Pumpkin pecan Cheeseball.

Pumpkin Pecan Cheeseball

2-8oz packages of cream cheese
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 cup Ordinary Evelyn's Pumpkin Butter
Chopped nuts (pecans)
Caramel topping (optional)

Beat cream cheese and sugar until thoroughly combined.  Add pumpkin butter and mix well.  Chill 1 hour until slightly set. Roll pumpkin mixture in nuts. Drizzle with caramel if desired. Serve with graham crackers, ginger snaps or vanilla wafers.

A visit to Ordinary Evelyn's

I had the pleasure of visiting my mother, Ordinary Evelyn this past fall.  She is trying to teach me how to make all of these wonderful creations.  We started the day with making pickled beets.  

 Cleaning the beets

 Bringing to a boil in the pickling juice and spices

Mom hand pouring the beets into each jar.   I lasted about 6 jars before my shoulder was killing me.  How does she do this--- jar after jar??    

 Beautiful beets 

9 dozen jars of finished product

Next up--  jams and jellies: 

 Elderberry juice

Cranberries coming to a boil

 More hand pouring into the jars 

 Adding the crushed walnuts

 Cranberry Walnut Jam

 Crabapple juice

Crabapple jelly

A little late on this posting.   What a special honor for Mrs. Evelyn!

WVDA HONORS FOUR “WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE” AT RECENT STATE FAIR OF WV

http://www.wvagriculture.org/news_releases/2014/9-10-14-use.html