not find it. So, I’m just going to tell you where it came from: the Good Morning Texas program on WFAA-TV. One of the anchors, Amy Vanderoef, shares many of her family recipes on the show and this one is a keeper. So, Amy, if you ever read this post, please send me the link!

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Apple-Pumpkin Muffins

2013-11-24 08:53:34

Delicious and easy muffins that freeze well.

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