|| baked apples ||

thanks W for hosting the perfect fall party!

great friends & great food...not much makes me happier.

I wanted to make something new and had a zillion apples

leftover from our applepicking adventure upstate so

thanks to marthastewart.com I arrived at the party

with a whole plate of delicious baked apples.

I changed a few things...it's so me...I can't help it...but here's the recipe....

it's easy to make and it will make your house smell like Christmas...enjoy!

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened

1/3 cup packed light-brown sugar

1/3 cup old-fashioned rolled oats

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 medium apples, skin peeled in a spiral

makes 4

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Stir together butter, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.

Scoop out the core of each apple with a melon baller, being careful not to go through the bottom; discard cores. Fill each apple with oat mixture, dividing evenly. Transfer apples to a 9-inch square non-reactive baking dish. Add 1 cup water to the dish to cover bottoms of apples by about 1/2 inch. Cover dish with aluminum foil. Bake until apples are soft but not mushy. 40 to 45 minutes. Serve warm.

|| rebecca thuss ||

if I could do anything right now, THIS is what I'd be doing.  ALL of it.

arts & crafts are my thing.

always have been...always will be.

|| confession ||

confesssion: I look at the USPS website every so often to see if any new stamps are coming out.

I just saw this today and I couldn't be happier. 

 I haven't been this excited about a stamp since the Duke came out.

NERD! I know. But I can't help it.

I love stamps & I love sending mail & I always will...

|| stamp tree ||

I've always loved stamps...it's the one nerdy thing I collect. Used ones are my preference.

I LOVED this window we walked by strolling through Rome a few weeks ago.

In another lifetime, I'll be a window display designer. I got a taste when designing the displays at the store I worked at in high school. Loved it. I like making things pretty.