Top of the Muffin to You

To ensure round muffin tops, grease only the bottom and halfway up the sides of each muffin cup with Watkins grapeseed oil.
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Crispy baked potatoes ... Just in time for US Thanksgiving

Rubbing the outside of potatoes with Watkins grapeseed oil before baking will help them absorb more heat & allow the potatoes to cook more quickly, reducing cooking time by a few minutes. It also makes the skins crisp and nicely brown. Grapseed oil has a higher flash point which allows the cooking heat get higher with out smoking or burning. For personal service, questions or to place a Watkins order please visit http://www.jrproducts.co.nr/

Today's Tip

Make measuring honey of molasses easier by spraying the measuring cup with Watkins Cooking Spray.  The honey will not stick to the cup.    Did you know?  A brief spray lubricates your pan and adds only a trace of oil. Nearly 1600 servings per can!

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Daily Recipe

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Spiced Pineapple Upside Down Cake

1-1/3 cups butter, softened, divided

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 can (20ounces) pineapple slices, drained

10 to 12 maraschino cherries

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1-1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. Watkins Vanilla Extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp. Watkins Baking Powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. Watkins Cinnamon

1/2 tsp. Watkins Nutmeg

1 cup buttermilk



Melt 2/3 cup of butter; stir in brown sugar. Spread in the bottom of a prepared 13 x 9 inch cake pan. Arrange pineapple in a single layer over sugar mixture; place a cherry in the center of each slide. Sprinkle with pecans and set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream sugar and remaining butter. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; add alternately to batter with buttermilk, mixing well after each addition. Carefully pour over the pineapple. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Immediate invert onto a serving platter.

Super Easy Frosting mixes

Watkins Dessert Mix Frosting


2 cups/500 mL powdered sugar
1/2 cup/125 mL Watkins Dessert Mix
1/4 cup/60 mL vegetable shortening
1/3 cup/80 mL half-half

Combine all ingredients in medium bowl and mix with electric mixer for about 2 minutes. Add more half-and-half or powdered sugar as needed for desired consistency.


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Watkins Product Tip

Before cooking pasta, rub the sides of the pot with a little Watkins Grapeseed oil.  (Try the flavoured varieties for a nice change)  This will prevent the water from boiling over in the pot.

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Seasonal Favorites Recipes for Entertaining and Just Plain Fun!

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Recipe Tip - Before using an older Watkins recipe first look over the recipe to make sure any there are NO products ingredients have been discontiued.  Watkins carries many items that are seasonal or for a limited time only. 


Angel Food Cake


2 cups egg whites (12-14 eggs)

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp Watkins Cream of Tartar

1 cup flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 tsp Watkins Original Double-Strength Vanilla

Whip egg whites until stiff. Add salt and Cream of

Tartar while blending. Fold in sugar, flour and extract.

Put in ungreased tube pan and bake at 400°F

for 30 minutes or until top springs back when lightly

touched.

Try This: Substitute Watkins Vanilla Extract with


Watkins Strawberry, Raspberry or your favorite Watkins Extract


Pumpkin Butter Cupcakes

Ingredients

Pumpkin Butter Cupcakes

2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 tbsp Watkins Baking Powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp Watkins Organic Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Watkins Organic Ginger

1/2 tsp Watkins Organic Nutmeg

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 1/3 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 cup Watkins Pumpkin Butter

3/4 cup milk

3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Brown Sugar Frosting

1/4 cup butter

6 tbsp brown sugar

6 tbsp half-and-half

2 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp Watkins Original Double-Strength Vanilla

Directions

Pumpkin Butter Cupcakes

In medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. In large bowl cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in eggs. Blend in Pumpkin Butter. Stir in dry ingredients and milk, blending until batter is smooth. Stir in chopped walnuts. Spoon batter into paper lined muffin tins. Fill about 2/3 full. Bake at 375°F for 18 to 22 minutes. Makes 16 cupcakes.

Brown Sugar Frosting

In 2 quart saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Add brown sugar and half-and-half. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a boil (2 to 3 minutes). Remove from heat and add powdered sugar and va-nilla; beat until well mixed (1 to 2 minutes). Let cool to spreading consistency (5 to 10 minutes). Frost cupcakes.

Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients

1 package Watkins Shortbread Cookie Mix

1 cup butter

1 tsp Watkins extract of choice

1 cup chocolate chips, melted*

Directions

Preheat over to 350°F. Combine all

ingredients in a medium bowl. Cut butter into the mix until a dough can be formed. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thick. Use a cookie cutter to make 3-inch cookies. Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 11 to 12 min-utes or until the edges are golden brown. Cool at least 15 minutes. *Dip in chocolate and top with sprinkles. Let cool until set on a sheet of parchment paper or foil.

Tip: Sprinkle Watkins Cinna-Cream Sprinkles over the cut out cookie dough prior to baking for extra fun!


Watkins Cooked Playdough

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup salt

2 Tbsp Watkins Cream of Tartar

2 1/2 cups water

1/4 tsp Watkins Food Coloring

2 Tbsp cooking oil

Watkins Extract of choice

Directions

Combine dry ingredients in a saucepan. Add water and oil. Heat, stirring constantly until the dough comes away from the side of the pan and forms a ball. Cool. Divide in half and knead in food coloring and 1 tsp extract of choice until smooth. Store in plastic bag or container in the refrigerator. Keeps for months! Makes 4 cups.

