Sharing More Apple Recipes ~ Today's Share Is Skillet Apple Pie!!

Good morning y'all!! I hope all of you have had a beautiful week!  I'm so excited to share today's recipe with you!!  This is the easiest and best recipe for apple pie that I have ever seen! 

I've made lots of apple pies and I have some really good recipes, but this is by far the BEST ONE YET!!  I actually got the recipe from Food Network's Trisha Yearwood's tv show.  When I first saw it, I thought, "Nope, I don't think I'll make that.  Homemade is for sure better."  Well, I was WRONG!! 

After you make this, I am sure you'll  agree!!

Let's get started...

You'll need a regular sized iron skillet

Your ingredients are very simple:

One stick of butter

One cup of light brown sugar

Two refrigerated rolled pie crusts

One can of apple pie filling

Two tablespoons of cinnamon & sugar mixed together

By the way...as you all know, I try to be a "thrifty shopper" so I have to do a "shout out" to ALDI!  I LOVE to shop there!!  Every ingredient pictured here came from ALDI.  These products are comparable to the name brand products! I can NOT  tell a difference at all!!  If you haven't shopped there, give it a try!   You are sure to save money there! 

Okay, back to the recipe...

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

Melt the butter in your skillet and set aside just a little of the melted butter to brush on top of  your crust.

Now, add the brown sugar to the butter and and MELT (not boil) the brown sugar into the butter for about 2 minutes.  Then, remove the skillet from the heat.

This will be the base of your pie.  It makes a "caramel" crust that really makes this pie soooo good! 

Now, take your refrigerated crusts out of the package and roll one out and place it gently over the brown sugar mixture.  Don't worry if it cracks.  It will all bake back together!  

Whew... this is hard work! :)  Just kidding!! This is SO EASY!!! I can't wait for you to try it!!

Now, open your can of pie filling and pour it on top of your crust in the skillet.  Sprinkle one tablespoon of the cinnamon-sugar on top of the pie filling. 

Top that with the other crust.

Cut vents into the crust so your pie can "breathe".  :)

Brush your reserved melted butter on top of the pie.

Sprinkle one tablespoon of the cinnamon-sugar mixture over the top of the pie.

Bake for only 30 minutes and then... this WONDERFUL CREATION  happens!!

Serve this warm with vanilla bean ice cream!  You're welcome! ;) 

Your skillet will be "clean" and empty in about 5 minutes after serving your pie!! This will be devoured!! 

Enjoy!!! <3

<3 Proverbs 25:11 "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."  KJV

This week's favorite: 

 Farm Fresh Eggs from my precious friend, Amy Gallahar!! 

They are so yummy!!   I also love my little red glass egg tray given to me by my sweet mother-in-law!!

<3

Sharing Some of My Fall Favorites... Homemade Apple Bread

One of my very favorite things about Fall has to be Apples!!

I LOVE apple season!  When my kids were little, I can't remember a time that we didn't go to the Apple Houses in North Georgia and pick out our favorites to take home!  We would walk around and sample all of the different kinds of apples grown in that area.  We would watch them pack the apples and watch the kitchen workers bake homemade fried apple pies!  Sweet, sweet memories!! <3

Two of my personal favorite apples are ...

Honey Crisp

and



Mutsu

Both of these are great!!

I have so many "Apple Recipes" that I want to share with you!  Today, I am sharing my recipe for Homemade Apple Bread!

For this recipe, you can use any apple you would like to.

Here's what you will need:

3 cups of peeled, chopped apples

1 cup of canola oil

1/2 cup of milk

2 eggs

2 cups of sugar

1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of baking soda

2 teaspoons of baking powder

1 & 1/2 tablespoons of cinnamon

2 teaspoons of vanilla

2 & 1/2 cups of all purpose flour

Optional:  1 cup of chopped nuts

First, go ahead and peel and chop your apples and set them aside.

Then, mix your oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla together with a mixer. 

Add your flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon to the creamed mixture. 

Add your milk to that...

Lastly, stir in your apples and nuts with a large spatula or spoon.  Then, pour into greased and floured loaf pans.



Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until done. 

Your house will smell so good!

Now... it's time to make them pretty!!  I like to add a powdered sugar icing to my apple bread!

Basic Powdered Sugar Icing

1 cup of powdered sugar

1 teaspoon of vanilla

whisk in about 2 tablespoons of milk and then add 1 tablespoon at a time to your powdered sugar mixture until you have the right consistency for a thick glaze

** You can keep adding powdered sugar and milk until you get the consistency right.

Now, be creative and add your icing!!

