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Thanksgiving Dessert Round-Up

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So I was going to do a full Thanksgiving meal round-up..then I realized that with the recipes on my blog her at Beautiful Disasters that a dessert round-up would be much more appropriate. So here you go, everything you need for a sweet and delicious Thanksgiving dessert table! Note that all these recipes can be made ahead of time (1-2 days ahead, ideally) to save yourself a headache.

  1. Pecan Pie

  2. Homemade Toffee

  3. Pumpkin Pie

  4. Vanilla Cupcakes with Pumpkin Buttercream

  5. Gram’s Apple Crisp

  6. Gram’s Apple Cake

  7. French Silk Pie

  8. Apple Cupcakes with Cinnamon Frosting

  9. Homemade Caramel Corn

  10. Pumpkin Cupcakes with Spice Buttercream

  11. Pumpkin Cupcakes with Marshmallow Buttercream

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Gram’s Apple Crisp

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I hope you all noticed this is Gram’s apple crisp, so you just know this recipe is going to be good.

Fact: Gram was not capable of making a bad recipe.

 

Fact number two: Apple desserts are best and most acceptable in the Fall

 

 

Fact number three: If a dessert has apples in it, it is totally acceptable for breakfast

 

Fact number four: Apple crisp is dangerously delicious and you will find yourself eating super tempted to eat it all straight out of the dish

Well that’s it for today. P.S. Welcome fall and fall recipes!!! Love this kind of baking :) Many more of them to come!!

Gram’s Apple Crisp

3 large granny smith apples, peeled and sliced thinly

1 cup white sugar

about 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cups brown sugar

3/4 cups flour (I used 1/4 cup whole wheat, 1/2 cup all-purpose)

3/4 cups oats

1/3 cup butter, melted

about 1/2 cup chopped nuts, like pecans, walnuts, or almonds (optional)

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Place (peeled and thinly sliced) apples, white sugar, and ground cinnamon in a large bowl and thoroughly mix together until apples are completely coated. Spread coated apples in a layer on the bottom of a 8×8 or 9×9 square baking dish.
  3. In a separate bowl, combine brown sugar, oats, flour, and melted butter until combined. Cover apples with oat mixture, completely. Use all of this topping! It may seem like a lot, but trust me, it’s delicious. Top with nuts, if desired.
  4. Bake in preheated oven for 45-50 minutes.

Random Fact of the Day: The “Spanish Flu” of 1918, which killed at least 50 million people world-wide, originated in Kansas, not Spain

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Another itty bitty pie

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So I had some left over pie crust from way back when I made those mini apple pies. I had just enough to make one more mini pie. And it is the THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER!!!! BOOOOYAAA BABY!!!!! I cannot tell you how happy I am that FINALS are over!!!!! So I thought the excitement called for a summer pie recipe (hence the cherry pie!).I was kind of thinking about making a mini french silk pie but for one I don’t think I had the ingredients for it in the house. And two, we already had cherry pie filling in the pantry.

I know, it kills me-already prepared pie filling. It is soo convenient, but it scares me. A can…with food? That has been in there a while? It just doesn’t sound right to me. 

But I trusted it as any other lazy baker would do. It was quite simple, and the most difficult task was sealing the pie crusts together. Where I always seem to get extra juice coming out.

I do think I have converted to being a lattice crust person. There is just something about them that looks so cute!! Plus, they look like you spent such a long time with it, but in reality it is the easiest thing ever. If you don’t know how to do it, here’s a good video to teach you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jv8BGw31Cg&feature=related

Mini Cherry Pies

1 prepared pie crust

1/2  can cherry pie filling

1 T. sugar, optional

  1. preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Clean and flour your work surface and roll out the dough.
  3. Place the mini pie tin upside down on top of the pie crust and cut around it with about 1 1/2 extra inches of pie crust. Place pie crust in mini pie tin.
  4. Spoon about 1/2 of the can of pie filling into the pie crust, or until there is a pie filling a little over the top.
  5. Place remaining dough on top of pie in a lattice crust form or just plain with a few slits to let hot air escape. If desired, sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar on top of pie crust.
  6. Bake in preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes or until top begins to turn golden. What a cutie ;)
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Mini Apple Pies

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Remember when I made that mini apple pie before? Yes, it was delicious. And I just had to make it again. I mean baking it once at school for a baking and pastry class is just not gonna cut it.

Also, my dad was slightly upset he did not get a bite of the one from before.

Anyways, I didn’t really have much of a recipe to work from, but apple pie seemed pretty easy enough. I mean how hard can it be? They’re just minis of regular apple pies. The most difficult part was probably figuring out the time to bake them, but it all worked out good! :)  

Mmmm and yes they are GOOD. Apple pie, it’s just one of those things some kids are scared to try but most people by age 30 love it. 

Its so versatile. And how bad can it really be for you? I mean, come on , it’s got fruit in it! So that is why my family considers it appropriate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I really don’t see no problem here, do you?

