Cranberry Pear Galette

This recipe is the perfect mix of tart cranberries, juicy pears, and flaky crust. It's absolutely delicious, so easy to make and did we mention it smells heavenly?! Perfect for Thanksgiving or even Christmas!

Filling:

Ingredients:

3 Cups Raw Sugar
3 Cups Spring Water + 1 tablespoon
3 Cups Fresh Cranberries
5 Cups of Pears Peeled and sliced
1 Tablespoon Corn Starch
1 Cinnamon Stick

Directions:

Dissolve sugar in water and bring to a boil, add cranberries and pears bring to a boil again. Mix cornstarch and water, and add to pear mixture while stirring. Cook for 10 minutes or until thick and bubbly.

Crust:

Ingredients:

1 1/4 Cups Organic Flour

1/2 Teaspoon Salt 

1/3 Cups Organic Butter cold

3-4 Tablespoons Cold Water 

Stir together flour and salt, slice butter into chunks and add to flour. Cut in the butter until crumbly, then add water. Mix until combined, refrigerate for 1 hour. 

Assembly:

1 Free Range Egg beaten

Roll out pie crust and place in a pie pan. Pour filling over the crust, and fold edges up. Brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until golden.

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Cozy Late Autumn Mantel

Christmas carols have come to the Cottage! I'm so excited about the move toward Christmas! It's my favorite thing to decorate for, I love the colors and the shift to warm and cozy. The feeling that even a simple candle can create. I love the smells and the sounds and the memories that find us this time of year. So I wanted to create a late autumn mantel that nods to the coming season but isn't smothered by it.

For me, this mantel looks like all the goodness we see in November- bright frosted berries, a light snow, and evergreens, and sparkly ice. It's a time of year that we snuggle in with good books and enjoy a slower pace.

We kept that giant reclaimed pallet pumpkin that Mrs. Cottage and I created a while back over the mantel, I love the warm rustic feel it gives the mantel.

We wove three different garlands together to create the piece we have on our fireplace. We found all three at Hobby Lobby over the years- I'm not sure if they still carry all of these pieces. The first one is a simple cotton garland (you can get yours in our shop). The second is a beautiful red and burgundy winter berry garland, I love the rich winter tones it adds to our mantel. The third garland we used is this pretty flocked evergreen and pinecone garland, I love the pop of green it gives to the mantel.

We also placed these gorgeous vintage books to our mantel, along with some vintage silver candlesticks and the broken mirror trees we picked up at Big Lots last Christmas. To add some weight to the ends of the mantel we placed these dark candle holders.

We also kept our galvanized harvest sign (also from Hobby Lobby- can you tell we love that store?) for this look and just wove it into our garland.

We also sprinkled these gorgeous mercury glass ornaments for a nod toward Christmas. The cardinal was something Mr. Cottage picked up on our last trip to Hobby Lobby for his nature tree (you can see it here), but I got sick of trying not to lose it in the time between it ending up on the tree and now so I stuck it on our mantel. Figured it would be hard to misplace it there.

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Neutral Farmhouse Thanksgiving Centerpiece

I can not believe how fast this year has flown by, seriously wasn't it Thanksgiving a few weeks ago? How in the world can we be facing it again? But here we are! So today cozy Thanksgiving tablescapes are on our mind! This beautiful look is simple, with neutral and green pumpkins and oh so cozy! 

We pared a cream painters canvas that we picked up at Lowes and rich forest green table runner. We twisted a strand of cotton garland (Get your own in our SHOP) around this adorable galvanized cake plate and topped it with a beautiful green pumpkin. Around the edges, we placed antique silver candlesticks, and on either end, we place these wonderful white pumpkins.

For plates, we went with crisp white china plates and fun chicken wire and daisy napkin rings find the tutorial to make your own HERE.

We also used these amazing pillows we picked up a Burkes last winter to add a touch of cozy to our antique chairs.

Another fun touch we added for another layer of texture and color are fall leaves. I love the crispy, crinkly look they have and it goes so well with the table decor.

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Pumpkin Rolls Recipe

These adorable rolls are delicious and so easy to make! Savory with a touch of pumpkin, perfect for the holiday season.

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons grass-fed butter melted
1 large free range egg (plus another to baste the rolls with)
1 cup organic whole milk scalded & cooled to lukewarm
1/2 cup organic pumpkin puree
3 3/4 cups organic all-purpose flour
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast

1/4 cup raw sugar
1 teaspoon salt
cinnamon sticks cut

Directions:

In an electric mixer with a dough hook attachment, mix together yeast, milk, sugar, butter, pumpkin, egg, and salt until combined. Slowly add flour with the mixer on medium-low speed until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Turn off the mixer and allow the dough to rest for 5 minutes. 

Turn the mixer back on medium-low speed for 5 minutes (the dough should be soft and smooth). Move dough to a large oiled bowl, cover with oiled plastic wrap and let the dough rise until doubled (1 hour). Punch the dough down and place on a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 15 equal pieces and shape into balls, flatten slightly with your palm, with a sharp paring knife cut 8 slices (don't cut all the way through) all the way around the dough to create a pumpkin shape. Cut the Cinnamon stick into pieces and press a piece into the center of into each pumpkin. Cover and let rise for an hour. Preheat oven to 350F. Baste the rolls with beaten egg. Bake for 14minutes or until golden.

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Transitioning From Fall Decor To Christmas

We start decorating for Christmas early at the Cottage, which means when Thanksgiving rolls around we have both Christmas and fall decor sprinkled throughout the house. The easiest way to accomplish this feat is transitioning decor, mixing warm fall colors with cozy Christmas touches. 

It's always a fun challenge to add pops of color as the season progresses, this time around we went with a lovely frosted red winterberry garland mixed into our cotton garland. We also added beautiful tarnished silver candlesticks to the mantel in front of our giant pumpkin pallet art. 

We added these beautiful broken mirror trees that we picked up at Big Lots last Christmas to either side of the mantel to pull up the color from our galvanized banner.

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