First Snow of the Year Calls for a Cozy Baking Day!
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I just watched another baker making a christmas cake and her pots were very old and her oven with very dirty and her counters were cluttered with dishes, dirty and clean. It was a turn off. I didn't realize how much that affected me. I appreciate how nice your kitchen is, even in the throws of heavy baking. I like that you do a reset to power thru and your ovens are clean and pans beautiful. Thank you for that.
Becky, if you flip the grater over when zesting citrus, you'll be able to see where you're zesting and avoid the white pith. You'll notice that the grater is constructed to be used this way; it holds the zest within the sides so it doesn't spill out. ~ Lisa
You can also see how much you've zested.
I discovered this by accident while making fresh cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving. What a revelation!!
Thanks for the great tip! Definitely going to do this.☮️💟 Nana
I love watching your channel. Especially the fact that you leave in the bloopers. It makes me realize I don't have to be perfect, plus you always show ways of making errors into something wonderful.
SAME!! I LOVE she is REAL and doesn't pretend to be a "perfect" cook or person. I LOATH cooking, but my hubby knows when I have watched Becky's videos because I cook and make something I'm PROUD to say Becky is to blame...LOL!!! THANK YOU BECKY for sharing YOU!!
I agree!!
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Becky I have been watching u for a few months now and enjoying all of your recipes, gardening, canning, baking meal planning and most of all ...what I call...your marathon cooking meals or baking...which I used to do when I was working full time!!! I planned meals ahead of time and then spent one whole weekend day cooking...but I luved it!!! I wanted to tell u I learned several things tonight in this video!!! The crinkled parchment paper, the cookie sheet under the cutting board to keep the whole cranberries from getting all over the floor, the making a circle of the cut cranberries to contain the whole cranberries while u chopped them up and of coarse all of your cranberry recipes!!! U CAN TEACH AN OLE DOG NEW TRICKS AT 75😂THX A MILLION U R SUCH A SWEET HEART👍
I just lost the man that I considered my grandfather and instead of crying myself to sleep I'm watching Becky from Acre Homestead thank you Becky for every single video you've put out and continue to put out you're making this devastating loss so much more bearable God bless you and your family
Warmest hugs to you ❤❤❤
how sweet that you shared that with Becky and all of us. Peace be with you ♥
So sorry for your loss. Glad you have Becky to help you at this time. 💛💜💚
I'm so sorry for your loss! May his memory be eternal! {{{hugs}}}
My condolences. Becky is most definitely a calming person to soothe you. I lost my job in August and haven't been able to get another one yet and I watch Becky every day, after my job search time, and she calms me. ❤❤❤
Becky, so random, but thank you for protecting your baby and having him off the internet ❤
@@cajbaf exactly. I actually feel like it’s kind of creepy for strangers to know anything about a child they don’t know.
I actually miss seeing his little head and hearing his gurgles. Because Becky shared she was pregnant and so many people bought presents for him they kind of thought they might of caught glimpses of him wearing their outfits or snuggled up in their blankets they bought him etc, it’s kind of sad we don’t see him, yeh we might not know him but because we all watch becky and just feel close to her etc it does feel like we know him, I can’t wait till he is old enough to jump in front of the camera and want to say hi to is all, not in a creepy way what so ever, but so we can see what a cute little boy he has grown into, and to see him helping mummy in the garden picking things, will be so cute.
Dear Becky, I found your channel a month ago and you inspired me to cook and cook and cook and cook. My husband just surprised me with a huge freezer because I ran out of space 🤣
Ae that is amazing!
Becky, if you reverse the way you are holding your grater, and put the grater on top of the orange, you can pull it across the orange and see exactly what you are grating instead of having to stop and look. I learned this from Chef Jean Pierre who had a restaurant in South FL for years and then a cooking school there. Retired after 50 years in the business and moved to KZhead. Thank you for your content. I’ve learned so much and thought I’d return the favor. Happy Holidays.
Apparently people who have always done it with the fruit on top find it really hard to switch to the grater on the top but I promise it is worth learning to do it "backwards". You can see so much better what is zest and what is pith before it is too late and your scones are full of bitterness.
I saw the oopsie with the bread pan and parchment paper. I used to do that all the time but I watched B. Dylan Hollis and he uses wood clothes pins to pin the parchment paper up on the sides. I thought it was a great idea so I'm passing it on
Everyone, when Becky says to make sure not to overwork the dough for your shortbread cookies, she's SO RIGHT!! I made my regular plain shortbread cookies this year, didn't pay that much attention, and seriously overworked the dough. The cookies were super delicious, but SO tough. Almost like a crispy cookie texture and not a melt in your mouth texture. So listen to her - she has fantastic information for everything!
