Recipe of the Week: Dutch Apple Pie

Hi, all! The hubby of my friend Megan F. celebrated a birthday on Sunday, so I baked one of his favorite desserts for him - a Dutch apple pie:

Here's my recipe:

Pie Ingredients:

• 6 tart apples (I used Granny Smith apples in this pie)
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1 unbaked pie crust (I like to use Jiffy Pie Crust Mix...it's super easy and the results always turn out great for me!)

Topping Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup cold butter, sliced
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup quick oats
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Peel, core and thinly slice apples. Place slices in a large bowl and add sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and flour. Gently stir to coat apples and set bowl aside. 

Roll out pie crust and place into pie place, crimping edges as desired.

In a medium-sized bowl, combine topping ingredients. Using a fork, mix together until crumbly. Sprinkle crumb mixture over the pie, being sure to coat the top as evenly as possible. Gently press topping into pie with your hand. 

Bake for 1 hour, possibly 5 minutes more if needed, and remove from oven to cool. Slice and enjoy with a scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired...DEEEEELICIOUS!!! :)

Have a blessed day!

Happy 25th Birthday To My Sweet Son, Justin!!

Good morning, friends! Today is my wonderful son's 25th birthday! He is in the mountains of Colorado on an elk hunting trip at this time, so Mike and I won't get to celebrate with him until he comes back at the end of this month.

Justin is an amazing young man..kind, hard-working, honest and true...we couldn't be more proud of the man he's become! Here's a fun little video tribute to celebrate his 25 years...

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Thanks for dropping by today! Enjoy the beautiful fall weather and have a FANTASTIC week!

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A New Blog For You to Check Out...

Hey, all! My pal Ann Bacon, (who just so happens to be one of the craftiest people I know!), just started a new blog called The Apple Street Cottage. Our decorating and crafting styles are very similar, so if you enjoy reading my blog, please check out Ann's new blog by clicking on this link: http://theapplestreetcottage.blogspot.com/. 

Thanks for dropping by...have a super day!

Ribbon Butterfly Tutorial and Projects...

Good morning, friends! I hope that you had a fun and relaxing weekend. We had another GORGEOUS fall weekend here in Oklahoma...mild temps and sunny skies!

Today I'm going to show you how to make little butterflies out of scraps of ribbon. Each butterfly only takes a 3" scrap...so it's a great way to utilize those ribbon pieces that you just hate to throw away! ;) Here are a couple of the projects that I made using my ribbon butterflies...first off is a birthday card:

I decorated a fun little gift bag with a ribbon butterfly too:

Let me show you how I made them...

Start off with a 3" piece of ribbon:

If the ribbon you are using is wired, slide the wire out of the ribbon and set it aside. Trim the ends of the ribbon as shown:

To prevent the cut ends of the ribbon from fraying, apply a little Fray Check and allow to dry:

While the Fray Check is drying, take a piece of the wire from the ribbon and insert into a button as shown:

Once the ribbon has dried, pinch it in the middle like this to form a butterfly shape:

Slide the pinched ribbon into the wire loop with the button:

Crisscross the wire back through the holes; bring the wire ends to the underside of the ribbon, and twist to secure:

Using a toothpick, curl the ends of the wire to form the butterfly antennae, trimming as necessary. If desired, you can glue a pearl in the middle of the button to cover up the wire...

That's it!! Here are several of the butterflies that I made before attaching them to projects:

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my blog today! Have a FANTASTIC week!

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