Late Night Baking Adventures

I originally planned to make pound cake tonight, but then quickly realized that I didn’t have enough eggs left. But a quick flip through Moosewood and I decided to make Apple Crisp. I had some left over apples from an orchard trip I took, so it was clearly meant to be. This is a simple, basic recipe (I had all the ingredients just hanging out in my pantry!) and even has two variations, Strawberry-Rhubarb and Peach/Apricot-Cherry. Both of these are more summer fruit recipes though, so they’ll have to wait for now. But Apple Crisp is very autumnal, with walnuts, oatmeal, and cinnamon perfectly complementing the tang of the Pink Lady apples.

Another artfully blurry phone picture...

            Moosewood requires the apples be peeled and sliced, which was actually not as frustrating as I anticipated because it was good way to keep my hands busy as I watched my new (not-so guilty) pleasure show, “Once Upon a Time”. Seriously, this show is incredible and I’ve been marathoning it non-stop. I’ll probably be caught up by the time the crisp is finished baking (not really).

            I ate mine after it had cooled a bit, but Moosewood assures that any serving temperature is delicious. It would also probably be incredible with some vanilla ice cream, but I didn’t have any, unless I scooped it out of my tub of Neapolitan, but I didn’t because effort. Although, to be honest, it probably would’ve been good with Neapolitan.

The crisp was also my reward for cleaning my disastrous apartment all afternoon. It’s been a really rough and busy week (two exams, a project, and a paper) and I am so incredibly glad to ring in the weekend with a relaxing night in, hours of lovely television, and delicious baked treats to eat.

            Recipe counter: 15 completed, 226 to go!