Hand check!

Continuing with our epic 3-part Thanksgiving post extravaganza, I come to 2nd Thanksgiving....Thanksgiving day.  Today is the day where families all over the country get up at absurdly early hours of the day to get a gigundo bird in some sort of cooking device, eat until they can't move, then eat some more.  Sigh - I love America.

Since my parents have relocated to somewhere in middle-America, my roommate's family has officially adopted me for the holiday.  I'm absolutely amazed at how welcoming and generous Kayle's entire family (like extended family) has been to me.  My presence has never been questioned...even during the holidays I obviously don't celebrate (think Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur...I stick out like a sore thumb!).  So since this is a Thanksgiving post, I just want to officially express my gratitude to all of them, and especially Jane and Paul.  Thanks for taking care of me like another daughter.  Love you.

Apples to apples

Continuing on our quest to use up a bushelful of apples before they rot, this week was the week of pies.  Apple pies of course!  Lucky for me, my bffl from high school, Sandy, has been in town for the past month and decided she wanted to spend the day doing something Fall-related.  Umm...apple pie baking?  It absolutely screams Fall!

So - two girls who have been friends since middle school, two recipes, a dozen or so apples, a butt-ton of butter, flour, and sugar, and about six hours of hard-ish work (plus gossip of course)...and we ended up with four amazing and delicious pies!  NBD!  We chose two types of pies - one fairly traditional recipe and one that is a bit more cake-like.  Unfortunately for me, I don't have one of those old-school, passed-down for multiple generations recipes so naturally I just Googled it.  That being said, if anyone would like to share their old-school, passed-down for multiple generations recipe for apple pie, please email me!