giving thanks to the Lord for His bountiful blessings.
We remember Psalm 100 today;it is certainly a thankful psalm!
PSALM 100
A Psalm for giving thanks.
1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
5 For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
Susanna dressed up as a Pilgrim first
Then she dressed up as an Indian!
Pretty cute Indian!
Paradise Pumpkin Pie
Harvest Pie
This evening our Grandparents, affectionately called Memaw and Papa,
came over to enjoy a meal and then make an annual holiday treat.
Peppernuts!
What are peppernuts??
Peppernuts may taste like cookies, but they are smaller-much smaller-
about the size of a hazelnut or dime. Ladies used to take pride in how
small they could make them. Grandmothers rivaled the size of large peas.
Others painstakingly cut theirs in perfect little circle using a sewing
thimble for a cutter.
-Peppernuts, Plain and Fancy
A Christmas Tradition from Grandmother's Oven
by Norma Jost Voth
First we make the dough.....A total of 20 c. of flour,
as well as various spices such as cinnamon, allspice, ginger,
and real pepper! Our recipe also includes anise oil.
Other variations include gumdrops, nuts, coconut, dried fruit, etc.
Then we roll the dough out in to long ropes, "snakes!"
Susanna and Caroline helping
Our "snakes"
Dad enthusiastically cutting the peppernuts!
Papa is our best cutter!
Good thing we have a double oven...
We can get 6 pans in there at one time!
Precisely cut and uniform!
The finished product! Almost 3 gallons...Stop by and try one! (or two)
We also got to sing some hymns!
what a fun tradition! After seeing how helpful you all were in our kitchen I am sure things went very smoothly!
ReplyDeleteScott is done with the academy and we are sooo glad! WE thought we would like to get together with you guys and Kroekers for some caroling some evening in the next few weeks. I will give you a call and maybe we can work things out!
Ah--- Noah made peppernuts one time-- they were gone SO fast!! Those two pies look absolutely DELICIOUS!! Mmmmm......they really make my mouth water! :)
ReplyDeleteHope your family is doing well-- we so glad Lydia & her family are near you all.
With Love,
~Elizabeth-- for all the Ulmers