Oh gosh, becky! There's a much easier way to use that microplane! Turn the microplane upside down -- so the teeth are facing the ground -- and hold the fruit still while you rub the teeth against the skin of the orange. This will allow you to "see" what you have already zested so you don't get any of the pith and you will have all the zest accumulate in the little well of the zester. You can then flip the zester over your bowl -- perform a few taps -- and voila! You have zested your orange.
I had to pause your video, and go bake those cranberry scones!!! I came bake with one on a plate and finished your video eating a scone!! I have never made scones before, but wow how easy was that!!!Thank you Becky❤
Great idea!!🤣
Last week I made Spiced Christmas Jam, ohh so delicious. Strawberries, cranberries, with cinnamon, ginger, allspice and cloves. Love to watch you. I’ve learned a lot.
I bet that would be real yummy in thumbprint cookies.
Becky, I am 65 years old and I have to confess that I did not know that the inside of a fresh cranberry was white. I guess you know who has never cooked a fresh cranberry in her life 😂. Everything you made looks absolutely delicious! Wishing you and yours a blessed and safe Christmas.
Me too 😂😂
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I absolutely LOVE your style! You leave in all the mistakes and do not apologize for any of them! The before and after style of doing a restart was impressive! I got a bag of cranberries from the food bank and made cranberry jam out of it a few weeks ago. Over half of it is GONE because we love it so much.
Oh My Gosh, Girl! How do you even learn all these details? You are AMAZING. I have found my forever home for cooking. Thank you for being so Awesome.
I am learning so many little secrets from your videos such as making your own brown sugar and vanilla extract. Thank you for sharing. I really enjoy watching you cook, bake, and preserve food.
I’m English and so love the sight of snow, emigrated to Australia when I was 11, miss seeing snow, yes it does snow in Australia but never travelled to see it, I hate the cold! 😂 but always love looking at the pretty snow, it’s just so gorgeous.
I'm so into watching Christmas baking, all winter long! It gives me the cozy feels in this ❄ winter time. Prayers for you that you get your well winterized, not having running water is no fun. I don't enjoy camping in my home either! 😅 More cozy meals and baking, when you're up for it 🎉 Sending love from Ontario 🇨🇦
I could watch Becky all day, she's so inspiring. God bless you and your family❤🙏
Ive been thinking about Baby A….he must be walking and chatting up a storm…..such a fun time for your little family. Merry Christmas Becky, Josh & your entire family. Thanks for sharing your amazingness with us❤❤❤
I've been hustling all week making cookies and frosting them all to gift to our friends and neighbors. I always say food is my love language. If I gift you baked goods or a warm meal when you're sick, it means I care for you!
I really like that there's no skipping or omitting the errors. You are amazing!✨
I love your show, having said that I don't like persons who give negative comments, if you don't like leave, Becky does a excellent job never boring. I'm 84 and cannot do all the things I did in my life, to see a young person do what many don't try is special. ALOHA
Your videos are my favourite! Especially Christmas baking!
It’s finally cranberry day! I want to make all of these things ❤
I rarely comment but I’m binge watching you today as it flurries outside and I’m cleaning house and cooking with you keeping me company. It’s the first quiet day with just the house to myself all holiday break. I just want to say how much I appreciate you keeping it real with us! Showing all your successes but also the moments that aren’t perfect. Makes you feel not only relatable but like a friend hanging out in each others kitchens! Thank you for showing us the real and relatable making the kitchen and from scratch cooking less intimidating!!! ❤
Baking pecan pies today and watching Becky bake too. Just put 10 of your pie crusts in my freezer for gifting pies next week. Btw, eating the broken cookie is called quality control. You've got to make sure you are not gifting an inferior product! Lol
Love this ❤❤❤❤
🎅 Happy Birthday baby Acre . Hope you are doing fun stuff with Mommy making cookies 🍪. Best memories. ❤
Hi! I have a pecan pie from scratch baking. Gonna freeze it and pull it out for Christmas. God bless you and your family and Much love. Happy Holidays.💟🕊️
They all looked wonderful. I loved the snow and yes, eating a broken cookie is a great blessing.
Hi Becky I would love to be a fly on the wall of your kitchen with all those baked goodies. Great recipes.
Everything looks amazing. Tip for you. Hold your zester on top of the orange/lemon/lime. Then you can see where you've been and where you're going. The way they are designed, you will have plenty of room for the zest of even the largest orange. :-) Hope that helps. Thanks for sharing your delicious recipes. You can use binder clips to hold your parchment paper in place..
Always a great day when there is a new video to watch! Excited to see what you are making today and what I get to try this weekend!!
Shortbread is my favorite cookie to make! If you find a really good base, you can use it to make several different kinds. I made cranberry white chocolate, toffee, and rosemary lemon zest shortbread for my cookie boxes this year!