A DELICIOUS TASTE OF FALL!!!! <3

I hope you'll give this recipe a try! I have many more coming soon!!

<3 Acts 20: 35

"I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive." KJV

This week's favorites...

Decorating our pumpkins!  I had too much fun decorating our pumpkins this year!

Ashley and Ricky's "Alabama" Pumpkin

Avery and Jamie's "H for Hackney" Pumpkin ;)

Austin's Alabama Carved Pumpkin!! He did this one by himself!  He is so creative!

So much fun!! <3

P.S.  Pumpkins were on sale at Aldi for $1.99 each! Hope you can get a good deal on yours too!

It's Finally Fall Y'all!!!

Yay!! It's finally here!  There is just something about it... I love the colors, the smells, the food, the crisp morning and evening air!

 

I love starting school

 

 

 

I love getting new pencils

 

I love the fall flowers

 



 

 

I love my front door fall wreath

 

 

 

It's not too hot.  It's not too cold.  I just think fall is pretty much the perfect time of year!

 

 

 

Well, now that you understand my love of fall,  I have so many yummy recipes that I would like  to share with you that I enjoy making for my family and friends  in the fall months. 

 

I am going to start with my recipe for

 

Roasted Chicken

 

Here's what you'll need:

 

One whole fryer

 

 

Notice the very affordable price!  Roasted Chicken is such a great way to feed your family a wholesome, healthy meal for very little cost!

 

You will also need...

 





 

Olive Oil

 

Salt, Pepper, Dried Rosemary, Dried Thyme, Lemon Pepper and a couple of small Lemons

 

Now, first things first we will need to unwrap our bird and wash "him" out under cold running water.  Always be sure to remove any organs from the inside cavity. 

 

When you have him all cleaned out and ready to work with, place him breast side down in a 9 x 13 pan. 

 

 

 

Pour about 4 tablespoons of olive oil on your bird and massage the oil all over the chicken from top to bottom.

 

Then, cut your lemons in half and squeeze the juice of two small lemons onto the bird.

 

 

 

After squeezing the lemons, place the lemons inside the bird.  This will make your chicken VERY MOIST!!

 

 

 

Now it's time for the spices... I just mix all of the spices together on the plate.

 

 



 

Then, I sprinkle the spice mixture onto the bird and massage it in...

 

 

 

 

 

Flip your bird over and repeat the same steps with the spices.

 

 

 

 

Great!! Now, I tie the little legs together with a string that can bake in the oven and I clip a tiny slit in the sides to tuck the tips of the wings inside so they won't burn. 

 

Last, but not least I cut several pats of butter and slide it in underneath the skin.

 

 

 

 

 

I always roast my chicken breast side up.

 

Cover the entire chicken loosely with foil.  (meaning try not to let the foil touch the chicken) :)

 

 

** Be sure you wash your hands thoroughly after working with raw chicken!!

 

Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.  Then, turn the oven to 250 degrees and bake low and slow all day!!

 

 You can just go on about your life while the magic happens!

 

 

I check on my bird throughout the day and often baste or spoon some of the cooking juices onto the bird.

 

 

 

Your house will smell wonderful!!  You can roast a chicken anytime of year, but there's just something about roasting a chicken in the fall!  It's so comforting!!

 

After hours and hours of the mouth-watering delicious smells filling your house, take your bird's temperature with a meat thermometer.

 

 

 

His temperature needs to be 190 degrees. 

 

When he's done, I melt some butter and brush it all over him and put him back in the oven  uncovered so the outside skin gets nice and lightly browned.  Then I take him out of the oven and  continue to baste him with the cooking juices and let him rest until it's time to eat. 

 

 

 

This is a DELICIOUS meal!!!

 

I served it tonight with homemade mashed potatoes and broccoli.

 

Hope you'll give it a try!

 

 

 

Ephesians 1:3 <3

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." KJV

 

 

This week's favorite:

 

My Amish Spices

 

 

Yes, I said Amish!! When we were working in Pennsylvania a couple of years ago, I did lots of my grocery shopping  in an Amish grocery store near where we were staying!  I'm talking it was pretty much me and them shopping there!  I parked my car right beside their horse and buggies!!  I loved it!! ;) It was called Centerville Bulk Foods.  The prices on spices were incredible!  So, I stocked up!  For instance Poppy Seeds are so expensive here, but there, I got this entire container (at the time, it was full)  for 99 cents!!  You can't beat that!!