I know I seem like a holiday jumper with my already-on-to-christmas crafts but be assured things are fall festive/halloweeny around here. We’ve got our bats up and our plastic pumpkins out and even our ironed between waxed paper leaves up in the window.
Here’s my favorite new Halloween decor item, my new witch doll by Mimi Kirchner that is taking a break from her spot on my cherished items shelf to come out here and help me hand out candy.
And speaking of seasonally appropriate, I even baked us an apple pie! I finally figured out the apple peeler/corer/slicer that my mom got me for Christmas *and* finally remembered to pick up pre-made pie crusts and voila, a pie!! It wasn’t all that good but I’m encouraged. Maybe I’ll try a crumble next. I love a crumble.
My grandmother’s receipe for apple pie pastry is so easy and never fails me:
2 cups plain raising flour
1 cup self raising flour
250 g butter
1 egg
water to dough consistency
Rub flour and softened butter until ‘crumbly’.
Add egg and water to make dough (if you prefer a sweeter crust you can add a couple of spoons of sugar and or a teaspoon of vanilla essence now).
Halve mixture. Roll out one half and line greased pie dish. Fill with cooled apple filling. Roll out other half of dough and make a ‘lid’.
Prick the top to let the steam release. Glaze with milk and sprinkle sugar on top.
Bake in a moderate oven until brown.
You can’t go wrong…mind you I’m Australian and all the measurements are metric! But I’m sure it could be easily converted.
Your Mimi Kirchner doll is lovely! – Jen
oooooooooooh…i’m so jealous of your mimi kirchner witch! she is too cute. and my first apple pie was no good either. bad enough that i don’t think i’ll ever try it again. that’s my story and i’m sticking to it.
I love my peeler/corer/slicer!
I discovered that if you take down the corer part and run the apple through multiple times you get apple spaghetti. My younger Hug-a-Bug loves the stuff!
love the wax leaves!
ooh, cute, spooky AND yummy! what a great seasonal post. ;]
love the wax paper leaves. might have to give that a go.
i have been trying to preserve my leaves for years, have to try that.
I love how Arthur Miller/Crucible/Salem pilgrim-y your witch is. She’s JUST right for spooky Halloweening, but makes a smooth transition over to T’giving, too! Am having some envy…
Isn’t fall fun?? the apple peeler/corer/slicer works in this house as soon as the leaves start to change colors. Our favorite recipe: apple cake.
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The little witch is so cute! Love her stripy stockings and her pom pom hair.
Beautiful Mimi doll. Crumble is the best!
We don’t have halloween here, neither orangy falls… But bloggers like you make me wish we had all that, because of your lovely decorations!
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How did you do the waxed paper with leaves? I would love to do that.
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Hillary! Pie Crust is SO EASY to make with a food processor! Martha has a great Pate Brise that takes FIVE MINUTES to make, seriously! You can do it 🙂 I hope your pie was good!
If your apple pie was a little underwhelming maybe you should try a homemade crusts. Here’s a link to a blog I follow. Amanda is very…well…”passionate” about homemade crust 😛
Every little thing-pie crusts.
If you don’t mind cheating a bit, King Arthur Flour has a great recipe called Never Fail Pie Crust that’s just flour and canola oil.
Also, I love the witch! What a wonderful holiday item. Now that I live somewhere with seasons, I am trying to get the hang of this thing called seasonal decorating.
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Try the Barefoot Contessa’s Apple Crisp. It’s easy and everyone loves it. Thanks for your amazing blog. Love the new banner!