It's a great story...this farming family is involved in FFA (Future Farmers of America for those who may not know) and they decided to create a corn maze, not just for the community's enjoyment, but to raise funds for the local FFA Alumni chapter as well as the Natrona County ARC.
I have been dying to go! Look how cool it is - designed with Wyoming's bucking horse and rider!
The Snyder family and I went last weekend (Todd went hunting) and we had a great time! It wasn't fancy, just good ol' fashioned fall fun with a pumpkin patch, corn pit, farm animal petting barn and hayride. Oh, and caramel apples which were quite tasty!
On our way in...
An idea of what we were getting ourselves into...
Samuel, their oldest boy, leading us through...
Hmmm...a fork in the road...
My twin in the corn maze...
The maze was not at all as scary as you would think from the picture above where it was green and HUGE looking. It took us 36 minutes to make it through.
On our way to the petting barn...
I think some of these were baby turkeys. Saved from Thanksgiving tables this year!
These chickens crack me up with their Tina Turner "hair"...
This little piggy was too cute. Look at those ears! And that pink snout...
And we're pretty sure this rabbit thought it was a cat. He was huge! And so soft. And he just let all the kids pet on him. If he could purr I'm sure he would...
Green Acres corn maze is a lot of fun. I think they've got one last weekend open - so get out there!
Ok, want a couple fall recipes?
I made these pumpkin cranberry muffins yesterday and are they good! The candied pecans you could technically have any time of the year, but they seem especially fall-ish for salads. Yum!
Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins
(Recipe says it makes 12, but I got about 20 out of it.)
These are awesome right out of the oven with a teeny bit of butter smeared on them.
2 c. flour
3/4 c. sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. allspice
1/3 c. vegetable or canola oil
1 large egg
3/4 c. canned unflavored pumpkin
2 c. chopped cranberries (fresh or frozen) I used fresh and gave them a whirl in my
Preheat the oven to 400 F.
Sift the dry ingredients together and set aside.
Beat oil, egg and pumpkin together until well blended.
Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture all at once. Stir until moistened.
Fold in chopped cranberries.
Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin cups. Bake 15-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Candied Pecans
These are SO easy to make and SO super tasty!
1 c. pecans (I prefer pecan halves, but you could use chopped)
1 Tbsp. honey
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. water
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Preheat oven to 325 F.
Bring all ingredients to a low boil in a small saucepan.
Add nuts and simmer 2 minutes. Stirring until well coated.
Line a cookie sheet with a bit of foil and spritz with cooking spray.
Pour nuts onto sheet, drizzling with any remaining sauce from saucepan.
Bake about 10 minutes or until toasted.
Remove from oven and let cool. The glaze will harden around the nuts.
Toss in a salad with sliced pear or apple and some blue cheese or goat cheese!
DELISH!
Yum! The muffins look and sound great..printed off the recipe. That maze looked like it was going to be difficult, and I love, love,the design of it. That would make a great poster:) What fun. Sounds like fun day you guys.
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