Living Naturally with Watkins - The Top 10 Things to avoid in your cleaning products

Living Naturally — A Way of Life

These days everyone is making a greater effort to conserve the planet’s resources. Words like carbon footprint, sustainability, and Green have become common place. We are all taking a closer look at how our day-to-day activities affect the resources we leave for future generations. Watkins has been a pioneer in living naturally and we want to share with you what Living Naturally means to Watkins and more importantly what it means to you and your customers.

So what is Living Naturally to Watkins? A way of life. Watkins is striving to be the most trusted natural products company and Living Naturally speaks to all of Watkins product categories. From sourcing raw materials, to manufacturing, and delivery, Watkins is working toward sustainability in every aspect of our business!


What is it to our Associates and Customers?

Living Naturally means each of our customers can expect consistent products and service at an affordable price, all with the sustainability of our planet’s resources in mind.

With internal expertise, we can assure you that Watkins natural products have been developed, manufactured and delivered to you with dedication to environmental sustainability. We have taken the burden off your shoulders so that you can make an anxiety free purchase since Watkins natural products are made in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.

Watkins has been a pioneer in natural living, utilizing the finest natural ingredients since 1868. We continue our commitment to you and the environment by implementing processes that reduce waste and conserve energy.

Watkins promise is to continue our Living Naturally philosophy for generations to come.




The EPA’s Top Ten Cleaning Ingredients To Avoid:


1. Alkylphenol Ethoxylates (APEs): common in detergents and disinfectants

and are suspected hormone disruptors.

2. Ammonia: poisonous when swallowed, extremely irritating to respiratory

passages when inhaled and can burn the skin on contact.

3. Indiscriminate use of antibacterial cleaners containing Triclosan may be

contributing to the rise of antibiotic-resistant germs.

4. Butyl Cellosolve (aka butyl glycol, ethylene glycol monobutyl): poisonous

when swallowed and a lung-tissue irritant.

5. Chlorine Bleach (aka sodium hypochlorite): an all-purpose whitening

agent, can irritate the lungs and eyes and in waterways can become toxic.
The EPA’s Top Ten Cleaning Ingredients To Avoid: (continued)


6. Diethanolamine (DEA): can combine with nitrosomes (often-undisclosed

preservatives) to produce carcinogenic nitrosamines that penetrate skin.

7. Fragrances frequently contain Phthalates, chemicals linked to reproductive

abnormalities and liver cancer in lab animals and to asthma in children.

8. Phosphates: soften water for detergents but contribute to algae blooms in

our waterways, which can kill off fish populations.

9. Sodium Hydroxide: found in drain, metal and oven cleaners, is extremely

irritating to the eyes, nose and throat, and can burn those tissues on contact.

10. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate: a common sudsing agent, can penetrate the skin

and cause contact dermatitis.

Wake Up with Watkins Pancake Syrup

WATKINS PANCAKE SYRUP

1 1/2 c. White Sugar

3 Cups Water

Stir well and bring to the boil....remove from heat and add:

2 Tbsp. molasses

2 Tsp. Watkins Maple Extract

1 Tsp. Watkins Butter Extract

1 Tsp. Watkins Vanilla Extract


Syrup will thicken when cool.


Makes 28 oz.

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Double Boiler Frosting (7-minute frosting)
2 egg white (1/4 cup)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp. Watkins Cream of Tartar (or 1 T. light corn syrup - I don't think she used this substitute)
1/3 cup water
1 tsp. Watkins Clear Vanilla
Combine egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar and water in top of double boiler. Beat on high speed 1 minute with electric mixer. Place over boiling water (water should not touch bottom of pan); beat on high speed 7 minutes. Remove pan from boiling water; add vanilla. Beat 2 minutes longer on high speed. (Fills and frosts two 8 or 9 inch layers of frosts a 9 x 13 inch cake)


Well, I can't think of her boiled frosting without thinking of the wonderful divinity she made at holiday time. For the life of me, I can't remember watching her slave away in the kitchen. She must have worked all night while we slept to magically produce all of the wonderful cookies and candies which lined the freezer this time of year. Many a frozen cookie was pilfered from the depth of the old chest freezer. But I digress, back to the lovely batches of divinity we all enjoyed. Treat your family to a batch of this sweet delight this festive time of year!

Divinity
2 2/3 cups sugar
2/3 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water (Use 1 T. less on humid days)
2 egg white
1 tsp. Watkins Clear Vanilla
2/3 cup broken nuts
Stir sugar, corn syrup and water over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Cook, without stirring, to 260 degrees on a candy thermometer ( or until small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water forms a hard ball.)

In mixer bowl, beat egg white until stiff peaks form. Continue beating while pouring hot syrup in a thin stream into egg whites. Add vanilla; beat until mixture holds its shape and becomes slightly dull. (Mixture may become too stiff for mixer.) Fold in nuts. Drop mixture from tip of butted spoon onto waxed paper. Makes about 4 dozen candies.

Give more volume and stability to egg whites and a smoother texture to candy and frostings with Watkins Cream of Tartar. Here is tip for you: If you are unfortunately out of Watkins Baking Powder, substitute 1/4 tsp. Watkins Cream of Tartar plus 1/4 tsp. baking soda for 1 tsp. double acting baking powder. It pays to know a few tricks for pinch situations!

Care to walk down memory lane with me for a moment? I can remember coming home after school to my mom's baked goods. She is a fabulous baker...a great cook as well...but her pies, cakes and homemade doughnuts were to die for! Or at least, one would have an intense moment of salivation to the point of pain when viewing the table laden with her baked treasures. It was wonderful. But here is the point of the memory...she always made a cake that was piled high with a double boiler frosting. Yum, yum! Here is her good old fashioned "Betty Crocker" recipe which she never failed at producing a superb frosting. It may take a little patience to make but is worth every second of it!