Happy Friday, Vote Yes, Recipe, Two Names, and Things to do

Carlin and I participated with Time Out in Domestic Violence Walk in Payson, Arizona.

How did autumn become the only season with two names?

Before it was autumn and fall, it was harvest. While the modern names of winter and summer have been around for more than 1,000 years, the names of fall and spring are more recent—and less constant. This is partly because the two seasons were long viewed as secondary to summer and winter. Even when they spoke of fall, folks couldn’t agree when, exactly, it took place. In the 17th and 18th centuries, dictionaries by both Thomas Blount and Samuel Johnson noted that some thought that fall began in August and ended in November, while others contested that it began in September (at the equinox) and ended in December (with the solstice).

Fall initially appeared in the 16th century as fall of the leaf. Soon shortened to the more succinct fall, with the longer phrase disappearing over the next few hundred years.

The BEST Bakery-Style Pumpkin Chocolate-Chip Cookies

Servings: 18 cookies

Ingredients

· 1 CUP canned pumpkin (not an entire can)

· 1 cup white sugar

· 1/4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed

· 1/2 cup vegetable oil

· 1 large egg

· 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

· 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

· 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice*

· 2 teaspoons baking powder

· 1 teaspoon baking soda

· 1/2 teaspoon salt

· 2 cups white flour

· 1 cup semi-sweet miniature chocolate chips

· 1 and 1/3 cups milk chocolate chips separated

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, add in ONE CUP of canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling and not an entire can of pumpkin), white sugar, brown sugar, vegetable oil, the egg, and vanilla.

2. Beat until completely smooth.

3. Without stirring in between these additions, add in the cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, salt, flour, and both types of chocolate chips (1 cup of the milk chips).

4. Now with everything layered on top, beat together all of the ingredients until *just* combined.

5. Cover tightly and chill the dough for at least one hour up to 10 hours. Chilling is not necessary but it gives you the bigger pumpkin bakery-style cookies.

6. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a large tray with parchment paper or a silpat liner. Place 6 mounds of the dough on the cookie sheet. Scoop the dough to make a higher ball dough rather than a wide ball of dough. Use about 3 tablespoons to 1/4 cup dough to get the large bakery style cookies.

7. Don’t do more than 6 cookies or they will run together.

8. Bake for 12-15 minutes (slightly under-bake for best results of getting a soft and chewy cookie) and remove. Use the remaining 1/3 cup of chocolate chips to place on the cookies right out of the oven if desired.

9. For a fudgy pumpkin pie type cookie, chill the cooked cookies in the fridge

10. These cookies have a more developed pumpkin flavor by the second day or after chilling.

Source: BuzzFeed

Rim Country Quilt Round Up

Mazatzal Hotel & Casino

Friday 9AM – 5PM

Saturday 9AM – 4PM

Admission: 13 and older – $5

Come enjoy a unique quilting getaway in the world’s largest Ponderosa Pine Forest of North Central Arizona called “Rim Country”. We will have a large display of quilting arts, a vendor mall and vendor shop hop along with daily demos, bed turnings and special exhibits. There will be a free lecture Friday evening with Cindy Seitz-Krug.

– Judged awards will be presented at a Winner’s Reception on October 12th.

– Viewer’s Choice voting will be Friday, October 13th (only).

– Viewer’s Choice and Special Awards will be displayed October 14th for show attendees to see.

Boulder Adventure Trail Run – 10K

Sat Oct 13th

Payson’s second annual trail run will be held on the beautiful Boulder Trail at the end of Phoenix St. Participants will experience one of Payson’s most scenic and difficult trails. It has a couple water crossings, large boulders that dot the landscape and the terrain is a lot of ups and downs through the wooded forest.

Online Registration is now available. SIGN UP NOW! Click Here

DATE: October 13, 2018
CHECK-IN & DAY OF REGISTRATION: starts @ 6:00AM @ 9135 S Ponderosa St, Payson.
Race starts @ 9:00 AM. Participants will be bused from registration to the trailhead. Please do not park your car at the trail head.
COST: $55
AGE: 12 and up. Children under 12 may run as long as they are accompanied by a participating adult.
Download Trail Map: Click here