Homemade preserves and applesauce, baked goods, and candy
While I absolutely love participating in this community event, I will not have a booth at the Village Homes Arts & Crafts Fair this year. However, if you would like to place a special order, a subset of my usual offerings will be available (see below). Please contact me at dmclarke@omsoft.com and let me know what you would like! I will be having hand surgery in early December, so special orders must be submitted by Wednesday, November 12 and will be ready for pickup by Monday, December 1.
Hi, I’m Diane. My husband (Kevin Roddy) and I have lived in Village Homes since 2004. I have been baking since I was 10 years old; I am grateful that I had a mom who let me experiment with new recipes every weekend! I have sold my homemade baked goods, preserves, applesauce, and candy at the Village Homes Arts & Crafts Fair for 7 years.
My offerings for special order in 2025 include:
Preserves and applesauce (Shelf-stable)
- Premium Fig Preserves (8 oz. jars) – $7.50. These delectable preserves, made with Mission figs picked in my own yard, include something special: a little brandy! People have said they love these preserves with cheese, or on their favorite toasted bread. And they make good stocking stuffers!
- Chunky Applesauce (16 oz. jars) – $7.50. This recipe has plenty of satisfying apple chunks and is delicious in a bowl of oatmeal, mixed with yogurt and granola, or paired as a relish with pork chops. Made with Pink Lady apples, it has a yummy blend of spices and includes a dash of cognac.
Baked Goods
- Swedish Limpa (1.5-pound loaf) – $11.00. This is a rich rye bread, redolent of molasses, raisins, and orange zest. “Limpa” means “bread” in Swedish, and this recipe has been a favorite of mine for many years, even before I lived in Stockholm in the early 1990s! While in Sweden, it was fun to make this bread using their “Mörk Sirap” (“dark syrup”) in place of the usual molasses.
You can contact me at dmclarke@omsoft.com.