Cinnamon

· 5 medium apples, sliced · 1/4 cup butter or margarine · 1/4 cup water · 1/2 cup brown sugar · 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon In large skillet, saut apples in butter or margarine for 1 minute. Add water. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Simmer until apples are soft and liquid evaporates.

Pumpkin Flan 16-ounce can solid pack pumpkin 12-ounce can evaporated milk, undiluted 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar 3 eggs, beaten 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/4 cup whipping cream 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 8 orange twists or maraschino cherries Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In large bowl, combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, 1/3 cup of the sugar, the eggs, 1 teaspoon of the vanilla, the cinnamon, ginger and cloves.

1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg yolk 1 egg white 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped or thinly sliced, or coarsely chopped walnuts Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolk and thoroughly stir. Sift in flour, one cup at a time, and add the cinnamon. Using your hands, spread the doughy batter evenly over a greased, 14-inch-by-17-inch, flat cookie sheet, leaving roughly a 1/4-inch space around the edge. Beat egg white and lightly spread on top of the dough, covering it completely.

Cinnamon is an 11-year-old spayed female chow/golden retriever mix. She has a red and gold coat and big brown eyes. Cinnamon walks well on a leash and has a calm, quiet temperament. Cinnamon's owners moved and had to leave her behind. She is a little depressed and needs someone to give her a place to call home. Pet tip: Exercising pets on hot days Pets need exercise even when it is hot, but extra care needs to be taken with older dogs, short-nosed dogs, and those with thick coats.

2 29-ounce cans peach slices, drained 1 tablespoon cornstarch 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg, slightly beaten 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 can Angel Flake coconut Drain peaches and mix with cornstarch and lemon juice....

At least half the fun of making apple butter is doing it among friends and loved ones - a necessity if you make the butter by the kettleful. But here are a few recipes for folks without a small army of peelers and two days to spare. For these smaller quantities, simply remove apple peels by putting the softening apples through a sieve or food mill. Oil of cinnamon and oil of cloves can be substituted for powdered cinnamon and powdered cloves, but quantities must be adjusted accordingly.

Granola 2 cups oatmeal 3 tablespoons apple juice 3 tablespoons honey 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 cup raisins 3 tablespoons brown sugar 3 teaspoons canola or vegetable oil 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract Put rolled oats in large mixing bowl. Mix the brown sugar, apple juice, oil, honey, salt, cinnamon and vanilla in a large saucepan. Stir well to dissolve sugar over medium heat for about four minutes.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Nancy Rhodes thinks her greyhounds are remembering their racing days when she lets them out to dash around her back yard. Her "girls," Jezzi and Cinnamon, certainly seem to enjoy frolicking in the large, fenced yard, where they often are greeted by neighborhood children and dogs, but not everything about their racing days was pleasant. Rhodes and her husband, James, adopted Cinnamon in January from the National Greyhound Adoption Program (NGAP), a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, that rescues ex-racing greyhounds from racing kennels all over the United States.

By KATE COLEMAN / Staff Writer photo: RIC DUGAN / staff photographer So you have a big date this weekend. You want to look your best. You probably want to smell wonderful, too. Should you head to the department store for the cologne that has the most alluring advertisement promising romance and undying love? Or should you head to the bakery or candy store instead? Get a whiff of this. [cont. from lifestyle ] In the world of aromatherapy, several scents are considered arousal scents, according to Maria Spencer, owner of the Bath House, a shop and spa in Berkeley Springs, W.Va.

One day I get a, "Mmmm, that smells good," from my 3-year-old. The next day it's, "What's that smell?" Quite often what's evident to her as I'm cooking floats by my nose unnoticed. I'm constantly reminding myself that where children are concerned, a little scent goes a long way. My olfactory sense is muted; hers is pronounced. Researchers estimate that we lose about 1 percent of the olfactory - smell - receptors every year. "Adults get desensitized over time," says Kerry Ott, president of Eleuria Inc., a producer of custom perfumery.

