TWD Pie in the Oven...

Well, if all has gone well...I am in the hospital with the latest addition to our family right now...but as a treat to my family I decided to bake this week's treat anyway...This week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe Double Crusted Blueberry Pie was selected by Amy of South in your Mouth.

Since it is nowhere near blueberry season here in Southern Ontario and we have so much local fruit available I decided to sub cherries for blueberries. This was, of course, having to go out and locate a cherry pitter and making a splatter disaster all over the kitchen and myself pitting the cherries!!! It was entertaining at least!

I am not normally very good with pie crust (even our 6yo daughter managed to remind me of this when I was rolling out the dough (she watched very closely for fatal errors). But this dough (once refridgerated) was lovely to roll out. I can't believe I managed to pull it off in one go for each of the crusts (top and bottom!) I did make the edges a little too thick for my liking but other than that the crust really was quite lovely if I do say so myself!

Here it is...my finished product...everyone loved it and I was again the star Mummy on the scene!


We served it up with some ice cream and enjoyed it on our patio...our last supper as a family of 4...so crazy!!! Tomorrow is a big day and I still have some packing to do (well, all of my packing really). So I need to remove myself from here and get to work! Do you think I will get some of my own homemade pie in the hospital? I am wondering who is going to eat it now that I have to fast and the kids are going to be out and about with various volunteers from our family and friends!

Enjoy!
Heather

Happy Canada Day!!!

Well, I hope that all of our Canadian readers had a great Canada Day and all of our American readers are looking forward to a fabulous Independence Day! We enjoyed our day as a family here...We started the day off William Sonoma Style with Maple Leaf Pancakes...which were, of course, topped with Canadian Maple Syrup!

The kids and I decorated some cupcakes, Canadian Style, of course! Before lunch and we sang Happy Birthday to Canada and enjoyed the cakes of our labour! These delights were banana cupcakes with Maple Leaf Quins...such fun!

We then headed off to Charles Daley Park in Jordan where we enjoyed some supper, a clown who does amazing Balloon Art. His name is Halaloo if you live in the area he is definitely worth checking out! Sarah wanted a purple flower and Sean chose a Monkey in a tree..how cool is that??? There were some pretty amazing balloons at the park!!!

Finally, Sean really enjoyed 'monkeying' around in the bouncy castles...he wanted me to take lots of photos but this is one of my favourites...Sarah had a quick hop in one and then was done but Sean must have gone 4 times!!!

We had a great Canada Day as a family...we then headed home and relaxed with a movie and some kettle corn (who knew there is no butter in kettle corn??)

Enjoy!
Heather

TWD Apple Cheddar Loveliness

With each passing week I think that I am not going to get to the treat of the week as the weather is so hot here (we have no air conditioning in our house so I do not want to unnecessarily heat the house) but then we have this one amazingly cool day that I break down, turn the oven on and make the treat of the week. I can't seem to help myself!!!

This week's Tuesday with Dorie delight was Apple Cheddar Scones chosen by Karina of The Floured Apron. There was a lot of talk this week about the dried apples...I have to admit I did not go out of my way to find them...I simply gave in and grated some fresh apples. This did not seem to negatively impact the recipe in anyway however, I did find that they were a little too fine so next time I would chop rather than grate...I LOVE apples and cheddar and I just did not get enough of them in this recipe!


I made these first thing in the morning and served them to my tasters first thing in the morning as part of their breakfast. This was followed up with at least one "You're the best Mummy ever!" What can I say? Things are very dramatic in the Creative Bug Household!!!! Anyway, we did find that the preference was to serve the scones with butter as it did not detract from their lovely flavour...they were light and fluffy...everything a scone should be.

In order to be able to make these puppies square I had to use a whole lot of flour and pat them out carefully...but they did not cause any trouble once they were paired with the flour. The only substitution I made this week was shortening for the butter (Dorie even mentions that this is okay). It helped me save a little on that organic lactose free butter we seem to be burning through ever since I joined Tuesdays with Dorie!!!

Here they are in all their loveliness...a recipe worth indulging in. Simplicity at its finest.

Enjoy!
Heather