1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Two drops maple extract
Dash of salt
Boil first four ingredients to 210 degrees on candy thermometer on medium heat. Add pecans and continue boiling to soft boil at 238 degrees on candy thermometer. Remove from heat and ad butter, vanilla, maple extract and a dash of salt. Cool to 100 then stir and drop by teaspoon onto wax or parchment paper.
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Birdseed Bags for a Wedding
Tulle/mesh material (this can be found on a spool at the fabric or craft store or can be cut from a large piece)
Satin ribbon to match the wedding colors
Birdseed
Rubber bands
Cut a 6-inch square template out of cardboard. Use this to cut as many pieces of fabric as bags needed for your wedding. You should have one bag per guest. Take one mesh square and put a tablespoon or so of birdseed in the middle. Gather the mesh around the birdseed to make a bag and fasten it with a rubber band. Tie a piece of ribbon around the banded section.
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Recipe Gift Book
For a bridal shower gift, have everyone bring a family recipe to create the bride’s first cookbook.
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Quickly Dry Out Wet Clothes
Put your wet clothes in the dryer with a towel and let it run for fifteen to twenty minutes. Put your feet up and listen to some accordion music.
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How To Attract Bees To Your Garden
These plants will attract bees to your flowers and vegetables.
Thyme
Creeping Mint
Cherry Trees
Apple Trees
Pumpkins
Zucchini
Don’t rake up all the leaves in the fall. The bees may want that for a winter home.
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Thank you for purchasing this book! If you would like to read more about Betsy and her life in Pecan Bayou check out the other books in the series.
#1 A Dash of Murder
A Mystery for Ghost Hunters!
When Betsy's Aunt Maggie wants to drag her along on a ghost hunting excursion at the local abandoned tuberculosis hospital she isn't sure if she quite believes in ghosts. When she comes upon a fresh spirit in the form of a body, she starts to rethink about what really is haunting the hospital.
#2 Overdue for Murder
Writing Can Be Murder!
When local writers present their books at the Pecan Bayou Library, one author gets a killer review. Betsy Livingston, there to talk about her own gripping book on helpful hints around the house, finds herself the prime suspect for the murder. Join Betsy in her second mystery as she tries to clear her own name in this hilarious tale of small town Texas life and murder.
#3 Doggone Dead
Give me land lots of land....and a puppy on the loose. When Betsy Livingston's puppy runs away, she has no idea it will lead her to a murder on a movie cowboy star's estate. Not only has there been a murder, but the town reports sightings of the dead cowboy himself. He's out to seek revenge on all who wronged his daughter who became the victim of her own money-loving butler. Enjoy a little time on the Fourth of July in the tiny town of Pecan Bayou Texas where old cowboys never die...