Homemade Cooking Co.

Market season is upon us!
We will be at the Quality Inn and Suites from 9:30 - 12:30 May 2nd.

Who’s ready for Market Season?

I am!! Join us this Saturday May 2nd for our first Summer Market of the year!

Vendors that will be joining us this week:

Duane Erickson - Artist
Watkins and Crafts
Homemade Cooking Co.
Allium Acres
The Pillownook
Shady Orchard & Winery
Annie Oakley Greenhouse
Claudie Girls Jewelry
Prangs Yummy Spring Rolls
White Lightning Distillery
Hot Off The Press
Kim’s Krafts
Varenyky Co. - frozen Ukrainian food
Granny M’s
Maiden Manzanal-Frank - Author
The Hungry Highwayman

65 Days until Christmas!

This Cranberry square is a perfect addition to your Christmas baking line up. With the almond flavored shortbread crust and gooey cranberry filling, it is perfect for the season.

Instructions:

- Cook cranberries, sugar, and water in a pot on medium heat. Stir frequently and mash your cranberries for about 15 minutes, until your sauce thickens. Let cool.

- Prepare a 9x13 pan with spray oil and parchment paper.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

- In a bowl, mix all ingredients for your crust together untill you have a wet but crumbly mixture.

- Use half to 2/3 of your crust mixture for your base, ( I like a little thicker crust, with just a little on the top ). Pat down into a solid crust. Poke with a fork to ensure your crust doesn't bubble.

- Bake crust for 10 minutes in a 350 degree oven, until the edges are just showing a hint of color.

- Spread cranberry sauce over the hot crust, and sprinkle the top with remaining base mixture.

- Bake for 40-50 minutes at 350 degrees until the top is golden brown.

- Cool completely before you slice into square.

66 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!

We are starting our Christmas baking recipe series. Get ready for 66 perfect recipes to add to your Christmas baking line up!

Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
- In a large bowl, beat butter, sugars, egg and vanilla for a couple minutes. Your butter mixture should be light and fluffy with no chunks in it.
-Add your dry ingredients to your bowl and mix together until combined.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop your dough and roll to make balls. Roll the balls in your cinnamon and sugar mixture to coat, and place on your baking sheet.
- Bake cookies for 8-12 minutes until golden on the edges.
- Let cookies cool for 3-5 minutes before trasnferring to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

These cookies can be enjoyed warm or cooled.

Pre-order Menu for the Week of October 19-25. Make sure to get your orders in by Friday October 24th at noon to meet at the Pick up locations.

This weeks Pick up locations are Oct. 25 in Rimbey from 10am - 11am in the Co-op Parking lot. Ponoka from 12pm-4pm at Market on Main located at the Riverbank Common on 50th street.

October 26th in Red Deer from 12:30 pm - 1:30pm in the AMA parking lot located at Southpoint Common. And Lacombe from 2:15pm - 3:15pm in the Parking lot at Michner Park.

**Reminder** All orders made between now and December 15th will be entered into our Christmas Giveaway draw!

This old fashioned Banana Bread recipe is sure to please!

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray your loaf pans with nonstick spray or line them with parchment paper.
2. In your mixing bowl mash up your bananas with a fork or potato masher.
3. Add your sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla. In your mixer, using the whisk attachment, mix all your ingredients until combined.
4. Sift in your flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined.
5. Pour batter into your prepared loaf pans and bake for 50-60 minutes.
6. Let cook for 10-15 minutes and remove from pan.
7. Serve warm or when completely cooled.

Note: You can add 1 cup of chopped pecans, walnuts, or chocolate chips if desired.

With the outdoor market season that has come to the end for this year we will be moving to pre-order for the next 5- 6 months. Every week there will be an menu posted for orders and orders need to be in and prepaid by Friday's at noon to ensure you will get your order at the delivery location.

This weeks delivery locations will be Oct. 18 in Rimbey from 10am -11am in the Co-op parking lot. And Ponoka from 12pm-4pm at Market on Main located at Riverbank Common on 50th street.

Oct. 19th Red Deer from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm in the AMA parking lot located at Southpoint Common. And Lacombe from 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm in the parking lot at Michner Park.

Christmas Market Dates will be posted later this week.

Bonus! We will be giving away 2 Christmas variety trays this year valued at $50 each. Each tray will include 48 pieces of delicious Christmas baking. All orders made between now and December 15th will automatically be entered into our draw. Draw will be made December 19th and delivery on December 21st.

DM to place your orders by Friday! :)