Easy Holiday Baking: Apple Slab Pie
An easy-to-make way to bake pie – apple slab pie!
An easy-to-make way to bake pie – apple slab pie!
One of my favorite childhood memory-related scents is that of plump apples baking in the oven on a cold day. My mother would core the apples, drop some butter, cinnamon and a bit of brown sugar in the centers, and bake them until the house filled with that perfect, delicious scent. I remember sitting on… Continue reading Fruit and nut-stuffed baked apples, and a visit to Sesame Street
Apple butter is a must for my fall each year. Its flavor and fragrance are so reminiscent of my childhood years that I make sure to either make or buy some every autumn. A few years ago I learned that making my own isn’t terribly difficult, so I made it yearly for my family, but… Continue reading Cooking basics: Slow-cooker apple butter
What a miracle…a white Christmas in East Texas! I’ve lived in Texas for 14 years now, and though we’ve had snow at other times, we’ve never had an actual white Christmas….until yesterday. It was fun and so beautiful. It made the day even more special. Also, I got to feed kids and family… Continue reading Spiced apple-pumpkin bread with dried cranberries
There has always been a lot of buzz about apples. (No, not the Steve Jobs kind…the fruit.) An apple a day keeps the doctor away. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. An apple for teacher. You’re the apple of my eye. And there’s that whole Garden of Eden thing…. How did… Continue reading Caramel apple snack cake for back-to-school
Don’t you love it when you have leftover produce and you get to figure out what to do with it, coming up with (you hope) some delicious new dish or dessert? I do. It makes us think creatively, and in the kitchen, that’s important. Sometimes we forget to try new things, making the same old… Continue reading Apple-Raspberry Skillet Cobbler
I have been enjoying working on my baking segment the past week and a half. Really, it’s so much fun that I can’t believe I get to do it! It is a lot of hard work, I have to admit. For each of those three and a half minute segments, there have been hours spent researching… Continue reading Who wants dessert? Apple Pie Cheesecake Bars
As I walked into the produce section of my grocery store a few days ago, I got a warm, happy, “welcome-home!” feeling. Bins and crates of pumpkins and apples were everywhere! I love this time of year; autumn, when the weather cools down, leaves put on their brightest and best attire, and porches are transformed… Continue reading It’s Time for Apples