Apples & Acorns | Autumn Baking Favorite Recipes & Essentials

 

Before the pumpkins in addition to earlier the mums, apple tree flavour is the official start of autumn - for us, anyway.  I'm getting geared upwardly for a weekend of autumn baking in addition to piece I was browsing through my by favorites, I idea I'd part my lilliputian roundup alongside you.

This weekend is the initiative of all weekend that Apple Cider donuts are available at our favorite province cider stand. If y'all don't stimulate got a local spot, y'all tin give the axe indulge at habitation in addition to brand them yourself.  This baked version is a lot less messy than frying in addition to volition fill upwardly your kitchen alongside the scent of baked apples in addition to cinnamon... instead of grease.

Baked Cider Donuts

Is at that topographic point anything improve than an onetime fashioned apple tree pie?  I intend this is genuinely what we'll last making on Dominicus for dinner.  I hateful dessert afterwards dinner.  Promise.

Spiced Old Fashioned Apple Pie

Share your apple tree bounty alongside friends alongside this rattling slowly gift.  Just brand a large batch of Salted Caramel (recipe below) in addition to pile inwards an Apple Basket alongside apples. 

Everything I used :

Apple Baskets, iv for $12
Acorn Tag, xx for $6Jute Twine, $5
Kraft Labels, lx for $6.50
Large Spice Jar, three for $18
Orange Linen Tea Towel, 2 for $24

Making homemade caramel sauce mightiness audio difficult.  It's not... it takes minutes.  If y'all tin give the axe boil H2O (and sugar) in addition to thence y'all tin give the axe brand it.  It is fifty-fifty easier than unwrapping all of those caramels to melt - in addition to thence much better!  It is genuinely is thence delicious.

 Especially when it is warm, correct off of the spoon.

There is something nigh the bounding main common salt that adds thence much flavor in addition to the vanilla that brings out a warm sugariness aroma. 

Salted Caramel Recipe

Speaking of Caramel...

This is the most perfect desert to serve at a autumn dinner party.  Imagine this warm, moist (almost custard-like) cake drizzled alongside hot caramel in addition to topped alongside vanilla edible bean whipped cream on a cool evening.  Ugh.  Daydreams similar that brand me desire to host a dinner political party immediately.  

Sticky Toffee Caramel Cake

This collection of copper cookie cutters was released terminal fall.  This year, I brought dorsum the 2 most pop (and my personal favorites)- the Pumpkin & the Acorn.  

I simply honey how slowly these are to decorate.  I've changed upwardly my icing routine from regal icing to butter icing in addition to haven't turned back.  So much to a greater extent than into gustatory modality than hold off lately, correct : )

Acorn Cookie Cutter

Acorns are i of my favorite motifs of fall.  The Acorn Tags in addition to Folded Cards larn from autumn into the holidays, too.  I holler upwardly Martha Stewart decorating her kitchen Christmas tree alongside gingerbread acorn cookies alongside roughly gilt ribbon.

What is to a greater extent than Fall than cream cheese frosting topped spice cupcakes?  I used the gold striped cupcake papers to give these a lilliputian flare.  It makes them hold off to a greater extent than particular in addition to would last neat for a party.

Spice Cupcake Recipe

If nosotros aren't having Apple Cider Donuts (or pancakes...), nosotros are probable having scones.  Here are roughly of our Fall-ish favorites :

Apple Cinnamon Scones 

Cranberry Orange Scones are ever on our list.  I role fresh cranberries at nowadays that they are inwards flavour - my favorite.

What a process these are!

Cinnamon Maple & Pecan Scones

Apple Cranberry Crisp

This is my all fourth dimension favorite dessert.  The mix of orangish zest, cinnamon in addition to cranberries is unbelievable.

Apple Country Cake
Of course of report this recipe kicked off the autumn flavour on the weblog a dyad of weeks ago.  The Creamware Tart Pan is dorsum inwards stock, again!

Individual Salted Caramel Pies

What's improve than your rattling ain pie?  Here is a shot of my baking drawer, stocked alongside the newest (smaller) size of tart pan.

For the packaging nosotros used :
Disposable Tart Pan, $6 for 10 
Jute Twine, $5
Edgartown Sand Tag, $8 for 10
Large Cello Bag
Multi Stripe Linen Tea Towel, $30 for 2

I promise everyone constitute something to brand their listing this weekend - bask the initiative of all of autumn baking : )

Jenny

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