Fall Baking

Continuing on the theme of Fall and Becca's visit, I bring you the apful kuchen. A lovely German sweet made from the Dahm family secret recipe. It is sweet but not too sugary, and it really lets the taste of the apples shine through. 

(I sliced the apples)

(Placing them in a delicious fashion)

(almost ready for the oven)

(Baked and ready to eat: what you see is cinnamon, not burned apple)

(Happy Fall!)

Autumn and a Western Pennsylvanian

One fall Sunday afternoon, Becca was here from Western PA, and we visited Linvilla Orchards. It was October, the leaves were starting to change, and it was about 85 degrees....not exactly apple picking weather, but we dealt with it.

 Mums were everywhere, and we were able to squeeze past the hoards of sticky, crying children to find the perfect sized pumpkin (who was immediately named Chuck for no real reason at all).

(Becca holding Chuck)

We also wondered who was in charge of creating signs around that place....(and yes, many inappropriate jokes were made about the speed hump sign).

Finally, we grew tired and ready to go home and eat the apples we bought. But there was still time for us to actually take a photo together (something we don't do very often for some reason).

(We didn't want Chuck to feel left out)