Christmas Baking!

The month before Christmas is the best time of the year for baking, in our opinion. There are so many baked goods that are part of this time of year! The fragrance of cinnamon and bread and cookies wafting through the house is an important part of what makes it FEEL like Christmas! There are [...]

Plain ol’ Apple Pie

I grew up hearing my dad proclaim, “Apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without the squeeze” EVERY single time we had apple pie. Of course, I totally internalized that truism and still would rather have a slice of really sharp cheddar cheese on my pie than ice cream. The best pie for [...]

Apple Tartlets

I made these little treats to serve after our Christmas eve dinner. They were so easy I almost felt like I was cheating! I also liked how light they were after a very rich dinner.

Pictures of apple dumplings and banket

I finally got around to making that last batch of banket and the first batch of apple dumplings. They turned out so gorgeous that I thought I’d post pictures:
Here’s the Heirloom Apple Dumpling:

Revisiting the Apple Butter question

I want to make this a separate post on apple butter for two reasons. First, a lot of people visit this site because it pops up on a search engine. We’ve gotten a lot of searches for the term “apple butter” and we want to make sure that folks FIND a recipe. Second, in our [...]

What an apple-y day! Sauce, butter, pies, dehydrated “chips”

Remember that post about ugly apples? Well, yesterday, we had the opportunity to go DEEP with those apples!

Apple Cinnamon Baked French Toast

This recipe has a story–as many of my recipes do. When I was in my early twenties I spent several summers working at a camp up in northern British Columbia. It was an incredibly formative place for me and I made lifelong friends up there. It was at that camp, Rock Nest Ranch, that I [...]

Applesauce Butterscotch Coffee Cake

When I was a first-grader I walked to school every day with June Roubos who was an 8th grader. This was a huge deal to me because I was TERRIFIED of dogs–all dogs, big or small. It seemed there were a lot of dogs between home and school and they always barked at me. I [...]

Chocolate Applesauce Cake

This is a variation on the applesauce cake that I posted before. Since chocolate is a food group unto itself, we never hesitate to use it often.

Sugarless* Apple Bundt Cake

This is a fun recipe. It’s important to note that this recipe is sugarless in the sense that it does not use refined white sugar. If you are diabetic or have other reasons to monitor how much dietary sugar you’re consuming, be aware that there is plenty of natural sugar sweetening this cake.