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September 1, 2014 · 12:43 pm

local.apple.crisp

My friend Heather moved a year or so ago from the big city to a fab little house about an hour away. I don’t get to see her as much as I used to, and am ashamed to admit that yesterday was the first I had seen her new digs. She has a great view, loads of land to grow stuff on, and a snow apple tree. She braved the spiders and creepy crawled to harvest these little guys and sent us home with a huge bag. These little apples average a little larger than a ping pong ball and are delish.

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Since they are so small, peeling and coring can be a challenge, but I think they are perfect for a batch of apple crisp. I quartered them (with a little help from the husband), cleaned the seeds and added them to my baking pan.

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Apple crisp is a great dessert that doesn’t have a ton of sugar but is still a sweet treat. It definitely doesn’t last long around here.

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June 9, 2014 · 7:03 pm

pumpkin.(or.zucchini).bars

When I was back in NY my mother was in a frenzy of bake sale baking and one of the creations which my father and I were able to sample, were pumpkin bars with cream cheese icing. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about these bars in the last few weeks and decided that today I absolutely had to make them. I had to.

  • Beat 4 eggs, 1 2/3 cup sugar, 1 cup applesauce (or oil if that’s your thing) and 2 cups pumpkin (or shredded zucchini) together
  • Stir in 2 cups flour, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp baking soda
  • Bake in a jelly roll pan, or lasagna pan if you’re like me for 25 -30 minutes for the former, and 40 – 50 minutes for the latter or until a toothpick comes clean from the middle

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Cream cheese icing:

  • Beat 3 ounces of cream cheese, 1/2 cup soft butter, 1 tsp vanilla and 2 cups confectioner’s sugar until smooth
  • Spread
  • Cut
  • Stuff face

 

 

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August 12, 2013 · 5:29 pm

raspberry.scones

A friend took me to the most amazing full-yard garden this past weekend, where I not only drooled over their fabulous vegetables and chickens, but picked more raspberries than I know what to do with. I came home with 2 full gallon containers, and I lost count how many went directly into my mouth.

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Today I pulled out my ‘proper English tea’ cookbook and decided to give some scones a go, all proper like.

  • Sift and mix 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 tsp cream of tartar, 1/2 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt in a mixing bowl
  • Cut in 3-4 TB butter and slowly add 2/3 cup buttermilk and mix
  • You should have a nice heavy dough at this point. Add a handful or 2 of raspberries to the mix and gently mix into dough – no, it won’t be pretty
  • Roll out on a floured counter top. 1/2 thick is best, cut into triangles, and arrange on a baking sheet, close together, but not touching
  • Bake at 425F for 12-15 minutes

If you have some clotted creme sitting around, you are more than welcome to throw that pinky up and dive in. I had ice cream, and more berries, and man oh man are these little guys good.

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