Perfect Apple Pie

October 28, 2010

I continued to make the recipes from my baking calendar. This pie called for a premade crust, but I used Rynell's mom's recipe for the pie crust. It always turns out great, nice golden flakey shell. As usual, I took it to work for my co-workers enjoyment

Perfect Apple Pie

Filling:
6 c thinkly sliced, peeled apples
3/4 c sugar
2 T flour
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp lemon juice

Heat oven to 425°. Mix ingredients for filling in large bowl. Spoon mixture in to prepared pie shell. Top with second pastry shell; seal edge and flute. Cut shapes out of remaining pastry shell.

Cover edge of pie dish with 2-3 inches of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Cool at least 2 hours before serving.

Bridal Shower

October 23, 2010

My future sister-in-laws, Karen, Melissa and Lan threw me a bridal shower. It was fun to see all my friends. They are the best!

Escalante Trip

Mike and I took a weekend trip to Escalante, southern Utah, from October 8-10, 2010. The drive down there was very pretty. We stopped off at a place to eat called Gatorz. The hamburgers were excellent and the secret Gatorz sauce was very tastey. We will definitely stop there on the next trip we go to southern Utah.

We used Mike's GPS to get to Escalante and it took us through part of the national forest back roads. At first we thought something was wrong with the GPS, but on the road we met up with a German tourist whose directions were the same as ours. Half of it was dirt road. We also had to go through some snow, which surprised us both...but then again, it really shouldn't have surprised us. It was a nice scenic drive. Below is a picture of Mike taking pictures. This is something I will come to find will happen a lot on our trips.

We went on a hike to Calf Falls. On the hike we saw hieroglyphics, all kinds of plants, several fish in the stream, and at the end of the hike the waterfall. There is something about waterfalls that is peaceful to me. While on the hike, we ran into Lance's (Mike's brother-in-law) parents. It was fun to see them and they were pleasant to talk with.

Mike has a contact that got us a good rate to stay at the Circle D Motel. It was reasonable and the restaurant had very good food. We really hope to go down there again sometime.

On the drive back home, we stopped at the entrance to Bryce Canyon. We were short on time so we didn't drive in, but will be planning a trip to go see the canyon specifically. However, since we did have a little time to spare, we stopped by a couple places to take some fun pictures.

The Graveyard Book

I hosted book group at my place on October 06, 2010. We read The Graveyard Book, which was quite good. I decorated my condo with the graveyard decor and made sugar cookies with tombstones. It was fun to have a great theme to work with.

Also, I was surprised by the ladies in the book group with a bridal "book" shower. I haven't gone to book group in a while and really miss the ladies!

What Have I Been Up To?

Wow!!! It has been over a year an a half since I last posted. I will be attempting to catch up on all that has happened since I last posted since September 2010. It will be like one of my purging/clean up projects...which is also time to do as well.