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Apple Pie ~ Recipes

Written by Joy
Apple Pie ~ Recipes

Autumn has arrived and along with it, my love of baking has returned.  There is just something about the cooler weather and the leaves changing that makes me think of baking and warming the house with the smell of  sweet and spice.   In the last week, I have made a Tiramisu and Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread.  Today, I made an Apple Pie.  My husband and kids are really loving me at the moment.

Apple Pie

 

5-6 medium tart apples

1/2 cup butter (1 stick)

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar (packed)

3/4 cup flour

2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice

2 9-inch pie crusts (or you can make your own)

Preheat oven to 325.  Place one pie crust down in a pie pan.  Set aside.  Peel and slice the apples to about 1/4 inch thick.  In a bowl, mix the apples and the pumpkin pie spice. Pour that mixture into the pie pan.  Mix the butter, brown sugar and flour together in a bowl.  Pour that mixture over the top of the apples.  Then put the 2nd pie crust on top of the apples.  Make a small slit in the top of the crust.  Bake in the oven for at least an hour or until the crust is a nice golden brown.

 

 

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Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread ~ recipes

Written by Joy
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Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread ~ recipes

It never fails.  I always end up buying way too many bananas and they end up turning mush right in front of my eyes.  I wasn’t about to waste another banana and decided to make banana bread this time.

Since it is the fall season, I love to bake and make the house smell all yummy and warm.  I love to spice things up a bit.  To spice up this banana bread, I added a little pumpkin spice to it, just to give it a touch of the fall season.

I hope you enjoy it!

Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread 

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
4 egg whites (wwhipped to stiff peaks with 1 TBSP sugar)
4-5 medium bananas (mashed)
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups self rising flour
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp salt
1 cup chopped nuts, optional

Preheat oven to 300.  Grease and flour your pans.  I used a bundt pan, but you can use 2 loaf pans.
I first beat the egg whites to stiff peaks with a tablespoon of sugar.  I sat them aside.
Mix  your butter and sugar, until they are creamy.  Add the eggs, one at a time and mix well.  Then add in the milk, vanilla and mashed bananas.  Mix well.  Next, add in your flour and pumpkin pie spice. Stir until it is blended.  Next, I took the bowl of eggs whites and put in a 1/3 of the white to the batter and folded in the egg whites.  Once that was mixed in, I added in another 1/3 and folded and then finished off with the rest of the egg whites.  Once you have the egg whites blended in with the batter, you then pour the batter into the pan(s). Bake at 300 for at least an hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread.

What is your favorite dessert to bake in the fall?  If you try this recipe, I would love to know how it turned out for you!  Hope you enjoy it!
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