Happy November! I've been so inspired by lots of fall fruits and events lately, everyone is as busy as little bees....I really enjoyed Pie Party Live hosted by Jackie & Ken -- great job, guys! I even won a copy of the Sarabeth's Bakery Cookbook, hurray!!
I'd been meaning to make a pie (or 2!) but being sick for the whole month of October threw a wrench into my plans. Eventually I got back to canning with some black grapes and red plums from a recipe in Canning for a New Generation.
Love how the kitchen smells when fruit is simmering...
candy them with cinnamon sticks and star anise, yum.
I also love her post because she rounds up some great DIY gifts.
One of my favorite things about canning is that it makes such nice, little presents.
Back to the grape plum filling: got this Wilton pie press at Sur La Table
and (I admit) used store bought pie dough to save some time -- NOT as good I agree, but infinitely faster.
And pretty quickly we had a bunch of hand pies!
They were best right out of the oven of course.
But I had to wrap up a few
for little breakfast presents the next day.
More canning adventures soon, I'm having so much fun!
4 comments:
ooh the pies look delicous and I love those candied kumquats
The candied kumquats look fantastic! Your little grape/plum hand pies are just lovely too. For being sick, you've accomplished a lot! Hope you are feeling better!
thank you both! it's been so cool experimenting in the kitchen like this, i feel a bit like a little chemist...with fruit, ha!
yummmmm!!
Looks so good
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