Would you mind sharing your your base recipe? I've tried several recipes and none of them are good.
I would also like a good recipe. The one in the video turned out gross for me
If you mis your fruit into the flour before adding to the batter it helps the fruit stay spread out in the finished cake instead of floating to the top or sinking to the bottom, depending on how heavy the fruit is
I love snow too! And I think having that huge window in your kitchen is wonderful because it just feels cozy inside and beautiful outside when you can stand in the kitchen and smell those wonderful smells coming from your oven and it just seems like the holidays that way. It’s actually relaxing to me to be in the kitchen with those wonderful smells and be able to look out at the beauty.
Hi Becky - I use a clothespin or chip clip to clip down the parchment paper to the sides of my pan while I'm pouring. It's always so difficult not to get that darn paper in the mix. Enjoy your channel so much!
I am always amazed by how much you are able to get done in one day while recording, too. So much talent! I love cranberry and orange at Christmas, too, but my Christmas seems to be taking on a cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger theme this year..😁 Everything looks amazing! Blessings!
When I am cutting cranberries I use a pastry dough cutter and a bowl. Just keeps them in one place and you can see how finely chopped they are getting.
Happy days, Friday night Northern Ireland 🇮🇪 Becky on the big tv!!!❤❤❤
Hello Ireland, which county are you from? I am from Kilkenny many many years ago!
33:53 An off set spatula works wonders for spreading frosting onto a cake or bars that are lower in a pan than the top of the sides of the pan.
I'm in bed with a cold. No snow here yet 🇬🇧 Your cosy baking inspiration is just what I needed. All the recipes look super scummy (tasty) ❄️🍰
I love your videos but also want to compliment you on how pretty your nails always look! I love your polish colors 😊
A little tip for you. Turn your zester over and hold the fruit underneath. The zest will fill the channel on top and you can see where you are on the fruit without picking it up to look.
Becky you are incredibly generous - to give so much to your friends and family and also so much inspiration to us. Thankyou so much. Xx
Hello beautifully People ❤
I thought I could smell the orange you were grating. I love every video you post.
Glad to see someone make Bri's family's recipe. She seemed super excited about it on her thanksgiving vid. ❤
I was secretly hoping you might try a cranberry curd tart. Some have shortbread crust, others have gingersnap crust, others a walnut oat crust. It seems to be new unique way to use cranberries!
Woow I cant with the snow ☃️💘🤍☺️😩 I wish I was looking it at it thru my window❤
Yay, Becky! I’m here for new baking ideas!
Becky, Merry Christmas! Thank you for giving an elderly cook, new & exciting Xmas goody ideas! You did make it look EZ & fun, not to mention delicious. Your sister is one lucky lady. 😊
Becky, I have been watching you for YEARS! and you have easily become my favorite KZhead channel. I always get excited for your videos, especially the ones with your parents. You have inspired me in the kitchen in so many ways, and I can’t wait to celebrate 1 Million subscribers with you. That day will come soon and it will be very deserving. Merry Christmas to you and your family ❤
Watching and cooking with you in Gresham.
Just a helpful tip I like to use.. if you are doing a crumbling type of dough… I like to put all ingredients into a ziplock bag and mix and combine it in there… then you just put the bag into the refrigerator to cool 😊
I could watch Becky cook or bake all day. And garden, and can, and shop, and organize, and clean...
Hi Becky!! So great to see you today!!
My granddaughter, my 4 yr old great-granddaughter and I all watch your channel. We watched your gingerbread house video early today. You’re an amazing cook and even provide us with a giggle every now and then when you have an oops moment.❤
Becky it’s allways wonderful to see you in the kitchen and making those tasty treats I hope to make a of them your videos are always welcome to watch!
You can freeze the leftover glaze if any was left. 😊❤
You’re actually killing vlogmas girl! Love it
Yeah,my favorite youtube baker. Hello Becky and fellow viewers. Happy holidays to each and every one❤!❤❤❤
I literally am filled with joy learning and watching 👀 your videos. You are fabulous, and God bless you and years😊
I love the parchment paper trick, it is one of my favorite tips. I seen you do that in the past and after seeing that I have used it myself. I also pain on doing some kind of cranberry recipe. Love watching your Chanel. At age 69 with more time on my hand. I am learning a lot more about cooking from you and other. Thank you! Merry Christmas season!
Becky, you inspire me, ALWAYS. I'm 76 years old and absolutely delight in your videos. I SOOOOOO appreciate when you screw up and 'it's ok'. We all do, and the fact that you're not afraid to show is so important for those that think perfection is necessary!!!
