December 2007

One rare day in December

Holiday Eggnog Bread

4 3/4 c. all purpose flour
3/4 c. sugar
4 t. baking powder
1/2 t. ground nutmeg
2 beaten eggs
2 3/4 c. eggnog
1/2 c. cooking oil
3/4 c. chopped pecans
3/4 c. snipped dried apricots ( or cranberries???)

icing:
2/3 c. sifted powdered sugar
2-3 t. eggnog

Stir together : flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg and 1/2 t. salt in a large mixing bowl. Combine eggs, eggnog and oil; add to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. Stir in pecans and dried fruit. Pour into two greased 8x4x2 loaf pans.
Bake : 350 oven 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. (Cover with foil after 40 minutes id bread browns too quickly.) Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool on racks. Wrap, store overnight in fridge.

Icing
Stir together the powdered sugar and 2 - 3 teaspoons of eggnog to make an icing of drizzling consistancy. Drizzle over the bread. Makes 2 loaves. 

Just a Few Patchwork Quilts

 

Be Careful What You Ask For (or promise)

So I needed a rainy day to gather my thoughts and ideas? Well it's raining and I'm still distracted by other things. The sumer was so beautiful and sunny here, a treat in the Pacific Northwest. We still have a few days left until fall and the weather has definately changed. The rain is welcome, but I wasn't ready for the drearyness. Sooo, I need to get focused on creating something. I need to be accountable so I'll put in print that I will start a bi-weekly journal quilt. OK big procrastination here.. I'll start next week! I really need to work on that. I am commiting though!

 

Pretty good work when I'm motivated huh?

What a View!

I finally posted a photo on the quiltshow page. It only took an hour and all I could get was one but that's progress, yes? I'm easily distracted, but if I can get the photo posted of today's bike ride you'll see why other things catch my attention. Awesome?