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Winter has it’s ups and downs. The weather is often viewed as one of the downsides to the season but the upside is that it sends us indoors to the fire and the stove. Get all cozy this weekend and bake an easy fresh apple cake! Kiyokawa Orchards will have a great selection of apples and you’ll be able to taste them all. Pick up a bag and head home to whip up this simple cake, fill the house with spicy aromas! Feel free to make substitutions, like coconut oil for vegetable oil, brown sugar for white, and add more spices (ground ginger, cloves) and/or a drop of rum. If you add a drop of rum, add a bit more flour. Experiment! Bobs Red Mills 1 for 1 Gluten-Free flour works like a dream if you don’t want wheat. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/18049/grandmas-fresh-apple-cake/
More and more of us are pledging to buy local, support those who have businesses in our community. The Market has a variety of products that make great gifts. Skin care from Ess, JK Goats and Daisy Fed, wines from Kings Raven and Forest Edge wineries (2 Towns Cider is back next market), gorgeous hand-crafted wood items from Spindle and Fiber, fabric products from Sew Silly and the Rusted Nail has furniture and decor all made from recycled lumber. Put together a gift basket with jars of jam, lemon curd, nut butters, pickles, chili powder, coffee beans, honey, granola, Camelina oil and a cute apron or dish towel from Sew Silly. Market tokens make great gifts too. Buy $20 worth and we’ll give you a free market shopping bag and a schedule of the winter market…..everyone’s gotta eat right?! These tokens act like $5 bills and are accepted at all the vendors booths, customers who use them get cash change back.
While you are at the Market on Saturday enter to win a beautiful table and bench, hand-crafted by the Rusted Nail and donated to help us raise funds for the kids POP Club. Tickets are just $1 or 6 for $5. The drawing takes place at noon at the Dec. 17th Christmas Market, you do NOT need to be present to win! On Saturday we will also be giving out the City’s free SNOWFLAKE raffle tickets…..just text to the number on the back of the tickets and you are automatically entered to win the weekly $250 prizes and the grand $1000 prize. Get more tickets for every $25 you spend (plus Saturday is Double Ticket Day!) when you stop by the Info Booth.
Coin of the Realm is playing European Folk music this week, Cafe de Crepe and Saras Tamales will have hot food for your brunch, Birkeland Farms will also have hot cups of soup and Double Jump Coffee will have drinks to warm you up. Out this week is Fisher Farm (meats) back Dec.17 th. 34 vendors and a bunch of Holiday Fun will be at the Market this Saturday…….we hope you will be too!