Celebrating the Northwest's Natural Bounty
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Pike store manager Nicole celebrates with a festive holiday sweater
To all Chukar fans,
We wish you all the best this Holiday season and into the New Year. May you enjoy everything sweet and good, especially holiday sweaters!
Cherry Cheers,
Ma and Pa Chukar and the Chukar Team
There are few things more wonderful than opening Christmas presents (or watching the kids open theirs) while enjoying a warm, delicious breakfast. Of course, avoiding a mess is nice, too. That’s why we love this fast and simple recipe for delicious Buttermilk and Cherry Scones. They’re especially tasty with Chukar’s Red Sour Cherry or Raspberry Cherry Preserves!
Ingredients:
Directions:Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, dried cherries, and lemon zest. Cut in butter until it is in pea-sized pieces. Quickly stir in the buttermilk and turn onto floured board. Knead dough until it just comes together, about 3 to 5 minutes. Divide dough into 3 balls and flatten to 1-inch thick. Beat egg and 1 tablespoon water and brush over dough. Score into quarters with a knife. Place the rounds on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown, about 10 to 15 minutes. Yields 12 scones.
Tags: Brunch, dried cherries, Preserves and Sauces, Recipe
We mentioned before how much we love decorating with Chukar dried fruits and nuts, but we also love decorating with our chocolates. Today we’ll show you a little of both:
Ingredients:
-Your favorite sugar cookie recipe
-1 8oz bag Berry & Pistachio Mix, chopped
-Your favorite frosting (or ours)
Preparation
Bake cookies according to recipe, let cool and frost. Before frosting sets, sprinkle chopped Berry & Pistachio mix over frosting.
Let set 10-15 minutes. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
-Your favorite sugar cookie recipe
-1 8oz. bag Chukar White Chocolate Raspberry Truffles
Preparation
Prepare cookies according to recipe. Press 1 Raspberry Truffle into the center of each cookie 1-2 minutes before cookies finish baking. Enjoy as is, or frost with simple sugar frosting around Truffle center.
Tags: Berry & Pistachio Mix, dried cherries, holidays, hosting, Raspberry Truffle, Recipe
Just in time for those last-minute gifts, we’re offering free upgrades to Express (2-Day) shipping on all 
orders over $100.00 per recipient. Better still, you’ll recieve free standard shipping on all Sumptuous Assortments- if you want to ship those express, all you pay for is the upgrade. That means you can ship all Sumptuous Assortments express for only $8!
Cherry Cheers!
Does this count as a re-gift? We’ve mentioned this recipe before, but we don’t see any harm in sharing it again. You can serve these treats hot or cold, sweet or savory, as brunch or hors d’oeuvres. No matter how you enjoy them, we’re sure they’ll soon become one of your favorite leftover treats. They’re certainly one of ours!
Ingredients:
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or Chukar® Curried Cherry Chutney for savory treats |
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cream sugar and butter, add eggs and beat until fluffy. Sift together salt, flour, baking soda. Mix together all wet and dry ingredients alternately. Using processor, chop dried cherries with zest. Add to batter, spoon into buttered tins and bake 12 minutes or until golden. Rest in pans, brush with juice and sprinkle with sugar. Cool and remove. To assemble: Slice muffin in half and make sandwich appetizers using preserves and turkey. Yields: 40 appetizers.