Acorn Farm
For the Holiday Cookie Plate
While Thanksgiving (checklist below!) is still ahead of us, now's the time to plot your baking strategy for the coming celebrations. One of our favorite holiday traditions? Cookie baking!

IN THIS ISSUE,
we reveal the secrets for making charming cut-out cookies and the key methods for icing and decorating them into eye-catching favorites. But, it's not enough to look good, cookies need to taste as wonderful as they look! We have three different cookie doughs ready for you to transform into delicious cookies: Chocolate Snowflakes, Peppermint Candy Canes, and Almond-Orange Trees.

Unleash Your Creativity
Thank You
  Holiday Hours
Welcome
checklist
Checklist
Classes and Events
OUR GREAT HOLIDAY SELECTION
A big thank-you to all of you who came to our open house on Sunday. We had a wonderful time. If you weren't able to make it, don't despair, we still have a fantastic selection of fun gifts, beautiful kitchen goods, and plenty of holiday décor for your shopping pleasure! We are all so pleased with the items we've selected for the store this season. We have a number of items in the store that give back, if you will, with every purchase. Look for the red & green angel posters throughout the store that indicate these items and shop with confidence, knowing that because of your purchases, someone else might have a better way of life in the coming year.
THE GREAT PAJAMA PROJECT
If you're interested in helping out some local folks, we've got a great program this holiday season that we're calling the Great Pajama Project. When we asked Community Sharing what their greatest needs were this time of year, they said they always have a shortage of warm pajamas. Well! We want to make that need disappear and you can help! We can use brand new pajamas for babies, kids, teens, and adults. Santa has loaned us his bag, and it's sitting in Acorn Farm waiting to be filled! When you put a pair of brand new p.j.s in the bag, we'll put your name on our GREAT WALL OF GIVING! Our goal is to stuff that bag to overflowing ensuring that no one goes to bed chilly this winter! We're pretty excited about it because we know our customers always rise to the occasion. We hope to end up with a nice variety of sizes and we ask that you please leave them unwrapped as it makes it easier to get the right pajamas to the right recipient.
TONIGHT! - November 19th, 6:30 pm - FREE!
We want to invite you to come downtown tonight at 6:30 for THE BIG REVEAL! You may have noticed that all of the windows in town have been papered over. Tonight at 6:30, the kids in town are given the signal to tear down the paper to reveal the beautiful window displays! Afterwards, you're invited to ACORN FARM to have a sip of cider and let the kiddos decorate a cookie with Sharon Mancini, our resident Cookie Lady!  We had many people wanting to sign up for our cookie classes this season, but a limited number of spots available. So, for those of you who were unable to participate in the classes, tonight will be a great time to ask Sharon all of your cookie decorating questions! We hope to see you tonight!
NOT-SO-BLACK FRIDAY GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY
Friday, November 27th - 10:00am

At Acorn Farm, we don't like making you get up at the crack of dawn to get good prices, so we've already got our holiday specials out and on the shelves. You can shop for Black Friday-style deals right now and throughout the season.  What this means is that you can sleep in a little on the Friday after Thanksgiving---and THEN rush on down to Acorn Farm and be one of the first 50 customers in the store. We're handing out gift cards, ranging from $10 on up to $100. In light of our Season of Giving theme this year, we'd like to give something to you! You've all been so enthusiastic and giving when it comes to our charity-based merchandise and our Pajama Project.  So, relax a little on the 27th, but be here at 10am to try to be one of the first 50. One card per family, please, and when they're gone, they're gone!
Shop Small SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Saturday, November 28th  8:30 to 5:00

American Express is once again sponsoring Small Business Saturday for independent retailers on Main Streets all over America.  We love our downtown here in Milford and the way to keep our unique, hometown shopping district vibrant is to frequent the shops that populate our village!
Santa SPEAKING OF OUR DOWNTOWN
Did you know about Dinner's On Us?

From 5:30-9 p.m. each Thursday during the holidays, diners are selected randomly to enjoy a meal at one of downtown's delicious restaurants - on the house! A few of Santa's elves representing downtown businesses and community neighbors, will drop into the Main Street restaurants in downtown Milford and pick up the tabs of unsuspecting patrons - nearly 90 tabs throughout the season - to give back and give thanks to the visitors who make our downtown shopping district and businesses flourish!

We think we've probably given you enough reasons to shop and dine in Milford this season, but just in case we haven't, read on . . .
GREAT GIFTS < $10
This time of year, we're frequently asked to help pick out gifts right around $10 for Bunco gifts, office exchanges, Christmas party favors, etc.  We've got a great selection of really unique, fun items that will fit the bill and we're always happy to help you select gifts that will meets your needs.
CORPORATE GIFTS
If you are a business owner and you need corporate gifts for your employees or clients, talk to us. We can customize something just for you!
How the Angry Mama Microwave Cleaner Works! 
How the Angry Mama Microwave Cleaner Works!


INTRODUCING --

ANGRY MAMA
MICROWAVE CLEANER


Now....we have a brand new gadget in the store that helps you clean your microwave!  It's funny, it's cute, and it's...well...efficient!  Take a look at the Angry Mama!

20% OFF during NOVEMBER 
E-CLOTH'S 20th ANNIVERSARY SALE!  E-Cloth
Superior Cleaning with Nothing but hot water! 

If you've never used an E-CLOTH before, the time is now! Everyone is becoming more and more aware of how we are constantly exposed to all sorts of household chemicals and the damage they can do -- both to our health, and our household surfaces. Now there's a better, safer, and more efficient way to clean. E-cloths clean almost any solid surface in your home with only hot water, removing dust, grease, grime and bacteria with ease!   Come into the store for a quick demo!  November is a great time to purchase any of the E-Cloth products as they will be 20% OFF for the whole month. There are cleaning cloths, dusting cloths, mops, stainless steel cloths, and more!  Just remember, salt season is coming! The E-CLOTH mop is, by far, the best thing we've ever used on our store floors and one of our store favorites. It takes the dread out of mopping and cuts your cleaning time in half!
Perfecting the Cookie Canvas
Preparing the Dough
Baked Cookies
recipeone RECIPE: Chocolate Snowflakes
Let it Snow Chocolate
For Holiday Baking
recipetwo RECIPE: Peppermint Candy Cane Cookies
Peppermint Candy Canes
Piping and Flooding
Pro Tips
recipethree RECIPE: Almond-Orange Tree Cookies
More Sprinkles!
One Cookie for You, One for ME

 

Happy Cooking!

Kathy Magaluk and all of us at Acorn Farm 


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