Baked Apples & Apple Pancakes

To continue my "newly wed" theme of the week I thought I would share some of the baked goodies Reed and I have made with the apples!

The first thing we did once we got home from the mountains was make baked apples! 
Here is the recipe we used and I'll attempt to give you step by step instructions :) 


Home Made Baked Apples

8-10 Apples, cored, peeled and halved
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1tsp cinnamon
2 tsp butter, melted
1 cup water
Place apples in greased 9x13 dish. Place all ingredients (except apples) in a pan and bring to boil. Reduce heat and stir continuously until it has darkened to a carmel color. Pour over apples in pan and bake at 350 for about 35 minutes.

Look at all these apples!! We are peeling and ready to start bakin! 


I would suggest to peel all of the apples before you start with the sauce. 
I just combined all of the ingredients in my measuring cup and then poured in to the pan. 



 Reed and I worked at the same time so I started the sauce while he was still peeling and we had to keep the sauce on a little longer than we would have liked. 
You can tell in this picture that when you first mix the sugars and what not together that it is a milky color. Continuously stir the mixture until it turns to a carmel-ly color. 


You can tell in this picture the color that you are going for. Because we cooked ours a little longer than we wanted it became pretty thick. 
But regardless it was still great just not as easy to pour over the peeled apples :) 


Then you want to mix the apples all up so everyone is covered in that sugary goodness! 



Then finally place it in the oven at 350 and try to wait 35minutes! 
It smells like heaven so its pretty hard to wait!! 



But WELLLLL worth it :)
So yummy!! 


Because we made the baked apples at like 9 at night we decided to save them for the morning when we could add them to apple pancakes!!
I've been so blessed to have a man that enjoys cooking :) 
This was his second ever attempt at making pancakes. 
He of course did perfect!



These pancakes were made from the apple pancake batter we got from the orchard. 
I would drive that entire hour just to get another batch of it.
SO GOOD. 

TA DA!! 
The finished product and plenty more apples! 



That breakfast was so good. 
And that weekend was even better!
I have a few more things that we have made with the apples that I'll share later :) 

I hope that my first attempt at a cooking post was successful. 
Tell me how I can improve, I need some blogging critiques! 



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Wanna read some about me? 
Wanna find 11 fun blogs?
Well check it out! Thats exactly what I've just posted :) 


Here are the rules:
  1. Every tagged person has to tell 11 things about themselves.
  2. The person who tagged you asked 11 questions, answer them.
  3. Ask 11 questions for the 11 blogs you are going to tag, please choose blogs with less than 200 followers.
  4. Mention the blog that tagged you, but don't tag them back.

11 Things about ME!

1. I am the 2nd of 4 children. 
2. I never moved until I came to college
3. I am in my senior year at Clemson University and will soon graduate with a Fine Arts degree!!
4. My dream was always to get married in college, and it came true this past August! 
5. I married my middle school and high school crush (we didn't date until my senior year of High school). 
6. I want to adopt my future kiddos 
7. I've been to Nicaragua 5 times and hope to live there for an extended period one day (Reeds parents live there). 
8. My love language is quality time and words of affirmation. 
9. I can't stand being alone. I love my friends and want them to be with me ALL THE TIME. 
10. One day I hope I can use my artist skill to further the Lords kingdom, hopefully this blog is the first step!
11.I grew up and realized as much as I love to travel I am a true southern girl and don't wanna live anywhere else!

I was tagged by Pam at Best Laid Plans and here are the questions she asked me! 

  1. How long have you been blogging and what is your main focus on your blog? My first post was a year ago this past July. Butttt I didn't start blogging on a regular basis but about 6 months ago! I have 3 main focuses. 1. Life as an art student and sharing my fine art projects 2. Being a crafter at heart and sharing/selling those fun ideas and projects 3. Sharing my experiences as a newly wed!! 
  2. What is your favorite craft/hobby? I love to make art. Any kind. But I think as far as hobbies and crafts I love to paint on found objects more than anything :) 
  3. What is your current or latest project? My current or latest project in which part of my life?! As an art student I have atleast 3 projects going on just for classes and then with my etsy shop I often have one or 2 for that, on top of my home projects! But I think my favorite out of all of them right now are the pieces I am putting in to my senior show dealing with integrity and furniture. 
  4. Do you craft for yourself or for gift-giving? Both. I love to craft and I don't have the space so a lot of the times I end up giving them as gifts.
  5. What is your favorite holiday? I think it is Thanksgiving. I LOVE hanging around, talking to family and friends. Plus the food is a HUGE plus :) 
  6. Who is your favorite author? Thats hard. I love reading older literature. I think Jane Austin would have to be one of my favorites. 
  7. Do you have a favorite blog that you have to read? If so, share the name and link. :) By a landslide my favorite blog is Under The Sycamore she shares so much wisdom and truth and has inspired my life in SO many ways!! 
  8. Where is your favorite place to vacation? Its a tie between Kiawah Island, SC and Nicaragua. I have been lucky enough to have family in both locations so I visit them pretty regularly. Kiawah is my favorite when I want to do nothing but get tan and read :) Nicaragua is a place I love to go for a reality check, and for any and every kind of adventure!! 
  9. Do you love to cook or eat out? I'm so bad about eating out. I love cooking, specially now that I have someone to cook FOR. But I think talking over dinner is one of my favorite things to do so I always catch up with friends out to eat :) 
  10. What is your favorite food? Well, right now it is anything and everything Mexican. I don't know what it is but I can't stop craving it!
  11. Tea, coffee or wine? I'm southern and proud of it. SWEET TEA :) I just started to be fond of wine this year and I hope that I never like coffee :) 

And finally my 11 questions to YOU! 

  1. Do you blog for yourself or others?
  2. What is your favorite "blog experience"? (ex. I LOVE hearing from my readers)
  3. Do you share everything thats on your mind? Why or Why not?
  4. What is your biggest piece of advice to a newbie blogger??
  5. Do you have blogger besties? If so, share them!! 
  6. How do you spend your free time?
  7. What is your DREAM job?
  8. If you could do anything in the world, what would it be?
  9. What is your all time favorite memory?
  10. If you could have any talent what would it be?
  11. How can your blog experience be better?! (I would love to help)
The people that couldn't run fast enough and got TAGGED!!