And winter is peeking around the corner.

And that means it’s now officially sweater weather. Yippee! Sweaters were pulled out, and shorts and short-sleeved were put away. Plus, I pulled out the down comforter. I think snuggling under a down comforter is definitely one of the better things about winter.

The down side to this was I spent the entire day washing bedding. Not just the bedding that was put away for the winter, but also our blankets, and the blanket and comforter on Grandmom’s bed as well. Plus the normal assortment of sheets and such. Let me tell you, there is little more boring than spending the entire day at the beck and call of laundry.

On the bright side, however, I had leftover pizza and apple pie for lunch. Yum!

Homemade pizza! Yum!

Homemade apple pie! Yum!

Leftovers for tomorrow!

YUM!

So when we did the Grandmom exchange at Hancock, I picked up some fresh local apples.

Actually, I picked up a LOT of apples, because I prefer a variety of apples in my pie.

With just three of us, an entire pie is just a bit too much–either I’ll eat too much pie, or the pie will go bad before we can finish it. So last year I ordered individual pie slice dishes from the King Arthur Flour Catalog.

First things first, I had way to much filling for the dishes, so the apples didn’t cook down as much as they could have. I also guesstimated the amounts for the other ingredients, but that worked out pretty well.

I used three different kinds of apples for this pie. Matsu, Northern Spy, and Rambo. The Rambo were too soft for my liking (it all but fell apart in the peeler) but since the pies needed to be jucier, they might work well anyway.


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In case you hadn’t noticed, fall is here.

The mornings have been crisp and cold, and apples are coming into season. Made an apple pie on Sunday, and I think I’m going to have to make several more while apples are at their prime. Especially since I just got individual serving pie dishes from King Arthur’s Catalog. Because sometimes it’s just too much to make an entire pie for two or three people, and pie isn’t something easily taken to work, like cookies.

But the pie I made really was very delicious.