Farmer's Market—Week 13, August 27, 2012

Boy, was I off to a great start yesterday! The market opens at 3:00, and by 3:30, one of my mom's friends stopped by my table and bought 6 of my blueberry happyjacks (mini pies). Dee had stopped by my table the week before after I had run into her at church the day before that, and reminded her about the farmer's market. Last week, she bought 2 blueberry happyjacks, and some cookies. Over the course of the week, she ran into my mom and told my mom how great the pies were, and that she'd be back for more. So, as promised, she stopped by again and bought all 6 blueberry mini pies that I had. She paid me a lovely compliment by saying that friends that she has that are "in the business" raved about my happyjacks. It was very sweet, and I was very grateful for her business. She bought a few packs of chocolate chip cookies, too. It was a great way to start the day.

My cookie of the week this week was a sugar-free cookie—my last of the season. These ones were made with oatmeal, peanut butter, and bananas, plus a small amount of maple syrup (pure, of course), and some raisins. My diabetic customers, and those watching their sugar intake, loved these cookies. A few people purchased a dozen, and another purchased a 1/2 dozen, which didn't leave very many cookies left for the rest of the crowd. But that's ok. I'm just so happy to be able to provide a treat for those that can't really eat much sugar, or don't want to eat much sugar. 

So the cookie of the week was pretty well-depleted by around 4:30. Same with the apple happyjacks, too, and several other cookies. And I think I would have had another sell-out had it not been for the rain that set in around 5:15 and lasted pretty much until the market closed at 7:00. But I only ended up with 7 packs of cookies leftover, which isn't too bad. Jack was happy to have some brownies to gobble up for his bedtime snack last night.

The market is closed this coming Monday for Labor Day, but there's no rest for the weary in my house. My very special niece is turning 21 next week, and my brother and sister-in-law are throwing a big party for her. They've asked me to make the desserts for 60 people, so I'll still be busy this weekend, but in a different way. For her party, I'm making a bunch of cupcakes, a pie, a cookie cake, a regular cake, and a variety of cookies. So it will be fun, as most of these are desserts I don't make regularly. It will be nice to change it up a little bit. Oh, and on top of all of that, I have to make a batch of old fashioned chocolate chip cookies (you know, the ones from the recipe on the bag of chips) for my husband's fantasy football draft this Saturday. Whew, I'm tired already!

When we are back in business on September 10, we'll only have three weeks left to go. I'm planning on doing pumpkin infused treats for cookies of the week for those three weeks.... I'll probably do pumpkin pie bars on September 10, pumpkin whoopie pies on September 17, and then pumpkin pie bars again on September 24. They seem to be very popular this time of year. Lastly, I'm planning to make cranberry orange pound cakes those last three weeks, instead of the blueberry sour cream pound cake I've been making, so be on the lookout for that.

Until next time, have a yummy day!