Fall Comes Slowly, But It Found Its Way

Yes. Finally the leaves on my tree have changed colors and are beginning to dot the ground with a little yellow and brown. It's a bit late into the season, but hey... better late than never!

Apple Crumble Pie

Also, speaking of pie making (I am all about pies right now, pie pie pie). This here is an apple crumble pie I baked a couple weeks ago. Mmm, the first homemade pie of the season. There are so many different kinds I am looking forward to baking, mainly simple and traditional kinds, but I'm still on the prowl for fun flavors too! Maybe I'll try my hand at jar pies, pie pops or hand pies.

What are your favorite pie recipes?

Apple Crumble Pie Recipe

Crust
Martha Stewart's pie crust

Topping
1 cup of all-purpose flour
1/3 cup of sugar
2 tablespoons of firmly packed brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of cold butter, cut into little pieces.


Filling
6 Organic Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut
1/2 cup of sugar
3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
a dash of cinnamon


In a bowl, mix flour, sugars and salt. Add butter in and mix with your fingers until the topping comes together in small clumps. Refrigerate.

In another mixing bowl for your filling, toss apples with lemon juice, sugar, flour and cinnamon. Scrape the filling into the pre-baked pie pan then top with crumb topping.

Bake at 350°F for 45-50 minutes until the juices are bubbling and the apples are tender. 

**I baked the pie crust for about 30 minutes before filling it.

Linking up with Simply Designing and Simple Living and Eating

Ghetto Pumpkin Carving

After a long trip to a small pumpkin patch not so near my home, my niece and I came home to carve our little pumpkins. We didn't have a clue what we were going to carve. Somehow I came up with a shark. Before it was a whale, you know how I love whales, but it didn't seem scary enough for halloween. So I decided on a shark, and my niece chose to carve hearts. Unfortunately, we were not equipped with pumpkin carving tools. So all we had to use were some kitchen utensils: a soup spoon, a mixing spoon, a knife and a toothpick. 

Ghetto pumpkin carving at its finest. 

My shark doodle.

Slow and tedious process of carving along the lines formed by tracing my shark doodle with a toothpick.

Pumpkin Patch

My niece and I got to spend a lot of time together this weekend. We took a trip to a pumpkin patch, which crosses off one thing from my fall bucket list. It was really just an hour away, but it turned out to be the smallest pumpkin patch I've ever seen, even smaller than the one I went to last year with Joshua. But she never went to one before and I wasn't about to waste a trip all the way there without bringing home some pumpkins! The owners there were the sweetest people you'd ever meet and were so patient with us while we walked around and around again looking for the perfect pumpkin.   

Have you gone to a pumpkin patch yet or carved a pumpkin? 

Stay tuned to see my pumpkin carving. Did you catch my sneak peek on Twitter? ;)

Fall Bucket List

I'm a bit late in sharing some things I'd like to do this fall, unlike my summer to do list that I shared at the beginning of the season. But better late than never! I still haven't done any of these things yet, so hopefully I can before!

Do you have a fall bucket list? If you do, share!

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Autumn Inspired

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Autumn is my favorite season. I love the change in the light that comes with fall, it's softer not as bright. I love the colors that the leaves turn and the darker, earth tone colors that pop up in our homes and closets. I love the cooler temperatures, something about wearing cozy things and huddling to keep each other warm. The bonfires, the crackling fire and the musky scent of smoke. I love that this is the time when we first start seeing our breath when we exhale. It's just the simple things in life that make me happy and put me at ease.