blue
2009
I love blue.
[ vintage stove top coffee percolator - thrifted from Lifeline - bubbling away, a la Snow Falling on Cedars, filling my kitchen with the lovely aroma of fresh coffee ]
Especially with white.
[ apple puddings - like Yorkshire puddings - baked in the muffin tray for breakfast and dressed with icing sugar - recipe below ]
And red.
This quilt – finished a year after starting :-), and acknowledging that no, I could not find any more grey/blue spot for the borders and that I would just have to think a bit creatively and use something else – is imbuing the very air in the back garden with a cool soft blue.
I do so love these little houses – I’d like to live on one of those rolling hills one day.
Of course, it’s not really finished is it! Now I have to quilt it. I’ve got the batting. I’ve got the backing. But where to pin it out … hmmm ….
Okay – whilst we ponder where to pin out the quilt, how about we make some apple puddings … inspired by Mollie Katzen’s recipe here.
Breakfast Apple Puddings
Tools:
pastry brush
grater
muffin Pan
large mixing bowl
measuring cup
beater (hand or electric)
serving dish
butter knife
small sieve
Ingredients:
2 tbspns butter
2 apples
2 eggs
1 cup of full cream milk
1 cup self raising flour
pinch of salt
icing sugar
Method:
Heat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
Place butter in one of the muffin holes and place the muffin tin in the heated oven for a few minutes to melt the butter.
Remove from oven and using the pastry brush, swirl the melted butter around each of the muffin holes.
Wash apples, roughly chop, and grate. Put a small handful of grated apple in each of the muffin holes.
In the large mixing bowl, beat the two eggs until frothy. Add milk and flour and salt. Beat again until the batter is smooth and light.
Pour over the grated apple.
Pop in the oven and bake for 30 minutes until golden and fluffy.
Flip out of muffin tin with a butter knife, place in serving dish, dust with icing sugar and eat whilst hot and yummy!
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We had that coffee pot — well, OK, we had the version that plugged in to the wall. I had a plastic play version. All to go along with the matching Corningware dishes and casseroles. LOVE the quilt, Lily! THAT BORDER! Oh my. All of those lovely dots and stripes and those wee houses. Yes, find a place to pin that right away because I want to see more of that quilt. The apple puddings look and sound delicious. I’ll bet the house smells wonderful when they’re baking…mmmm….
oooh that coffee pot brings back a memory or two…I’m sure both my mom and grandmother each had one….wish they still made things like that!
that looks like a really yummy recipe…we’ll definitely give that one a try. and your quilt is lovely…I just posted about the beauty of things in the state they are, even if that is incomplete. your quilt is lovely…I love the little houses too!
Oooh sounds so yummy! I’ll try them tomorrow and see how the boys like them. Thanks for the recipe, and I too love the little houses.
I have that coffee pot! I’m not sure if mine’s the plug in kind or not – it was my grandmother’s, but something in the interior got broken. I should figure out what it was and get it fixed. I love the quilt! The colors and the houses are just wonderful.
all that is lost on the ‘net.Which raises the obvious question of why I’m bothering to comment. But like I said earlier, I like irony! :-)
I like the coffee pot with its lovely design. Hmmm… and those apple pudings look delicious, I certainly like to try making them sometime. And your quilttop is beautiful, I love the houses on the hills too! Great post!
I love those houses!
I just tried those Apple Puddings … yummy warm and cool. They’ll go to the football tailgate tomorrow. Thanks for the recipe and the look at your stunning quilt.
Such an enjoyable read, and fantastic comments
Ah, there’s that lovely house fabric again! Teamed with polka dots and the rest it’s a lovely quilt top! And the apple puddings look yummy enough for me to consider going out in the pouring rain to buy some flour…
I think we all remember that coffee pot, lol.
I have blue stuff, but I don’t do blue anymore.
Debbie
Wow, Lily, another quilt: you must be the Quilt Queen by now! How did you start?
such coziness and lovely things in your photos!
Hi Lily,
Now I know we were fated to be together. I’m your Vintage Swap partner and that lovely coffee pot looks like the one I grew up with. My mother made coffee in that every morning of my live long life. Love your blog, it’s just so cozy. An email is coming. Take Care.
oh, just gorgeous quilt!