Teagan….🤣 Small farms love their animals. Shearing with great care!!!
#smallfarm #hobbyfarm #lovedpets #shearingseason #growingsmilesdaily
So glad Cricket came up with this idea…These cookies are AMAZING!
S’mores Cookies:
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
3/4 cup cookie butter
1/3 cup sugar (plus extra for rolling)
1/3 brown sugar
1 egg
2 Tbsp half & half
1 tsp vanilla
20 large marshmallows cut in half
40 @fleetfarmofficial chocolate stars
Mix first 3 dry ingredients. Beat together remaining ingredients other than marshmallows & chocolate. Refrigerate dough one hour to become firm. Preheat oven to 375. Roll dough into one inch balls and then roll in sugar. Place on line cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes. As soon as you remove place one half of a marshmallow on top of each cookie. Turn oven to broil. Place sheet back into oven until the marshmallow is toasted. Don’t walk away - this goes fast. Remove from oven and immediately too with Fleet Farm Chocolate stars. Allow to cook and serve.
#cookiebaker #fleetfarm
“Let’s have a bake off!!!” ~ Cricket
This goat…🤦🏻♀️
@fleetfarmofficial
Malted Milk Ball Cookies:
1 cup softened butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
16 oz malted milk balls
Preheat oven to 350. Cream together the first five ingredients. Add baking soda and flour. Stir in chocolate chips. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and drop into a greased mini muffin pan. Bake for 12 minutes. Let cool for 3 minutes. Press a malted milk ball into the center of each cookie. Allow to cool completely. Enjoy!
#cookingwithcricket #letsbakecookies #bakeoff #cookiebakeoff #fleetfarm
Happy Cookie Friday!!! Do you enjoy pistachios? I grew up on pistachio pudding for sure!!!
Herman is such a sweet boy and a happy helper….he super enjoyed the cookie ingredients too!!!
Pistachio Cream Cheese Cookies
1 cup softened butter
8 oz Cream Cheese
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1.5 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3.4 ounce pkg instant pistachio pudding
1/2 cup chopped pistachios
Optional:
1/2 cup melted chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350.
Mix together butter, cream cheese, egg, sugar, and vanilla. I’m a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, pistachio pudding, and pistachios. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Scoop dough out using a cookie scoop - 16 cookies to a pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Optional to melt chocolate chips and dip cookies in and then dip into nuts.
Take a photo of you make them!!!
#cookiefriday #fleetfarm #happyfriday #cookiefun #hobbyfarm #funwithgoats
Would you or your Dad love these cookies?
Cricket lived the idea of creating a recipe for Dad’s….maybe grab him a coffee mug with these cookies stuffed inside!!! You get to their heart through their tummies…
Cricket was her normal cricket self today - Live her personality…🤣
Recipe will be up on my blog.
#cookiefriday #cookieeater #cookimgfordad #bakingcookies #funnyfarm #fleetfarm
Cricket tried to be a little better today….
My tastebuds are saying that this is the BEST cookie yet!!! However I am a huge short bread fan. Not to sweet, light, crumbly, oh…and butter. 🥰
Here is the recipe!
Caramel cashew shortbread cookies:
1lb softened butter - extra for brushing
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup crushed caramels
1 1/2 cup cashews
Cream butter sugar and vanilla in a mix master. Add all powder ingredients. And the goodies.
Roll into 2 Tbsp balls. Score with a knife. Brush with melted butter. Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 29 minutes.
If you make them - let me know! So so good…
#cookies #shortbreadlover #cookiefriday #ilovecookies #parttimebaker #fleetfarm
Are you a baker or a cook…? 🤔
Cricket’s diva sass was strong so we decided to have a guest star today! Herman was very eager to learn….
These Fleet Farm Country Mix Up Cookies are the BEST!!!
#cookiefriday #happyfarmlife #wisconsinfarm #farmherfriday #growingsmilesdaily
Are you a baker or a cook?
Baking up some Country Mix Up Cookies!!!
Apparently Cricket was too diva for all of us today - so Herman stepped up and really wanted to learn!
#cookiefriday #growingsmilesdaily #wisconsinfarm #farmeher
Animal Fact: Some pigs and goats have the same taste in jewelry! Wattles!
Not all breeds though. It can be a characteristic of Pygmy goats as well as Kune Kune pigs. My goats are mainly Pygora, a cross between Pygmy and Angora. Do you know any other breeds that sport wattles?
#animalfacts #pygmygoats #pygoragoats #kunekunepigs #growingsmilesdaily
Nothing is as rewarding as earning trust. From animal or human.
Sake was a feral cat that I took in on New Years Day. We have had a few rare sightings of him here are there, but today was a big deal. As he watched me with the other kitties - he came closer and closer. Not within reach just yet….but I’m still sitting here with him.
Maybe in time he will be transformed like Red. Until then….I appreciate the time he gives me.
#feralcat #learningtotrust #takethetime #barnkitties #lovemyfarmlife
Oatmeal Walnut Chocolate Covered Raisin Cookies!!!!
Makes a smaller batch of bite size goodness….
