Christmas Breakfast Cake

We have many Christmas Traditions here at The Cottonwood House!

We thought we would share one of our Favorites with You. 

Christmas Breakfast Cake 

Every Christmas Morning our Kids, (and now their kids!) line up Youngest to Oldest, and one by one walk into the living room to see what Santa has brought them! Each squeal makes our kids that are patiently waiting their turn more and more anxious to see what their siblings received, and to see what is waiting for them! 

As wrapping paper is thrown every which way, the aroma of Christmas Breakfast Cake fills our home! Our children always count down the minutes until this delicious cake is done baking. 

Our Oldest Daughter, Stephani, with our Twin Girls, Elizabeth and Emily. 

Each Child opens their presents individually, to make the joy and excitement of Christmas morning last just a little longer! 

Finally when the presents are unwrapped, the colorful wrapping paper and shiny bows are thrown away, (and my husband and I are ready for a nap!) its time for breakfast! 

So without Further Ado... 

Christmas Breakfast Cake

3 Cups Flour

2 TBS Baking Powder

1 Cup Sugar 

A Pinch of Salt 

1 Cup Shortening 

1/3 Cups Milk 

2 Eggs

Mix together Flour, Baking Powder, Sugar, and Salt.

Add Milk and Eggs. 

Blend Well. 

Pour into GREASED 9"X11" Pan.

8 TBS Flour 

12 TBS Sugar 

6 TBS Butter 

1 TSP Cinnamon 

1/2 Cups Brown Sugar

Combine together and mix well. Sprinkle on top of batter.

Bake at 375 for 30-40 minutes, or until center is done. 

All 8 of our Children: Elizabeth, Emily, Autumn, Stephani, Camela, Jeremiah, Allae, and Samantha. Circa 1996

We hope you enjoy this yummy Christmas Tradition as much as we do! 

What are some of your favorite Holiday Traditions? 

This Day of Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving!

May your day be Peaceful, Full of Smiles and Giving Thanks for all your Blessings!

From all of us here at the Cottonwood House

Duncan, Sandra and our Children:

Stephani, Elizabeth, Emily, Camela, Jeremiah, Samantha, Allae and Autumn

Their Spouses:  Corey, Zach, Trevor, MaKenzie, Colton, Alecc

And our Sweet Grandchildren:

 John, Madison, James, Emma,

Eli, Kelsie, Kira, Karly

Logan, Owen, Evan

Jack

Sawyer and Jane

                                                      

Free Sample

Another Beautiful Sunny Day here at the Cottonwood House!

I am so excited for Everyone to try out our

New Olde Pantry Gobnaut Ware line of Candles, Melting Loaves and Room Spray, that 

I have decided to tuck one Free Sample of our Primitive Pantry Scent Melting Loaf into Each Order received until December 24th!

Try out the Sample and let me know how you like it via Email and you will get your next order of Gobnaut Wares 20% off!

Order anything from our Website and you qualify for our Free Sample!

Happy Melting!

The End of the Month is near so watch out for our

New Wool Bundle Give Away!

This month our Wool Bundle is "Vintage Snow"!  

Packed with Luscious Creams and Whites for all those Snow Men! 

Olde Pantry

Olde Pantry Gobnaut Wares!

Oh dear, you might ask what is a Gobnaut Ware??  I wanted our new line of Candles, Melting Loaves and Room Spray to have a unique name...so I began to think of all the things that are associated with candles etc. but could not come up with anything that was different....Then my thoughts turned to Bee Keeping, which is something that has always intrigued me especially in the Early Days of this Country.  I kept researching and my mind turned to my Ancestors who came from Ireland....

Then the name Abigail Gobnaut came up.  I was very impressed with the "Folktale" about her Bees and Beekeeping...a story which has been handed down for Generations.  In fact, Abigail earned the title of Patron Saint of Beekeeping.

The Tale?  Abigail used her Bees to fight off Marauding Cattle Thieves!  

As Legend goes, she turned her Bees into Soldiers and her Beehives into Helmets!

Way to go Abigail....!?!

So, in Her Honor we are naming our new Candle Line Olde Pantry Gobnaut Wares!

It took 3 years for us to find a product that we felt was true to the 1894 Cottonwood House Spirit!

You will be receiving the Best of the Best!

Great Look and Heavily Scented!

*Primitive Pantry

*Apple Jack Peel

*Pumpkin Patch

1894 Cottonwood House

Candles, Melting Loaves and Room Spray

                                                                    

In The Meadow

Here are my sketches for the latest pattern in our 

Old Bread Board Series

#4

In the Meadow

Watch for the release on Friday!

                                                                   

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bliss

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bliss

I just finished mixing ANOTHER batch of these amazing Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Not only are the Cookies DELICIOUS, but I love that I can make up a big batch and then freeze the dough to bring out at a later date!

Hungry for just a Cookie or two?

Want a Hot Treat for when the Kids get home from school

or when Unexpected Guests arrive?

The work is already done, just pull dough out of Freezer and Bake!

You have to try THIS ONE!

THANKS RED HEADED HOSTESS!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bliss

In Mixer add:

1 cup Shortening

2 sticks of Butter, at room temperature

1 cup Sugar

1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar

Cream together until light and fluffy.

Add to mixture:

2 large Eggs

2 teaspoons Vanilla

Mix in a separate bowl, sift together:

4 cups of Flour

1 teaspoon Salt

2 teaspoons Baking Soda

Add a cup at a time to the mixture.

Mix until blended.

Add:

1 package of Chocolate Chip Chunks

1 package of Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

Roll into balls.

Put in Plastic Bag and Freeze.

To Bake:

Heat oven to 375 Degrees.

Bake 8-12 minutes or until they start to brown.

CHOCOLATE CHIP BLISS!

                                                         

                                                                                                                         

                                                         

                                                         

2016 Pure and Simple Calendar

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We just opened up a package full of our new 2016 "Pure and Simple" Calendars!

The photographs are amazing!

What better way to keep that Feeling of Olde, Love of Country and Respect for our American Past in our Thoughts Daily!

Pure and Simple! 

Take a peek at some of pages!

                                                                            

                                                                                                          

                                                                                                  

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

January Flight

Just about ready to assemble the Newest Pattern....

Designed to chase the January Blues Away....

Entitled "January Flight"....

NEW WOOL

NEW WOOL!  NEW WOOL!  NEW WOOL!

Today we are busy sorting and tagging our New Wool Bundles!

With names like Lakeside, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Magdalena's Accents,

Cabin in the Woods, Magdalena's Stripes and The Golden Daze, you can only imagine how gorgeous they are!

We will be putting these Latest Bundles up on our Website tomorrow!

WARNING!  They sell quickly!

                                                                   

  Did you know we how have THIRTY of the most amazing Wool Bundles?

A Simply Vintage Christmas Sneak Peek!

Sneak Peek!

Getting ready to finish up another Wool and Needle Art Pattern!

Do you LOVE Vintage Red Work?

Then you will LOVE our Newest Pattern!

#263 "A Simply Vintage Christmas!" 

Watch for the release next week!

Pumpkin Stems Sneak Peek

Don't throw out those Pumpkin Stems just yet! 

Tomorrow we will be releasing to the public our most popular pattern from the Quilt Market! 

Hint: You will need your Pumpkin Stems! :) 

CONGRATS to Lisa D. our WINNER of our "Happy Holidays" Wool Bundle GIVEAWAY!

If you entered our GIVEAWAY, enjoy 10% OFF your next purchase! Available through December 2nd, 2015!

See our Facebook page for more details!