Cooking & Baking

As a college student, I did a tiny bit of cooking. Not until I got married did I really get into it though. I love cooking & baking and trying all sorts of yummy recipes. My sister, Bekah put a really big book of collected recipes from friends & family for one of my shower presents. I use it close to every day along with Betty Crocker, Rachael Ray and other cookbooks I have, and I thought maybe I'd share some of the recipes on my blog. I decided to keep our cheaper digital camera in the kitchen and take photos of the things I make. I will still blog about what's going on with me too, but I thought since I only have a few things to write about a week, it would add more posts and be fun to do this. :)

So here it goes...

This weekend I made an apple pie. Our family is big into making pies. My mom and grandpa used to compete with each other. It's a fun tradition to keep on going. The crust is an old family recipe. The filling is from Betty Crocker...it is SO good and I highly recommend it!

Apple pie filling:

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
8 cups peeled & sliced tart apples (8 medium sized apples)
2 T butter (I don't use it, but that's what the recipe calls for)

In large bowl, mix sugar, 1/4 cup flour, the cinnamon, nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Stir in apples until well mixed. Spoon into pastry-lined pie plate. Cut butter into small pieces; sprinkle over filling.

Then follow directions on whatever pie crust you are using.
Here's pictures from the pie I made: