Apple Pie Bread

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Now that the weather is cooler, it is time to bake around this old homestead.  I search for new recipes all summer long .... in magazines, on blogs, on websites ... wherever I can find one!

I love the smell of goodies baking in the kitchen.  The smell wafts through the house and makes it seem all cozy and warm.  On those days that are cloudy and dreary, there is nothing better than a cup of tea and a fresh baked goodie.

I have bookmarked quite a few newbies this year and could not wait to start trying them.  Well this weekend was the perfect time for some homemade goodness.  If you are going to try something new this year ....... you just have to try this recipe!  I think I gained ten pounds just looking at it sitting on the counter!

This is the ultimate in goodness.  The taste of apple pie in a bread!  Can you just imagine the yumminess?  Not sure if that is even a word but it was definitely yummy!  I am a bread-loving type gal so this one is just perfect for me and with having an abundance of hand picked apples from a neighbor's tree, well this recipe was a perfect one to try.

You can find the recipe here.  Julia has created this masterpiece and what a masterpiece it is.  The center is a cream cheese/icing sugar delight and the crumbly apple pie/brown sugar topping is 'the icing on the cake' so to speak.  

Since you now have the recipe, I will leave you with pictures to entice your taste buds.  Try it, you won't regret it!

Remember to give your loved ones a hug .... and a slice of apple delight!

Apples and Awesome Views

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Sunday was spent peeling apples and peeling more apples. Pasie's apple tree produced a huge crop this year. We had six - 50 pound bushel boxes of apples from one little tree!

There were so many apples I didn't think we would ever finish! Many were rotten but they were tossed out to the deer .... we have to feed those little ones as well!

Here is my Mom busy at it. Notice our cups of tea sitting there with us? Can't be without a cuppa to help us complete our job.

We used this older apple peeler for a while...but many of the apples were odd-shaped which made it difficult to use this contraption so we resorted to hand peeling. We ended up with quite a few bags that will be later used for apple crisp, applesauce, apple cookies.. MMMM, just thinking about it puts me in the baking mood.

That morning, the deer wandered through the yard....

I think they could smell the apples from inside the house and were waiting for their share! So cute....three little ones. They didn't stick around for long as the ducks chased them away from their grain! =)

Give your loved ones a hug tonight...never take them for granted. Have a great evening!

Frost, Finishing Projects and Fruit

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Last night my dearest Bob (hear the sarcasm?) left the bedroom window open. Well at about 5am, it was so cold in the room I thought the sheets were frozen to the bed frame! Talk about shock!


I could not muster up enough guts to crawl out of bed and close the window, so I laid there and froze instead! We had a very heavy frost and since I can look out over the yard from my bed, it looked like a layer of snow on the grass. I wish I could have taken a picture for you but the camera was in the living room and like I said, I just couldn't move from my frozen state.


Once Bob crawled out of bed, I told him to toss me my bathrobe so I could wrap up in it as soon as the comforter came off. Walking into the living room was like walking into an oven. What a temperature difference!

This morning, I had to grab a few groceries and visit my local Goodwill Store (on Wednesdays, the new stock is out). Once the errands were finished, I put away the groceries, threw dinner in the crockpot and headed up to the garage with my bag of knitting.



I had finished up a baby blanket for the craft fair last night so I wanted to start on a shawl that will be given to Pasie for Christmas.







The finished baby blanket.



While watching Bob fixing our four-wheeler and knitting away on Pasie's shawl, I remembered the offer from our neighbor down the road, Kathy who had the wonderful pear, apple and crab apple trees. She insisted I come and pick to my heart's content as she is a widow and will never eat them all herself.


I grabbed a few bags, a water bottle and headed over to Kathy's (Luke decided to join me as he loves her crab apples) and it took us all of about 15 minutes to fill three bags full. I will definitely have to go back and get more before they rot. I would like to make some jelly, freeze some for pies and dehydrate some for snacking.






The pears! The taste is a cross between an apple and a pear. Yummy!






Crab apples! They are just the right amount of tartness.







The apples. Large, juicy and delicious! I already made a single serving of apple crisp this evening for myself!

An abundance. They won't last long around here though!
I don't have to worry about what I will be doing tomorrow. Preserving these will be top priority but first I need to finish my apple crisp and make sure the bedroom window is closed tight tonight!
Have to add that meagan over at ecomilf.com.au is offering a great giveaway. A stainless steel Siggy water bottle! Check out her site. She is a very eco-friendly Mom, making a difference.
Have a great evening everyone! Give your loved ones a hug. :)