Amish Pecan Pumpkin Dessert

2 cans (15oz) solid pack pumpkin
1 can evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pkg (18-1/4 oz.) yellow cake mix
1 cup butter or margarine, melted
1-1/2 cups chopped pecans

Frosting
1 pkg. (8oz.) cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (8oz.) cool whip

Coat a 9 X 13 cake pan with non-stick cooking spray, set aside.

In a mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, milk, sugar, beat in eggs and vanilla.

Pour into prepared pan.

Sprinkle with dry cake mix and drizzle with melted butter. Sprinkle with pecans. Bake 350 degrees for 1 hour or until golden brown.

Cool completely in pan.

In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Fold in whipped cream topping, frost dessert, store in refrigerator.

Turkey Box Call Kit

If you are going to take your youngster on his or her first spring turkey hunt, why not make it a cherished life long memory with a turkey call they built themselves? We offer one of our most popular Turkey Box Call now in a kit form. Everything is cut, sanded and ready to finish. They make a wonderful kids project, father and son project or a nice handmade gift. This is a project that will provide life long memories, sure to become a family heirloom. Prefect to add carvings or wood burned pictures of the favorite hunting event. See all of our hunting calls and our new all-in-one Combo Turkey Locator and Box call all at http://www.cottagecraftworks.com click on hunting calls then click on turkey calls.

Cottage Craft Works offers a varied range of handcrafted high quality products, hunting calls and custom gun stocks are just a part of our products. Be sure to log on and check out our home, kitchen, Amish furniture, wine, and artisan products.

Spring Turkey Hunting Season

Spring Turkey Season is just around the corner. If your looking for a new turkey call, we might just have what you have been looking for. Our Amish handcrafted turkey calls are nice enough to display during the off season and ready to bring in the big one during the season. Our most popular half moon calls come in different hardwoods options. Our slate calls are perfectly balance and sound good without any surface prep. Our newest combo call is ready for action, this all-in-call places a owl, crow, and hawk locator calls, tucked neatly under a traditional turkey box call. Nothing like it on the market. See more at http://www.cottagecraftworks.com

*CUSTOM CUT* Gun Stocks

Cottage Craft Works offers a full range of Custom Cut Gun Stocks to fit almost any shotgun or riffle. Stock blanks are cut and hand selected by the masters of gun stock craftsmen, whose trade, has been passed down from generation to generation. A wide selection is available of Beautiful wood grain Figure, in a multitude of hardwoods and Grade levels to choose from. Stocks are manufactured by a small cottage based company who has become one of the leading gun stock companies in the world, located in an area with of some of the highest grade of walnut and hardwood species to be found anywhere. See them at http://www.cottagecraftworks.com

Cottagecraftworks.com features other high quality handcrafted items from accomplished crafts people, and artisans all from the cottage based industries. Custom Gun Stocks is only a part of our featured handcrafted works of art. See more at http://www.cottagecraftworks.com

*GUN STOCKS* Beautiful Amish Handcrafted Carvings

Imagine exquisitely detailed images of your favorite hunting scenes—right on your gun stock! This talented Amish artisan can detail fabulous hunting scenes into your favorite gun stock, or one of our custom gun stocks. See on line at http:www.cottagecraftworks.com

Cottagecraftworks.com features other high quality handcrafted items from accomplished crafts people, and artisans all from the cottage based industries. Custom Gun Stocks is only a part of our featured handcrafted works of art. See more at http://www.cottagecraftworks.com

*NEW* Combo Turkey/Crow/Owl/Hawk locator and hunting call Click Here;

Cottage Craft Works unveils their newest Combo Turkey call. This call will revolutionize the art of locating and calling turkeys. Fumbling for different locator calls, and then a turkey call is a thing of the past. This all-in-one turkey call combines a traditional turkey box call with a crow, owl, and hawk call all in one unit. This beautiful Amish handcrafted call is made of various hardwoods, including cherry, walnut, and mahogany.
View and purchase on line at http://www.cottagecraftworks.com, or click here
Cottagecraftworks.com is an online store, which provides various high quality handcrafted items from the cottage based industries. Our select craftsmen and artisans have spent years learning their craft; many trades have been passed down form generations.

Amish Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe

2c. granulated white sugar
2 Tbsp. peanut butter
1/2c. regular sweet milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Mix together sugar, peanut butter and milk.
Cook over medium heat until it forms a soft ball in cold water.
Remove from heat.
Add vanilla and cool slightly.
Beat until creamy and pour into a buttered dish.

Amish Cheese Ball Recipe

Cheese Ball
1 lb. sharp cheddar cheese
8 oz. cream cheese
1 jar Old English Cheese spread
1/2 Tbsp. garlic powder
1/2 Tbsp. onion powder
1 Tbsp. horseradish
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

Let cheeses stand at room temperature for several hours to soften.

Mix all ingredients together and chill several hours before serving.

Store in covered container.

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Amish Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Cinnamon Rolls
2c. Lukewarm water
1tsp. salt
1/2c. white sugar
2pkg. yeast
1/4c. vegetable oil
2 eggs
5-1/2-6c. flour
cinnamon
white sugar
butter

Mix water, salt 1/2c. white sugar, and yeast with wire whip. Stir in vegetable oil. Beat eggs in separate container and add to the mixture. Stir in flour. Dough should still be bit sticky. Let rise 5-10 minutes. Mix together cinnamon, and remaining sugar. Melt butter. Roll out dough, rub with butter, and sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mixture. Roll up into log, and lay slices in pan. Bake 325 degrees for 15 minutes.

http://www.cottagecraftworks.com features Amish made vintage style aprons

Amish Chicken Barbeque Sauce Recipe

This is very similar to the chicken barbecue sauce recipe used at the annual church festival when I was growing up in Northern Ohio. It is different than the traditional tomato based sauces. Really makes chicken taste good. Liz http://www.cottagecraftworks.com

Chicken Barbecue Sauce
1c butter- melted
1c cider vinegar
2c water
2tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1tbsp. Salt
1 tsp. pepper

Mix together and heat. Soak chicken in sauce before grilling. Baste chicken with sauce as it cooks.

Government Bans Handmade Toys for Christmas

Folks amongst all this talk about stimulus plans, and getting people back to work, our government is causing massive small business owners and not-for-profit groups to stop making generations of handmade toys. No one can afford the lab testing and label requirements set out in this new regulation. It's all about the lead scare from 2008 on China imported toys. The Act is known as the New requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) I won't go into a bunch of new information as the Internet is buzzing over this topic. It is confusing and it has people scared to death to make and sell almost anything, as it includes children up to the age of 12. Even libraries are concerned with the new requirements. There is some language that says parts of the requirements are postponed until 2010, but frankly I have taken all my hand crafted toys off my online store because it is so confusing. I'm afraid I could be fined or even go to prison. This is such of a ridiculous requirement, lead paint has been banned in the US for years. Many of my friends are Amish crafts people who depend on these products for their lively hood.

I want to bring your attention to this issue and the need to put a stop to it. Please join the cause, Face Book has a group just on this topic, Help Save Handmade Toys from the CPSIA. Below are all the sites working on this issue. Please take the time to join these groups.

Thanks

Liz

Sign our Petition
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/handmadetoys/

Show your Support: Become a Fan of the HTA
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Handmade-Toy-Alliance/43825506737

Join the discussion on change.org and contribute your ideas to our National Campaign geared toward fixing the CPSIA
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia

Write to your United States Congress Person and Senator to request changes in the CPSIA to save handmade toys. Use our sample letter or write your own-
http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/how-you-can-help

Toymakers & Toy-related Businesses:
Join the Handmade Toy Alliance
http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org

Everyone:
Join the CPSIA information group
http://cpsia-central.ning.com/

Donatations For Hunting Groups

I’m pleased to report we were able to donate several of our Amish crafted hunting calls to several not-for-profit groups and state chapters for annual banquets and fund raising projects. The Meade Natural Heritage Association (MNHA), NWTF and Indiana Whitetails Unlimited, Southwestern Pennsylvania Hunting Retriever Club, and Western New York Retriever Club, Inc., (WNYRC) we hope to make more donations next year based on our sales. Please join us in supporting these and all the great hunting groups.

Thanks,
Liz

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