Monday, November 3, 2014

Thought for the day

GOOD MORNING ~ Thought for the day ~ “I sustain myself with the love of family.” ― Maya Angelou

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Recipe for the day ~ Sweet Potato Pie


Sweet Potato Pie
(Courtesy of All Recipes)

Ingredients:
1 (1 pound) sweet potato
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 tspn ground nutmeg
1/2 tspn ground cinnamon
1 tspn vanilla extract
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie crust

Directions:
Boil sweet potato whole in skin for about 45 minutes
Run cold water over the sweet potato 
Remove skin
Break apart sweet potato in a bowl
Add butter 
Mix well with mixer
Stir is sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla
Beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth
Pour filling into an unbaked pie crust
Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean
Pie will puff up like a souffle and then sink down when it cools



Thought for the day

GOOD MORNING ~ Thought for the day ~ “Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” ― Napoleon

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Currently Reading


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9514590-lawe-s-justice

Recipe for the day ~ Cranberry Apple Pie

Mom's Cranberry Apple Pie Recipe

Cranberry Apple Pie
(Courtesy of All Recipes)

Ingredients:
2 prepared pie crust
4 cups peeled and sliced apples
2 cups cranberries
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tspn cornstarch
1 tspn ground cinnamon
2 TBspns butter, cut into small pieces

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400
Fir the prepared pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish (or just use the frozen prepared pie crust)
Arrange sliced apples into the crust
Spread cranberries over the apples
Whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle mixture over the cranberries
Distribute butter pieces over pie filling
Place remaining crust over the filling
Crimp both crust together and cut several slits into the top crust to vent steam
Bake for 1 hour or until pie is browned and fruit filling is bubbling




Thought for the day

GOOD MORNING ~ Thought for the day ~ “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." 
― John F. Kennedy

Friday, October 31, 2014