Baked Apple Pancake

We recently gave this breakfast casserole a try, and we were impressed! Not only was it easy to make, but it was also a welcome warm breakfast for a chilly fall morning.

What makes this so easy is that you mix everything up and then put it in a casserole dish to bake. So while it might taste like apple pancakes, you don't have to make them one by one. Give this recipe a try - you'll be happy to add it to your fall breakfast rotation.

Baked Apple Pancake

6 medium apples, peeled and sliced

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 tsp cinnamon

3/4 cup confectioner's sugar

12 Tbsp butter, melted and cooled, divided

6 eggs

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray a 3 quart casserole dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. Place apple slices in a skillet with lemon juice. Toss with cinnamon and confectioner's sugar. Add 8 Tablespoons butter. Cook on low-medium heat, stirring, for 4 minutes until apples are tender.
3. Add flour, salt, eggs, milk, vanilla, and remaining butter to a mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until all ingredients are incorporated.
4. Spread apples evenly in bottom of casserole dish. Pour batter over top.
5. Bake about 20-25 minutes, until no moist spots are left in the batter.
6. Remove from oven and serve by flipping portions onto plates and sprinkling with confectioner's sugar. Serve warm.

Your family will really love this breakfast treat - it's almost like having apple pie for breakfast! (And who can resist that?) If you're looking for other tried and true fall breakfast recipes, give these a try:

• Glazed Apple Coffee Cake
• Apple Pie French Toast Casserole
• Sweet Potato Pecan Bread
• Super Moist Pumpkin Bread

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Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies

The season for pumpkin is here! If you're looking for a new cookie recipe for fall, give this one a try. 

These yummy cookies have a cake-like consistency, and the pumpkin and spice flavors are perfect for the fall season. These are the perfect dessert to bring to any upcoming Halloween parties you might have - you'll be glad you tried this recipe!

Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies

4 sticks butter, softened

2 cups granulated sugar

16 oz. pumpkin puree

2 eggs

4 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

12 oz. white chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. Beat butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
3. Add pumpkin and eggs and beat until smooth.
4. Add flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and baking soda and beat until well blended.
5. Stir in white chocolate chips.
6. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake about 12-14 minutes (until set and bottoms are browned).
7. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheets and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Notes:

Making pumpkin puree is easy (especially this time of year when you can find pumpkins)! Give it a try! Directions for making your own pumpkin puree to freeze and use throughout the year are here.

Takin' It Back to the Old School

It's that time of year again! This year, the Harris Sisters decided to go "old school" and dress up from the 1980s for Halloween. Since this is one of the decades we grew up in, we were all too familiar with the details we'd need to bring these costumes together.

Choosing some items from our own closets, some from the local party store, and some actual vintage 1980s items, we were able to recreate three different looks from this decade.

For those of you who might not remember, there were a lot of different popular styles in the 1980s, so the first step in creating a 1980s costume is choosing which style you'd like to replicate.

1980s icons Madonna and Cyndi Lauper are good places to start, but you can also research 1980s street style and other popular 1980s characters like Jem and the Holograms.

The Devil's in the Details:

• As always, shopping your closet will be the easiest way to acquire the items you need for a 1980s costume. Pieces like light colored denim, neon/bright colors, and graphic T-shirts are items that you might be able to find.
• Thrift stores are another good resource for purchasing items like bright colored shoes, belts, and 1980s jewelry.
• Bright makeup and glitter eye shadow are a must for your costume! You can purchase these at your local dollar store around Halloween.
• You can purchase any additional 1980s accessories you need to fill out your costume, such as scrunchies, big lace hair bows, slouch socks, neon jelly bracelets, buttons, crimped hair extensions, and leg warmers, online or at your local party store.

• We used many props and pieces that were original to the 1980s, such as a 1982 Little Orphan Annie necklace, an oversized acid-washed jean jacket, Coca-Cola sunglasses, Pepsi sunglasses, Swatch watches, a Mickey Mouse watch, and a few 1980s yearbooks.
• Because all of the Harris Sisters were in elementary school in the 1980s, we chose a local elementary school as our photo shoot location.

Make sure to check out our costume section of the blog for more tips, tricks, and ideas for this Halloween!

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