Apples!
30 Nov

Tonight I’ve finally had the chance to sit down for a leisurely meal and bake, and even do a little blogging. So what’s new? How was everyone’s Thanksgiving? This year my family and I did things a little differently. See, I’m an only child and my parents live a good distance from the rest of our family, so we usually end up having a quiet dinner at home in Virginia and hanging out for a little while before I make my way back to Philadelphia. This year on the other hand, the parents came up to Philly to have Thanksgiving at my house! (one of the perks of having an adult-sized kitchen and an actual dining room table.) My friend Brandon also joined us for the meal – which was filling and tasty! I worked at the bakery on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, so unfortunately we had to squeeze family time in between work hours.
Upon the parents’ arrival on Wednesday after I left work, we headed out to King of Prussia to the Apple store…where my early Christmas gift was waiting for me! Oh yes – I came home with a beautiful, shiny, elegant, awesome new 15″ MacBook Pro!!! The excitement is still overwhelming – I’ve been waiting for this computer for YEARS. I couldn’t be more grateful! I’m looking forward to maybe even doing some video blogging now – yay!
The past few days I’ve also been pushing hard to finish 3 painted sets for a children’s musical theater. Two of the backdrops were 8×6′, and the third was 8×14′. Last night was the longest night I’ve spent working in a very long time, and finally dropped the backdrops off around noon. So finally, I’m sitting back for the rest of the evening and enjoying some of the things I’ve been looking forward to. In celebration of a little down time (which ends the moment I wake up in the morning) I whipped up a batch of Cinnamon Brown-Sugar Baked Apples this evening that taste so good I though I was actually going to cry from delight. unbelievable with a little vanilla bean ice cream, mmmm!!!
The recipe came from the Kitchn, and will be immediately added to my cookbook. Super easy and SURE to delight. I used 4 different kinds of apples, because I don’t really know that much about different apples, and was very pleased with the baked Rome apple tonight. I’m looking forward to having another one for breakfast. Time to sit back and relax for a little while longer with the Muppet Christmas Carol =)







leaving some love