1 cup flour
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Nutmeg
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup room temp butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 Tbsp honey
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup quick oats
2/3 cup Fleet Farm Chocolate Covered Raisins
1/2 cup chopped Walnuts
Preheat oven to 350.
Mix first 4 ingredients and set aside. Cream butter and sugar. Add flour mixture. Add egg, honey, and vanilla. Stir in oats, chocolate covered raisins, and walnuts.
With cookie scoop place on lined baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes.
#bakersofinstagram #cookietime #cricketscookies #funnyfarm #fridayfarmfun #fleetfarm
Coconut Almond Chocolate Chip Delights!
Cricket was definitely spunky today…🙄🙈 “Greatest Of All Time”
The cookies however are fabulous…
1 cup soft butter
1 1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
3 tsp Vanilla
4 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
5 cups chocolate chips
2 cups sweetened coconut
2 cups roasted unsalted almonds
Preheat oven to 375 Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Mix dry ingredients together then slowly add in to dough. Hand mix in the chips, coconut, and almonds. Drop by the tablespoon onto cookie sheets. Bake for 10-13 minutes
#cisforcookie #cookietime #milkandcookies #almoundjoy #cookiebaker
Last lamb bottle of 2021…..
What an honor it has been to care for these littles. Thank you all for sharing in the journey with me.
It’s been quite the year already! Lucy being rejected by her Mom. Bunny broke her little leg. And Bubbles passing no matter how hard we tried.
Farming is a rollercoaster of ups and downs. This morning one of my new chicks out in the barn yard broke it’s leg and had to be put down. At the same time I have 18 more little chicks growing and fluffing up inside.
Right now we just cut a random string off of Roo Roo’s feet that eventually would have cut off his circulation. It felt great for him and us to take care of of him string him free.
This journey has been so full of blessings and hardships….I wouldn’t change a thing. So glad you are here following along.
#springlamb #lambingseason #lambing #lambing2021 #growingsmilesdaily
What is your favorite cookie???
Cookie Friday is the best….but so is this cookie recipe!!!
Macadamia nut white chocolate chip cookies:
1/2 Cup softened butter
1/2 Cup Shortening
3/4 Cup packed brown sugar
1/2 Cup white sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup Fleet Farm Ivory Chips
1 8oz pkg Fleet Farm Macadamia Nuts chopped
Preheat oven to 350f. Cream butter, shortening, and sugars together. Add egg & vanilla. Add all powdered ingredients. Add chips and nuts. Drop one Tbsp balls on lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool on baking pan.
#bakingcookies #cookiefriday #growingsmilesdaily #whitechocolatemacadamianutcookies
It’s fun to show you the simple moments I share with the animals on the farm. Times like these is when their personalities shine. I can’t tell you how many times Cricket knocked over my camera…and jumped on my back…hoof prints on my brand new @carhartt jacket…🙄
Is there specific that you would like me to capture? Yes of course Cricket coming and going from the chicken coop….🤦🏻♀️ What else?
#springonthefarm #brushoutday #guardiandog #highlandcow #goatlove #growingsmilesdaily
So did Cricket entice you to bake these?
English Toffee Cookies:
Ingredients:
Saltine Crackers
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Butter
1 Cup Chopped Fleet Farm English Toffee Candies
1 Cup Dark Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Pecans
Preheat oven to 400. Place a single layer of crackers on a foil lined cookie sheet. Bring butter & brown sugar to a boil for 3 minutes. Pour over crackers and bake for five minutes. Sprinkle English Toffee candies and chocolate chips over the top and let melt for 3 minutes before spreading out. Top with 1 cup pecans and let completely cool. Enjoy!
You will find the most adorable and often unlikely friendships here on the farm. Everyday it’s as if we are watching a living breathing storybook.
Which storyline has been your favorite?
#interspeciesfriendship #interspecieslove #oddanimalcouples #downonthefarm #growingsmilesday
Think we need to do more of this? Cricket sure seemed to enjoy herself...🤣
#cookingwithcricket
Did you enjoy the barn clean out in stories today? I have more to post....but I don’t like to be on my phone when everyone is working so hard.
These moments make all the hard work worth it.
The love I share with these animals is so special. I have a relationship with every single one of them. Bottle babies as a whole are also hard work, but they will never forget it. I am Mom forever.
I’m going to continue to try to capture more moments like this so you can see and understand why or how I know them all. The number one question I get asked is “How can you possibly know all of their names?” The answer is simply that they are my pets, not farm animals.
Thanks for showing up for our farm family. My heart is touched by how much you all love them too.
#farmlove #wisconsinfarmer #wisconsinlife #ilovemyfarm #lambs
One Cricket For Sale: Shape shifting, addicted to love, GOAT.
You may think she is a great deal from afar....but up close.... Buyer beware....
You see she is addicted to love. She just shows it in unusual ways. Jamming her horns into your shin is a favorite past time. Or there’s this....jumping on you if you are distracted. She simply wants you to know how much she loves you and wants to be as close as possible. You get that, right?
