Sights and smells of October

[sabotabby]

Okay, check out what we made today:



That right there is some maple walnut pumpkin pie.





Here's how to do it:

Ingredients
1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin (about 2 cups) (We used an actual pumpkin. Nuke it for about 15 minutes, peel the skin off, and blend with a hand-mixer.)
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
2 large eggs
1 tsp. maple flavoring (I don't know what this "maple flavoring" thing is, but it sounds downright unpatriotic. We just poured in maple syrup until it was not too sweet but tasted sufficiently maple-y.)
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon (Add more; 1 tsp. is good)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground ginger (1/2 tsp.)
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 (8- or 9-inch) prepared graham cracker or baked pie crust (We prepared our own and rolled more cinnamon into the dough. Do not pre-bake; the crust ended up slightly overdone.)

WALNUT TOPPING
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 tbsps. cold butter
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions
Heat oven to 425°F. Combine pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, maple flavoring, cinnamon, salt, ginger and nutmeg in large bowl. Mix well. Pour into pie crust.
Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Bake an additional 30 minutes.
Combine brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts. Remove pie from oven. Top evenly with crumb mixture.
Bake an additional 10 minutes. Cool. Garnish as desired. Yield: 8 servings.

How about one more picture?



Mmmm, pie. Source.

Oh yes, and here is some delicious whole wheat garlic bread:



cupric_acetate may be on a bit of a baking spree. Also, she introduced lienne and I to the wonders of Teen Wolf, which is a show about a young boy trying desperately to be a lacrosse star despite his crippling allergy to shirts. It is Rather Good.

---

There is a second Presumptuous Cat who made her way into my house the other day:



She is very cute but not very pleasant.



Nor did she and the resident kitty agree on who was supposed to live here. So I had to kick her out. Sadly, it seems like there is only room for one kitty in the Fortress of Solitude.

Comments

[thebigbadbutch.livejournal.com]

The new cat was really cute. How did she get into your house?

[sabotabby]

A kid came to my door begging for sponsorship for his university tuition, because this is a thing that happens now. While I was declining, the cat dashed past his legs and into my living room. She walked around for a bit, then hid under the coffee table and hissed at me when I tried to get her out.

She's so cute, though. She has a home, at least. It's just that she wants two homes.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

ILU

[sabotabby]

ILU2

[apperception.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you had that kind of home.

[sabotabby]

A strangely-attractive-to-cats home?

[apperception.livejournal.com]

Revolving door of pussy.

[sabotabby]

It's a cathouse.

[apperception.livejournal.com]

You're well on your way to the neighbor finding your with your face chewed off and a stray burrowed up your butt.

[sabotabby]

My neighbour already found the previous owner drunk off her ass on the front steps with a shattered kneecap, so I think she's prepared for most things.

[infintysquared.livejournal.com]

Note: Do not take this as a challenge.

[ironed_orchid]

(We used an actual pumpkin. Nuke it for about 15 minutes, peel the skin off, and blend with a hand-mixer.)

Thank you! I don't think we get pumpkins in cans here, and I always have to figure out how to translate recipes that call for canned pumpkin.

[sabotabby]

I typically wouldn't bother with an actual pumpkin, but cupric_acetate brought one and it was much tastier than the canned sort.

[khalinche.livejournal.com]

Goddammit Sabs, why isn't that pie in my kitchen RIGHT NOW? Why isn't it in my FACE?

[sabotabby]

It totally needs to be in your face right now.