Knitting, and Charity Knitting

Granddaughter Aurora modelling a
Snowtracks Hat.  It's really nice.

 I haven't blogged for a long time.  But that doesn't mean that I've not been busy.    I have been sewing and quilting lots.   I'm a cool weather knitter.  In the last month or so, I've been really enjoying my evening knitting while watching TV.   It's usually for about 2 hours.  Just relaxing and small projects.  Nothing too stressful.   I'm loving some of the new things to make knitting easier.   The 16" circulars are my particular love this past month as I've been knitting cabled hats.  I love the circulars that much, that I'm going to knit some hats for charity.  Much less fiddling with DPNs make the hats so quick to knit.  

Speaking of Charity knitting, I want you to know that ww
w.yarncanada.ca in partership with Bernat and Patons Yarn are giving away $4000 worth of yarn to charitable individuals/groups.   If you do charity knitting personally or in a group, please consider appying for this yarn.    

The details and application page is here: https://www.yarncanada.ca/for-good

Lemonless Lemon Bread (but has a nice lemon glaze)

1/2 cup butter

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1-1/2 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup milk

pinch of salt

grated rind of 1 lemon

1 cup walnuts, optional

Juice of 1 lemon

1/2 cup white sugar

Mix first three ingredients.  Mix baking powder into milk and add with flour and salt.   Add rind and walnuts and pour into sprayed/lined loaf pan.   Bake at 320 degrees F for 45 min or until done.

Mix Lemon juice and sugar and let sit while loaf is baking.  Pour over loaf as soon as it is taken from the oven.   Let cool slightly before removing from the loaf pan.

Banana Bread - My weekly standard recipe

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup shortening

3 crushed bananas

1 tsp soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups flour

1 tsp lemon juice

Mix until combined.  Cook at 350 F for 65 minutes in a greased/lined loaf pan.  

All Bran Cookies - Recipe taken from the side of the All Bran box

 1/2 cup shortening

1 egg

1 cup flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1/3 cup raisins

1/2 All Bran cereal

1 cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/3 cup chopped nuts

Mix all ingredients..  Using small pampered chef scoop, drop scoops onto a silpat on cookie sheet.   Bake at 350F for 10 - 12 min.  Makes 25 cookies.

Cinnamon Bread - My old standard recipe

1 cup white sugar

1/4 cup shortening

2 eggs

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 cups flour

1 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp Cinnamon, 3 tbsp sugar mix

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Mix all but cinnamon mix... pour half of the batter in greased/lined loaf pan.   sprinkle most of the cinnamon sugar mix.  Then carefully pour rest of batter over.   Bake for 65 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.   

 

Wasco Date Squares - My standard recipe

 Filling:

400 grams (3 cups0 pitted chopped dates

1.5 cups water

1 cup brown sugar

Crumble

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup butter

1 3/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats

Date Filling: place into a pot and cook over low heat for 10 min.  Stirring until thickened.

Mix crumble ingredients together...

Directions:  Heat oven to 400 F.  Grease pan 9 x 13 pan.  pour half of crumb mix into 9 x 13.   Carefully spread wth date filling.  Top with remaining crumb mix.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes...