Shop Hopping!

"We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young."~Amish Proverb


     For quilters, this past week was one of the most fun of the whole year.  Yes, it was shop hop and I had tons of fun going to the different quilt shops with my youngest daughter and one of my closest friends.  The theme for the Utah Shop Hop this year was "Quilts on Broadway".  Here are a few of the highlights.

 

 

Here's one more Amish recipe that I tried tonight and the family loved it.  It has only four ingredients!

 

 

Baked Ranch Chicken Breast

           1 (1oz.) packet ranch dressing mix                             6-8 pieces chicken breast

           2 cups bread crumbs                                                    1 stick butter, melted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine ranch dressing mix and bread crumbs.  Dip chicken breasts in melted butter and then in bread crumb mixture.  Bake on foil-lined baking sheet uncovered for 30 minutes or until done.

     My oldest daughter found this recipe on the back of the oatmeal canister.  She had to try it out and we all enjoyed the fruits of her labors.

 

 

Raspberry Coconut Bars

¾ cup butter                                                    2 cups sweetened coconut (divided)

¾ cup brown sugar                                          1 ½ cups old fashioned oatmeal

¼ cup granulated sugar                                  ¾ cup raspberry preserves (jam)

1 cup flour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together until fluffy.  Add flour, 1 cup coconut and oatmeal; mix together.  Set aside 1 cup of dough.  Press remaining dough evenly over bottom of a 9x13” pan.  Spread raspberry preserves over the dough.  Crumble remaining dough over the preserves.  Sprinkle 1 cup of coconut over the dough.  Bake for 25 minutes.  Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.  Cut into squares and serve. 

 

     I found this book in one of the Amish gift shops in Pennsylvania while we were there.  I had to come home and download it on my kindle because it sounded so intriguing.  This is about an Amish man who ends up running for president and surprisingly the American people are ready to have a candidate that has some old-fashioned values.  I am almost finished reading it.  I had better go now and finish up the last few chapters!