A Pre-Thanksgiving Pumpking Pie

Well this is a good looking start to thanksgiving, is it not? It was a practice pie, which I gave to my brother for his "mansgiving."

The crust got a little dark, but it wasn't a big problem...

If only my real thanksgiving pies turned out so lovely!

Pumpkin Tarte!

This made me happy. It is from Dorie Greenspan's book, and is a sourcream pumpkin pie with a tart crust. Yum! Only thing is it makes way too much filling, like 2 1/2 times too much, so what to do with it all?

Blondies

Sigh... blondies. For Jake's birthday he wanted blondies. And so he shall have them!

They baked forever and... they still weren't done. I wonder in heaven's name went wrong. I feel like I've had this problem before. Could it be the pyrex? I may never find out... The ones on the edge were fine, but all in all far too problematic to tackle again. These were from my favorite, Dorie Greenspan. Sigh...

Jewish Apple Cake (x2)

So I found this recipe for apple cake (also on Smitten Kitchen) and dare I say I love it. It comes together in no time, you can't add too many apples, and it. is. awesome.

The first time I did one layer of apples in the cake dough, and then another on top.

The second time I just mixed them all up -- I preferred it this way. Apples everywhere!

Sigh -- no pictures of the finished product, which was eaten just as fast as fast could be. Wouldn't change a thing...

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Apple Tarte!

I saw this on Smitten Kitchen, and had to try!

It is simplest apple tarte, and it was lovely. Dough came together no problem, no problem at all:

Maybe I didn't roll it quite thin enough. (I'd like to take the opportunity to blame this on a lack of counterspace.) But the apples nestled in easily

She sprinkles only with sugar, but I just couldn't help myself and added cinnamon.

And? It was lovely! I wouldn't say the crust kept crisp two days later, but it was no matter -- it was delicious and so easy!