Can't say enough how much I enjoy your channel. You are so personable and real. I feel like I'm in my friends kitchen!! Thank you, and Happy Birthday to Baby A.
I started using my microplane on top of my citrus rather yah the opposite and it was a game changer. You can zest & turn the fruit while also seeing where to move the zester and it cuts down on time. The you can turn the zester over and tap into the bowl to release all the zest.
Everything looks delicious 😋 So glad you chose a recipe using grams so I don’t always have to look up the cup to gram conversation. Greetings from Austria
My daughter and I made the cranberry bliss bars last weekend, and they came out perfect. They were delicious.
Becky I look forward to watching your Channel 🎉When I was much younger (I just Turned 80) when I was raising my Family & money was tight I enjoyed making canning & Freezing my food (Like you I made everything from scratch)-Living on Long Island NY at that time was I able to get fresh vegetables,Fruits Meats,poultry etc & was able Freeze Can the food for the winter/ I saved a lot of money &enjoyed having Fresh delicious food for my Family 😍❤️🤩I considered that MONEY IN THE BANK Thank you for bringing back all my memories of raising my Family🤩❤️❤️❤️🙏😍🐑Lambie🐑❤️🤩
I use metal clips, small ones you get in office section of Walmart, one on each edge to hold the parchment paper down. Makes it easier to fill pans.
I really enjoy watching you & can’t wait to make some of these. So sweet of you to bake for your sister & neighbor/friends!
Becky, I make cranberry orange shortbread cookies every Christmas season. I make a double batch roll it into logs for slicing. I freeze one log for later in the season, and bake the first batch after cooling in the refrigerator. They are so good and one of my favorites.
The baking as well as the scenery are beautiful!
Cranberry orange scones are one of my favorites. Thank you for sharing such amazing recipes with us.
Home sick for the past 3 days but watching you bake makes it a little more tolerable. Thanks for sharing your time and talent with us. Happy birthday to baby acre and Merry Christmas to you and your whole family.
For any round things you need to slice in half, yu can put them between two plates or bowls etc (or lids from those classic cup shaped food prep containers) to cut them in half easily!!
Becky - if you want to up the flavor with orange - i find orange extract is integral when making anything with cranberries. along with the zest of course :) thanks for all your incredible content - i'm so appreciative !
Becky.... THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU TOO and for Josh & Baby A for sharing you with us!!!!
Suggestion on washing cranberries - fill a bowl or sink with water the good ones will float on top then scoop them out. Yummy recipes thank you for sharing.
oh my god. I had no freaking idea you could make brown sugar lol. and it's so simple too.
Becky blessings to you and wonderful family 🙏
A little chopped walnuts in the scones would be yummy too!
This looks like an amazing assortment of delicious cranberry recipes! Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas!
Thank you Becky I am going to make the shortbread and scones as I have a bag of cranberries left over from Xmas and I started the pantry challenge with y’all 😊❤
I made the cranberry shortbread cookies and they are very good . I like they aren't to sweet . I did dust mine with just a little powder sugar . Thank you for sharing the recipe
What a wonderful time of the year! The holidays, Baby A's 1st bday and spectacular food being made by the best around!
What a delicious looking collection of goodies! And the snowy scene outside your window looks like fairyland to me - we never see snow where I live in Sydney!
Have a blessed and wonder-filled Christmas!
Everything looks so yummy. Your family and friends are so blessed to have you in their lives. Thank you for sharing the recipes and fun with us. By the way, your property looks so wonderful in each of the seasons. You and Josh did such a great job on the landscaping and the garden.
I make that same cranberry orange bread using your same brand of loaf pans and I've never lined them with paper. I just spray them lightly and they always pop out with no problem. Keep up the good job of entertaining all your friends!
I love these videos! So many great ideas for holiday baking.
You're right up my alley today! Ive made most all the recipes youve done today. I love using cranberries in baked goods. Also,i love it when it snows! (I'm in central Washington, so we've had snow a few times already this winter).
Maybe the Rachael Ray hack for cherry or grape tomatoes would work for cutting the cranberries. Put in between two lids, run knive through(you can always check her show youtube to see the hack).
Thank you for the reminder on how to make brown sugar. We have a shortage here in BC
What a lovely gift/bags. Wish I was a neighbour. Lol. All look so delicious.
Becky these all look delicious!! I love cranberry and orange together.
I love watching you bake !
The cookies, bread, cakes, and scones look divine must give these a try for sure. Wow, we had our first snow some weeks ago now but the forecast is more on the way. hope we get a White Christmas. xxx
I have been making the cranberry bliss bars every Thanksgiving and Christmas for our family tradition for 15 years. I got the recipe out of Todd Wilbur’s Copy Kat recipes. Looking forward to making your other recipes in this video. Thank you and Happy Holidays!