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While I Was Away

Hi, it's me, the worst blogger ever. I decided once again to start blogging, we'll see what happens. While I was away...

Fall Came and went..

My best friends got together for Thanksgiving and had a lot of fun.. 

I realized how cool my friend Spencer's house is with all of it's Native American artifacts..

Celebrated New Years Eve in New York City with a bunch of my closest friends..

The winter finally came and brought with it some fun adventures and just a little bit of snow.. 

How 'bout Them Apples

The exciting part about going apple picking is coming home and having to come up with different ways to use your apples. The first thing Max and I made was Apple Crisp, no recipe needed because we cheated and bought a pre-made mix ;)

Picnic

I finally got to use my new Picnic Basket from The Nantucket Bike Basket Company and my monogrammed picnic plates! It was a beautiful fall day by the river, complete with some Graul's Market snacks and Martinelli's Sparkling Cider, which always makes me feel like a kid again.

Apple Picking

One of my favorite things to do every fall is to go apple picking. It makes me feel like a kid again, I love the fresh country air and the excitement of coming up with ways to use all of the freshly picked apples. Max and I have gone up to Brown's Orchard in Glen Rock, PA the past two years, it is quite the hike to get up there, but the orchard and family market (we bought the best homemade chocolates this year!) are totally worth the trip.

More Pumpkin

             Even after making the pumpkin cookies I was still craving pumpkin so I decided to make some pumpkin butter. I had never had pumpkin butter before, but all of the recipe's I had looked up included most of the ingredients from pumpkin pie filling, and I LOVE pumpkin pie. I also love the consistency of apple butter, so it seemed like a win-win thing to make. It was very easy, and sooooo delicious. I have been eating it on toast in the morning and even put it between two pumpkin cookies to make my very own version of a fall chipwich!

Ingredients:

1 can (29 oz) pumpkin puree

1 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup water

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. ground ginger

1 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/8 tsp. allspice

Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan over medium/high heat and bring to a boil.  Once it reaches a boil, lower the heat to low/medium and simmer for about 45 minutes, stirring frequently.

Fall Sweet Treats

Fall, the best season, has officially settled in Maryland. There is one problem though, it has been endlessly raining. In order to cheer up the dreary weather my sister and I decided to make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, and of course set out some of my favorite candy corn :)

The cookies were delicious, we had never made them before, but they turned out to be little bites of pumpkiny goodness, super moist and fluffy.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour, (spooned and leveled)

1 tablespoon pumpkin-pie spice

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 1/4 cups sugar

1 large egg

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup canned pumpkin puree

1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pie spice, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

2. With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar on medium-high speed until smooth; beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in pumpkin puree (mixture may appear curdled). Reduce speed to low, and mix in dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.

3. Spoon onto baking sheet. Sprinkle cinnamon on top. Cook 12 minutes.