Mini Apple Pies

2 pie crusts (or 1 double pie crust) recipe here!

1 can apple filling

1 granny smith apple

1 T. white sugar

1/4 t. cinnamon

1 T. white sugar, optional

1/8 c. cinnamon, optional

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Make pie crusts, and roll out dough. Place the mini pie tin top-side down on pie crust and cut a circle around it with about a 1/2 inch extra around. Once all circles are cut for the pie tins place pieces of dough in pie tins.
  3. Make filling. Peel and dice apple. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon over diced apples in a bowl and toss to coat. Add jar of apple pie filling and mix together.
  4. Spoon filling into pie crusts. Place top crust on top. Seal edges and top with a 1 tablespoon of sugar mixed with cinnamon, if desired. Bake 25-30 minutes.
What’s your favorite kind of pie?
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Praise the Lord!

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YESS! Finally! HALLELUIAH! LENT IS OVER. This Lent has gone by surprisingly fast for me now that I think about it. There were of course many temptations along the way like when we had team bonding for soccer which involved about 6 dozen cookies, apple slices, puppy chow, nutella with marshmallow fluff on preztel crisps, and more. Needless to say, I was ready to break down and cry. That night consisted of me sitting by the veggie tray drowning my sorrows in celery and carrots dipped in ranch. <3 Lent… Being in a baking and pastry class at school has been a real burst of sunshine everyday too. Especially when we are making cream puffs, napoleans and sticky buns. However, we did make mini apple pies this week and I did happen to put mine that I made in the fridge in hopes of eating it after Lent before someone else gets to it.

Isn't it cute?

Even though I did not get to baking yesterday, I did get to do a bit of Easter baking on Friday. Although, I didn’t get to as much as I would’ve liked too.

One of the things I made were these sugar cookies.

Not up to the standards :( Oh well, there is always next time.

I got this recipe from allrecipes.com and I can honestly say this was the first time I’ve been dissapointed with a recipe from there. I feel 100% sure that I added the right amount of flour to the recipe, however, after I had the dough in the refrigerator for 3 hours (which is way more than they said you needed) and I tried to roll it out, it was just one big sticky mess. I had to add at least a cup and a half of flour to the dough and I could never roll out the dough, I kind of just pressed it down using my hands, then used a cookie cutter and some cute little cookie presses to make designs on the tops of the cookies. After that, I put sprinkles on top. Even though I love putting icing on top, my dad doesn’t, so I just stuck with sprinkles. At least they were cute sprinkles!

Can you even tell it's a duck in there..? haha well at least they taste alright.

Alright, on the the good stuff! As I mentioned earlier, everybody always associates apple baked goods with Fall, but this is too good to have just in the Fall. I mean why should Spring and Summer be deprived? These apple slices may be life changing. That is not an understatement. Seriously, I’ve never liked fruit in baked goods when I was younger until I tried this against my will at my Aunt and Uncle’s house at Thanksgiving a few years ago. The cinnamony (sp?) apples between the two flaky crusts with the glaze on top come in the most perfect proportions. Its fantastic warm or cold. For dessert or breakfast ;) (I’ll close my eyes) It’s like a sheet of apple pie times 2384701874. Try it.

Apple Slices

4-5 apples

1/4 or 1/3 c. sugar (depending on how sweet you like it)

2 T. flour

1/2 t. cinnamon

4 pre-made pie dough crusts (or you can make 4 home-made pie crusts using the recipe below)

Icing

2 c. confectioners’ sugar

a few Tablespoons of milk (sorry for the non-exact measurement)

Home-made Pie Crusts

(You will make two of the this recipe for one batch of apple slices)

2 1/2 c. flour

1/2 t. salt

1 c. chilled butter

1/4 c. + 2 T. ice water

  1. Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium size bowl. With a pastry blender, cut in the cold butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle 1/4 c. water over flour. Toss mixture with a fork to moisten, adding more water a few drops at a time until the dough comes together.
  2. Gently gather the dough particles together into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 45 minutes before rollling out.
  3. Roll out dough and fill with desired filling.

Apple Slices Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Peel apples and slice into small slices, then place into a large bowl. Sprinkle sugar, flour and cinnamon over them. Mix them up good.  (If you are in a pinch you can just use a can or two of apple pie filling)
  3. Now, cover a cookie sheet (9×13) with two pie crusts, making sure that it goes up the side of the cookie sheet. Empty the bowl of apples on to the cooke sheet and spread around until the ingredients are level.
  4. Now cover with the remaining dough crusts and pinch the sides tight. Use a fork to make holes in the top of the crust, or a knife to make slits (I think the slits look much prettier)
  5. Place in the oven and bake for 40 minutes.
  6. While the apple slices are baking, make the glaze. Place into a bowl the confectioners’ sugar and milk. Beat until it is thick.
  7. When apple slices are done, pour the glaze even on top and let it stand. Cover with aluminum foil.

HAPPY EASTER!