An Autumn Recipe

Sunday Mornings

Sunday Mornings... love them!  I get excited about waking up early, usually to the groan or nudge of our lab, letting me know it is time to rise and shine...and go outside of course.  Rolling out of my warm bed, waking up the 2 little chihuahuas, and putting all three of the boys on their leashes, while I try to throw on a coat, slide on my shoes, all the while not waking the hubby.  I love it when the cold January wind smacks me in the face, the sky radiates the dawning colors of the first half of ROY-G-BIV, and God's glory and grace just seems to envelop me.  To you, this may sound crazy...I mean who wants to get up, EARLY, out of a warm and toasty bed, because of the dog, and go outside in the cold?  I do!  

You see, to me it's the little things.  It's opening my eyes to all of the beauty and miracles that seem to dance around me every single day.  Being intentionally aware of the gift of life, of breath, of another day...and not just any other day, but a Sun day.  The sabbath.  The day of rest and rejuvenation.  A day to come together with other believers and worship an Almighty God, the lover of our soul.  That is so exciting to me.  

Oh, and breakfast...I love Sunday morning breakfast.  After bringing the boys back in, they climb back under the covers, and I get to go into the kitchen...Yes!  I turn on some Laura Story or Kare Jobe and let the magic begin!  Breakfast, such a wonderful creation.  There's just nothing like it.  

This morning, I decided to make pancakes...Who doesn't love some mouth-watering, muy delicioso pancakes?  And, being the lover of food and all things southern, especially hospitality, that I am,  I would love to have you all in my kitchen.  But since that's not feasible, I thought I would share the recipe with you.  

Apple Cinnamon Pancakes

 

Ingredients: 

 2 cups of Biscuik 

1 egg

1 1/3 cup of milk

2 tablespoons of sugar

1 tsp of vanilla extract

a dash or two of cinnamon

2 heaping tablespoons of apple butter

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients together and cook in lots of butter :)

For it was I, the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.   

Psalm 81:10

An Apple A Day...Day 5

Day 5...Baked Apples Take 2

I wasn't too thrilled with yesterdays baked apples. It wasn't what I was expecting. I thought I would go with a second attempt...and they were tasty enough to make it into Day 5 of An Apple a Day...

Here are the items you will need:

5 apples
1/4 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup warm water
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla


Preheat oven to 350 degrees

First: Peel the apples.


Second: Slice the apples and pour them into a baking dish that has a lid that can also go in the oven.

Third: Mix the remaining ingredients together in a separate bowl.


Fourth: Pour the mixture over the sliced apples. Stir.

Fifth: Put the lid on your baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes. At 35 minutes, I pulled the dish out of the oven, stirred the apples and baked for another 10 minutes...until the apples were tender.

OH MY GOODNESS!! If only you could smell these...they smell like Christmas morning!

Now...this is more like it! These are what I like to call Baked Apples!

Muy Delicioso!

An Apple A Day...Day 1

Day 1: A Cup- A Cup-A Cup
(Also known as Apple Crisp)


Id' like to share this fantastically easy recipe with you because someone shared it with me. A trip to the mountains of North Carolina is always a necessity in October and it always yields mountain apples! A few years ago, as my husband was waiting for me to fill a peck size bag full of 25 different types of apples, he struck up a conversation with a sweet older lady. She also had several pecks of apples, so my hubby, being the inquisitive soul that he is, asked if she would share one of her favorite apple recipes. "A Cup-A Cup-A Cup" she said....

Like I said, this is a very simple recipe and only requires a few ingredients:

1 cup of sugar
1 cup of flour
1 cup of butter (or 1 stick) softened
3 apples (preferably Granny Smith but any type will work wonderfully)
a dash of Cinnamon
(apple juice or orange juice if on hand)

...Preheat the oven to 350 degrees...

First: Peel the apples


Second: Slice the apples and put into a buttered dish (I used good ole Miss Pam).


Third: Mix the sugar, flour, and softened butter together with a fork. You may need to start mixing it together with you hands, but a fork usually works just fine.


Fourth: Pour the crumbly mixture on top of the apples (If you have some apple or orange juice on hand, this is when you would pour about 1/3 cup over the apples, BEFORE you pour the crumbly mixture on top of the apples).


Fifth: Sprinkle a dash or two of cinnamon on top of your crumbly mixture.

Sixth: Place in the oven and cook at 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes or until golden brown or until the smell begins to spread throughout your home.

See...golden brown and appley delicious!

Also, really good with some Vanilla or Butter Pecan Ice cream~!

Enjoy!!

Happy October!

Today is the first day of my FAVORITE month...OCTOBER!!! And in celebration of this fabulous occasion, I made... drum roll please... Caramel Apples!! I have been collecting items for quite some time to make these delicious treats. I think this is the beginning of a lifelong tradition, and a beautiful friendship!

I have 2 small crock pots so I put a bag of caramels with 2 tablespoons of water in one, and in the other, I put half of a bag of white chocolate almond bark. I cooked them both on low and stirred about every 10 minutes until they were both creamy and melted...YUM!

While the caramel and the white chocolate were melting, I pulled down 3 plates ( do these look a little familiar? Junking Parte Uno - Habitat for Humanity...LOVE that place!), and filled them each with goodies. Whole pecans, one with crushed pecans, and one with cinnamon! Yep, I said cinnamon...

I ended up with 4 caramel apples. The first 2, I dipped in the crock pot with caramel, rolled in the chopped and whole pecans, then drizzled with melted dark chocolate. The other 2, I dipped in the caramel, let cool, then dipped in the white chocolate, then rolled in cinnamon. We call this the Apple Pie Caramel Apple! This one is by far, the bestest, most tastiest caramel apple in the world.

I had quite a bit of white chocolate and caramel left over, and you know that I work very hard at letting nothing go to waste. That meant caramel, white chocolate, dark chocolate, and cinnamon drizzled popcorn and white chocolate turtles...YES MA'AM! This also turned out to be wonderful!

Here's a picture of all of the goodies...So pretty! and so tasty too! They are displayed on the cake plates that I made from my yard sale and junking travels this morning! You'll be seeing a lot more of them in the future, and some tutorials, too!!

Happy October Ya'll!

Check it out! You can find this blog posted over at Someday Crafts!