Apple Pie

After making a note to myself in this post, I finally made apple pie.

It is delicious.

Good, flaky crust +

Cinnamon, sugar, and nutmeg coated apples +

Butter, flour, and brown sugar on top = yummy deliciousness.

Here's the recipe.

Note: The crust recipe makes enough for the crust on the bottom of two pies for this recipe because it is not a double crusted pie.

French Apple Pie

Crust: 

(recipe from Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook)

Mix together...

2 cups sifted all purpose flour

1 tsp. salt

Cut in...

2/3 cup shortening

Sprinkle 4 Tbsp. water 1 Tbsp. at a time, mixing lightly with a fork until all the flour is moistened.

Gather dough together with the fingers so it cleans the bowl.

Press into a ball.

Roll out.

Divide crust into two equal portions and place in two 8" or 9" pie pans.

Pie filling:

Note: this is enough for both pies.

Mix together and pour into crust:

8-12 sliced apples

1 1/2 cup white sugar

1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Topping:

Mix until crumbly:

2/3 cup margarine or butter

2/3 cup brown sugar

1 1/3 cup flour

Spread evenly over both pies.

Bake at 365 for 50 minutes.

Enjoy!

While I was taking pictures of my pies, Natalia was being adorable.

Hope you have a good day!

I am linking this up to Grace and Johanna's Walk Through the Orchard event.

There is also a giveaway going on over at Grace's Garden Walk. You should go on over and enter!

First Day of October

Happy First Day of October, everyone!

Francesca is holding a photo contest and this week's theme is fall.

This photo means fall to me because of the leaves on the ground, but also because of the little red schoolhouse in the background.

(Oh, and the effect I used for this picture was Cross Process on Picnik. I love it!)

Another thing that means fall to me is baking.

This morning I baked with these cuties.

Aren't they just too cute?

We made chocolate chip cookies (sadly, from a mix. It was in the cupboard and was easier to make with little people than cookies from scratch).

Sadie and Chloe

 I made these muffins this morning, also. The recipe is the Create Your Own Muffins recipe from this post by  Royal Daughters of the King. For these muffins, I put a cup of strawberries in the batter.

They taste pretty good. :) I honestly had never had muffins with strawberries in them before, or at least not that I can remember.