Then there is her “spice”....she is a shape shifter. I know, I know, that sounds crazy, but this goat at a year old still manages to fit through the chicken coop door. She casually munches on the chicken feed, but she is a clever girl with secondary plans. World domination smarts type gal has figured out the chicken coop is the secret passage to barnyard heaven - aka the supply area....Zero promises on what she will shape shift into on your farm - guaranteed to get everywhere she shouldn’t.
Price.....? Naw - priceless.....💕
If you could - would you take her home? (BTW she isn’t going anywhere rest assured)
#goats🐐 #goatlife #goatlover #clevergirl #growimgsmilesdaily
Introducing....Herman! Say hello down below!
He has LOTS to say....he certainly seems like he will fit right in around here. We brought him to the farm in hopes he and Cricket can become buddies. I didn’t give him a name that would go with Cricket’s because he is his own little character. We hope they will become close friends but you never can be sure.
He is settling in great. Hanging out with the lambs so he can used to all the new noises and smells. It will be a slow transition for him out to the farm. Great things take time. 💕
#farmfriends #newgoat #hermanthegoat #mixedbreed #happygoat #growingsmilesdaily
Back stories may make a difference...
Today’s vote is up and tough for the barnyard dust up bracket. Tomorrow is going to hurt!
So I thought I would give you a little background. Everyone started following at different times so may not know everyone’s back story.
Edgar the last lonely puppy in a litter that I was gifted and came from Oregon State, who now is the sheriff and protects the farm. Cricket the bottle fed baby brought here to keep a blind lamb company, full of the dickens she still squeezes into the chicken coop. Puddin the round tummy toddler that is the fluffiest white cow you will ever see. Last but not least - Ernest. As a kitten he rode on the pigs and became mayor of the farm.
Is your #marchmadness bracket busted? Who are you voting for tomorrow? This is a time you want to start sharing - asking friends and family to vote for your favorite. 🙌🏻
#bracketbusters #iwonttellthem #farmfun #wisconsinfarm #midwestliving
Watch for babies and antlers!!!
We took a brake...and then this happened today! A visit to another Wisconsin farm led to breed knowledge and BOTTLE BABIES! One girl one boy Jacob lambs...Buttons & Beau.
Cookie Friday had to pause while we handled babies less than 24 hours old. I, WE, will celebrate tomorrow...!!!! 🙌🏻
#springlamb #lambs #bottlebabies #fibetfarm #cutelambs
“I am so happy I came to live on your farm!” ~ Licorice
I don’t know if I even had an Instagram account when I filmed this! 🙈
This is baby Licorice. He was going to be the one of two bucks on my farm to make lots of babies! I spent the night here @bohemiancreekfarm and my eyes were opened to what it was like in all aspects of dealing with intact males. Best thing I could have EVER done was gain knowledge from a farmer already doing what I thought I wanted.
Many people say I inspire them to have a farm one day. That is SO amazing!! Please, make a plan and then seek out a farm that does just that and ask to do the worst jobs included with that plan. You will love it or change paths. Best thing to do before you invite your farm babies home. This visit was pivotal, best decision ever and I thank God for Deb’s guidance again and again.
#noteverythingisadream #planahead #knowledgeiskey #askafarmer #farmerslovefarmers
“We wanted to decorate the tree!” ~ Kitties
Hall trees are old school. Cat trees - current rage! Feel free to join us...
#lovemykitties #cattree #catdecor #outsidekitties #growimgsmilesdaily
“I am Mother of Sheep.” ~ Poly
Wait to watch him walk away with her...First Bree now Sir Connery! What Ernest is to the pigs, Poly is to the sheep!!!
Both times it happened during a live video where she climbs on top of them. I stop the live eventually and keep filming....what’s super ironic - she has never gotten on a pig. She always remains off to the side when the rest of the kitties crawl all over them.
@thedodo I think we have a new star among us!!!
#interspeciesfriendship #interspecieslove #oddcouples #animalfriends #cutenessoverload
“I know it’s cookie Friday and everything, but I prefer snuggles myself.” ~ Gus Gus
Gus Gus is Gladys’s son. They are Shetland sheep and grow very long fleece. I reserve their wool for hand spinning and it’s a beautiful variegated gray and black.
Gladys came from another farm and remains very shy, however she will snag a cookie from my hand. Gus Gus for two years has followed her lead and stayed away from me. That is until this week. In every live you can see this little fluff nugget Velcro himself to me and stare into my eyes. Looks like Cameron and Edgar have some competition!
Never give up on a shy animal. Both Cameron and Edgar were very timid as well. Now they can’t get enough. Patience....
#animallovestory #lookintomyeyes #adorablesheep #farmlifebestlife #growingsmilesdaily
“Kitties & piggies snuggle party!!!” ~ Farm Family
Uncle Ernest has been visiting the farm much more often these days! He has been busy during our live videos being my tour guide. We all were hoping that he would teach the kittens how to ride the pigs and give massages and he is holding up his end of the bargain.
The love is thick and warm around here.
#cutenessoverload #funnyanimalvideos #bestlifeever #interspeciesfriendship #unlikelyanimalfriends
