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Pumpkin Spice Sourdough Loaf

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Kristin McConnell

Hi!! I’m Kristin McConnell, I am so glad you are here! I am a wife to my amazing husband and a Mom of two fabulous kids. I love gardening, raising chickens, bee keeping and baking sourdough bread!

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livesimplywithkristin

I’m a wife and mom who loves to share about my chickens, garden, beekeeping, and everyday life! (formerly: Innovativehealthandfitness)

Happy 90th Birthday Grandma!! Love you! Hope you a

Happy 90th Birthday Grandma!! Love you! Hope you are enjoying your special day! 🩷🥳🎉

#seniorsunday Nutcracker 2014 Class of 2025

#seniorsunday Nutcracker 2014 Class of 2025

#seniorsunday Class of 2025 @gillian_mcconne11

#seniorsunday Class of 2025 @gillian_mcconne11

🍎🥧 Apple Hand Pies! 🍎🥧 • 2 Pillsbury

🍎🥧 Apple Hand Pies! 🍎🥧
• 2 Pillsbury Pie Crust (or homemade crust!)
• Apple Pie Filling
Cinnamon (optional)
• Egg wash (optional! But makes it toasty brown - 1 egg brushed on top of pies right before baking)
• Sugar

1.) Rollout pie crust.
2.) Place second pie crust on top first pue crust
3.) With a toothpick trace out design.
4.) Take a knife and cut out design making sure to cut through both crusts.
5.) Remove top pie crust set to the side.
6.) Cut design out of top layer of crust.
7.) Fill bottom crust with filling
8.) Place top crust over pie filling.
9.) Take a fork and press both crusts together.
10.) Brush egg wash on top of pies.
11.) Sprinkle with sugar
12.) Bake 450*F for 15 minutes or bake according to pie crust instructions.

Enjoy!!
Made these with my son for Thanksgiving! @king_jackerson

#handpies #thanksgiving #baking #bakingseason #momandson

🍎🥧 Apple Hand Pies! 🍎🥧 • 2 Pillsbury

🍎🥧 Apple Hand Pies! 🍎🥧
• 2 Pillsbury Pie Crust (or homemade crust!)
• Apple Pie Filling
Cinnamon (optional)
• Egg wash (optional! But makes it toasty brown - 1 egg brushed on top of pies right before baking)
• Sugar

1.) Rollout pie crust.
2.) Place second pie crust on top first pue crust
3.) With a toothpick trace out design.
4.) Take a knife and cut out design making sure to cut through both crusts.
5.) Remove top pie crust set to the side.
6.) Cut face of ghost out of top layer of crust.
7.) Fill bottom crust with filling
8.) Place top crust over pie filling.
9.) Take a fork and press both crusts together.
10.) Brush ehg wash on top of pies.
11.) Sprinkle with sugar
12.) Bake 450*F for 15 minutes or bake according to pie crust instructions

Enjoy!!
Made these with my daughter for Thanksgiving! @gillian_mcconne11

#handpies #thanksgiving #baking #bakingseason #momanddaughter

#seniorsunday Class of 2025!! 👩🏼‍🎓 My b

#seniorsunday Class of 2025!! 👩🏼‍🎓 My beautiful ballerina! 🩰 Spring Recital 2013!

December 1st Garden Raised Bed Tour! 👩🏼‍🌾🌱 #zone5b #gardentour #colorado #chickens #crazychickenlady

Another fantastic Thanksgiving in the books! 🦃

Another fantastic Thanksgiving in the books! 🦃 So very thankful for my family! 🩷

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁 🧡

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁 🧡

Turkey Shaped Sourdough Place your sourdough onto

Turkey Shaped Sourdough

Place your sourdough onto a piece of parchment paper.
At the top of your ball cut at an angle leaving about 1-2 inches at the top.

Do this on both sides making the wings.
Fold the two pieces onto the top of the dough.

TIP: if they wont stay use a toothpick to hold it together.
Next cut at a diagonal on the bottom portion of your dough completely cutting through do this on both sides, making the legs place on dough a little bit lower on then where you cut from cross the ends together.

Score your sourdough along the belly of your turkey on the bottom portion optional you can do this on the top portion as well.

Placed your sourdough with the parchment paper into your warmed Dutch oven. Add some ice cubes around the edge of the Dutch oven to creates steam bake at 450*F for 20 minutes with a lid on, remove the lid and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes. Let rest for an hour or two hours, and then enjoy
#turkeysourdough #homemade #sourdough #thanksgiving

#seniorsunday Class of 2025!!

#seniorsunday Class of 2025!!

Chocolate Acorns! Perfect for Thanksgiving treat!

