Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Thanksgiving: Halfway

Such fun. My bachelor apartment smells like Vermont and calm. Cooking to warm creepy indie music. 

I love fall. 

Even more when I don't have to work. 

Today's preparations...

Twice roasted sweet potatoes with ginger snap crumble:

•roast those puppies 
•sclice them and fan out all pretty like in a nice dish
•sprinkle with crunched up ginger snaps and dot with butter

(If you really wanna get crazy with it dot wih butter and drizzle with maple syrup)

...and because a hot oven isn't a thing to waste: make a pie. 


Buttermilk Maple Sugar Pie:
•1/3 cup brown sugar
•1/3 cup white sugar
•1/2 cup maple syrup 
•3 eggs

Beat with a whisk then add 
•2 tablespoons flour
•1 cup buttermilk 
•1 blip (teaspoon?) vanilla extract 
•1 blip maple extract
•a pinch of salt

This was a riff on a honey buttermilk pie found here: http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2013/02/halfway-homemade-buttermilk-honey-pie.html

Pour into a pre-made pie crust (you can smush the edges to bluff). Bake at 350 for 40-46 minutes.  It'll jiggle a bit. That's fine. Let it cool ...no really. Let it cool to set. Watch oxygen or TLC and wait. 

Beauty. 


Still have buttermilk? Make these beauteous sweet potato rolls: http://pinchmysalt.com/holiday-recipes-with-a-twist-sweet-potato-buttermilk-rolls/

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