The secret to Dorothy Martin's fluffy cinnamon rolls lies in a doughnut. Instead of making the cinnamon roll dough from scratch, Martin, 69, of Hagerstown, subs in doughnut mix she gets at Martin's Farm Market just north of Hagerstown, near Maugans Avenue. "I decided one day I was going to try something different," said Martin. "So I tried rolling them out instead of putting them into doughnuts. I spread them with butter, put my sugar and cinnamon on and it worked out. " The result is a fluffy but filling batch of cinnamon rolls that taste like they came from the baker's and not your home kitchen.

This Christmas, everyone's paying more attention to the bottom line. Whether it's gifts for family or slashing the budget for decorations, anywhere a penny can be pinched is a gift in itself. And so is finding the time to spend a little quality time with your family without breaking the bank. Making salt dough ornaments and cinnamon ornaments not only brings time to actually sit down beside your kids and talk, but it can also bring a lasting memory. What's so wonderful about the craft is that it's inexpensive.

Fresh pears are great for fall eating, especially if you appreciate a healthy snack or meal accompaniment. You can find pears in most markets or grocery stores. When shopping for fresh pears, Bartlett, Bosc, Comice and Anjou are the varieties found most often. When selecting pears, choose firm fruit, as the color of a pear does not represent how ripe it is. Bartlett pears turn from green to yellow when they are ripe. Some varieties of pears that are red in color will turn from dark to bright red. Still other varieties might not change color at all when they ripen.

BOONSBORO - Place Pauline Reeder's 62-year-old apple dumpling recipe on the list of things that get better with age. Reeder, 80, of Boonsboro, cooks up dozens of them at a time and sells them for $2 a pop. It's a recipe she discovered in a 1945 cookbook and, according to her daughter Charlene Jones, has since been tweaked to "perfection. " (A Herald-Mail editor said after eating a dumpling purchased from Reeder: "That might be the best apple dumpling I've ever had. ") "She makes the best apple dumplings in Washington County," Jones said.

1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg yolk 1 egg white 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped or thinly sliced, or coarsely chopped walnuts Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolk and thoroughly stir. Sift in flour, one cup at a time, and add the cinnamon. Using your hands, spread the doughy batter evenly over a greased, 14-inch-by-17-inch, flat cookie sheet, leaving roughly a 1/4-inch space around the edge. Beat egg white and lightly spread on top of the dough, covering it completely.

1 loaf (16 ounces) of thinly sliced white bread, crusts removed 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 1 egg yolk 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted Flatten bread with a rolling pin. In a medium mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, egg yolk and confectioners' sugar. In another bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Spread about 1 tablespoon (or more to taste) of the cream cheese mixture on each slice of bread.

1/2 cup chopped nuts or raisins, to taste 1 to 1 1/2 bags frozen rolls 1 small box vanilla pudding, not instant 1 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons milk 1/2 cup melted butter 1 teaspoon cinnamon or to taste Spray a 9-by-13-inch pan with vegetable spray. Layer bottom of pan with nuts or raisins. Place frozen rolls on top of first layer. Mix vanilla pudding, sugar, milk, butter and cinnamon and pour over layer of rolls. Let the bread sit out all night to thaw and rise.

2 29-ounce cans peach slices, drained 1 tablespoon cornstarch 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg, slightly beaten 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 can Angel Flake coconut Drain peaches and mix with cornstarch and lemon juice....

· 5 medium apples, sliced · 1/4 cup butter or margarine · 1/4 cup water · 1/2 cup brown sugar · 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon In large skillet, saut apples in butter or margarine for 1 minute. Add water. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Simmer until apples are soft and liquid evaporates.

Cinnamon is an 11-year-old spayed female chow/golden retriever mix. She has a red and gold coat and big brown eyes. Cinnamon walks well on a leash and has a calm, quiet temperament. Cinnamon's owners moved and had to leave her behind. She is a little depressed and needs someone to give her a place to call home. Pet tip: Exercising pets on hot days Pets need exercise even when it is hot, but extra care needs to be taken with older dogs, short-nosed dogs, and those with thick coats.