Chocolate Acorns! Perfect for Thanksgiving treat! 🍽🦃

Ingredients
* 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
* 50 mini Nilla wafer cookies
* 50 milk chocolate Hershey’s kisses , unwrapped
* 50 mini chocolate chips

Instructions
* Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
* In a small microwave safe bowl, melt the semisweet chocolate chips in the microwave for about 45 seconds; stir until smooth. Continue microwaving in 15 second intervals, if necessary. Using a spatula, transfer melted chocolate to a small Ziploc bag; snip off a tiny corner.
* Pipe a small amount of the chocolate onto the flat side of each cookie and immediately press a Hershey’s kiss on top to attach it. Place on the prepared baking sheet, cookie side down, and repeat with the remaining cookies and kisses; place in the freezer for 5 minutes to set.
* Pipe a smidge of the melted chocolate onto a mini chocolate chip and attach it to the top of the wafer to create the stem.
* Place back onto the baking sheet until all the acorns are finished. Freeze for another 5 minutes to set completely.

#holidaytreats #holidays #chocolate #chocolateacorn #chocolateacorntreat #thanksgiving #baking #nobake #nobaketreats #thanksgivingcookies #cookies #vanillawaffers #waffers #hersheys #hersheykisses #hersheyskisses #reels #trending #trendingaudio #bakingrecipes #recipes

Jalapeño Poppers! Perfect game day snack! • 8 j

Jalapeño Poppers!
Perfect game day snack!
• 8 jalapeño
• 8oz Cream Cheese, softened
• 16 pieces of bacon

Cut jalapeño’s in half, remove seeds.
Fill jalapeño halves wirh cream cheese.
Wrap bacon around the jalapeños.
Bake at 350°F for 35-40 minutes.
Enjoy!
#jalapeño #jalapenopoppers #snacks

What a fun Sunday afternoon! Went Glow Golfing tod

What a fun Sunday afternoon! Went Glow Golfing today with Ryan and Gillian!!

Sourdough Pretzel Bites! These are quick and eas

Sourdough Pretzel Bites!

These are quick and easy to make!
175g Water
5g Sugar
145g Sourdough Discard
285g Flour
8g yeast
6g Salt
•Add water, sugar and yeast. Let rest for 5 minutes or until bubbly.
• Mix remaining ingredients together
• Need for 5 to 8 minutes until smooth and elastic
• Cover dough and set aside until it doubles in size. About an hour and a half.
• Roll out the dough into bite-size pieces.
• Put onto a tray.
Make the baking soda wash, this will give it the pretzel taste.
Baking Soda Wash
• 120 g Hot Water
• 15 g Baking Soda Mix until dissolved.
•Brush baking soda wash on the pretzel bites or dunk them into the bowl and then place back onto the tray.
•Let the pretzel bites rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 500°F
• bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until Golden Brown.
• Melt 4 tablespoons of butter, brush, butter onto pretzel bites. • Sprinkle with salt
• Let cool and enjoy. #pretzelbite #pretzelbites #sourdoughe #sourdoughpretzelbites

🌿 Freeze Drying Herbs! 🌿 Basil, Parsley and

🌿 Freeze Drying Herbs! 🌿
Basil, Parsley and Oregano
Total time to freeze dry was 12 hours!

I started by harvesting my herbs from my garden. Rinsed with water.
Removed the steams and any bad leaves.
I placed a single layer of each herb on the trays.
I took a paper towel and blotted each try to remove any extra water.
Placed each tray in the freeze dryer and turned on the freeze dryer.

After it was done I put them into mason jars with an oxygen absorber.

I love having fresh herbs from my garden right in my pantry! #herbs #freezedryer #harvestrightfreezedryer

🍓 Chocolate Covered Strawberry Turkey’s! 🍓

🍓 Chocolate Covered Strawberry Turkey’s! 🍓🦃 #thanksgiving #dessert #strawberries #chocolate #chocolatecoveredstrawberries

Fall Sourdough Scoring! 🍁🍂 Pro Tip: Soak the

Fall Sourdough Scoring! 🍁🍂
Pro Tip: Soak the string in olive oil before baking! This will prevent the string from sticking! #sourdough #scoring #sourdoughscoring

Senior Sunday! 🩷 Class of 2025!! #seniorsunday

Senior Sunday! 🩷 Class of 2025!! #seniorsunday

Bacon Jalapeño Cheddar Sourdough Make your sourd

Bacon Jalapeño Cheddar Sourdough

Make your sourdough the night before.
The next day chop your ingredients.

Preheat the oven to 450*F with the Dutch oven inside.
150g Cheddar cheese cubed
60g Jalapeño chopped (about 2 jalapeños)
159g Cooked Bacon chopped

Preform one shaping and let the sourdough rest for 15-20 minutes.

For the second shaping we will add the inclusions.

Stretch your dough into a rectangle add a 3rd of the cheese, jalapeño and bacon.
Fold one side half way. Add another 3rd of the ingredients on the folded sides.
Bring the other side on top and the remaining ingredients.
Roll the dough up onto itself.
Start the pushing and pulling making your dough into a ball. Tucking the end up.
Place on parchment paper and put into warmed Dutch oven. Add a few ice cubes to create steam.
Bake at 450*F with the lid on for 30 minutes.
Take lid off and bake for another 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Let rest for an hour then enjoy!!

#sourdoughjourney #sourdoughstarter
#homestead #organic #baking #bread #healthyguthealth #fromscratch #homemade #sourdoughbread #baking #recipe #recipes #homemadesourdough #homemadesourdoughbread #homemadebread #organic #breadflour #baconjalapeñocheddarsourdough

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