Apple Cinnamon Beer Bread

It seems we’re having a boozy week over at LTSL!!

Cheers to eating your alcohol.

Cheers to October ( also .. WHAT?!?!)

Cheers to fall fashion and carbs.

Thank all that is warm and cozy for carbs!!

I think I also deserve some what of a medal ( or an extra slice of this booze laden bread) for not having a Pumpkin Spice Latte for the year … yet. I’m actually seeing how long I can hold on … at least to thanksgiving?!

With me writting this, I’ll probably get a whiff on my way home and cave.

But for now … wooo hooo goooo me!! The ironic part is I’ve had my fair share of pumpkin/ pumpkin spice goodies.

And because you’re probably sick of all of the pumpkin pizzazz I’m brining you another fall favourite … beer. Kidding … apppppplllleeesss … even though there’s no actual apples in this recipe … okay … let’s just go back to beeeeeeeerrr then.

Apple beer.

Not drunk … I promise.

Apple Cinnamon Beer Bread

Ingredients:

3 cups flour (sifted)

3 teaspoons baking powder

1-teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon powder

¼ teaspoon ground ginger

¼ cup sugar

1 tablespoon apple sauce

1 teaspoon apple juice

¼ cup butter, melted

1 1/2 cups bottle Apple Beer

 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Sift flour into large bowl with baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger and sugar, making sure they’re mixed well.
3. Add apple sauce, apple juice, and beer. Stir until just combined.
4. Pour into greased loaf pan and pour melted butter right over the top.
5. Bake for 1 hour  minutes or until gold brown.

Also, because we have a friendship based on trust … I trust that you will toast a slice ( or 7) slater it with butter and sprinkle it with cinnamon sugar.

Your life is now complete.

Caramel apple candy stuffed apple cookies

The first week of school is officially done-zo!

Moms and dads you did it!!

Children of the playground … wooohoooo it’s weekend!!

I remember when we were younger, after the first day of school both my brother and I would always come home to both my parents home and a special treat. It was tradition. My parents always took the first day of school off … even when I went off to university ( I wish I was lying) … the special treats stopped though. You win some you loose some.

 

There’s always something exciting about the first day of school …

Fresh new paper, pencils that are sharpened, the fresh smell of the school. Granted, by the end of the week there are doodles all over your papers and you can’t even find that pencil you had Monday.

The beginning of September, with school starting, nights getting cooler and mornings getting darker always remind me of one thing … fall. It also doesn’t help that you can already get a PSL from your friendly barista … anywhooo …

Fall means a couple things to me

• Chunky knits
• Cinnamon
• Pumpkin
• Apples
• Comfort food / goodies

And sooo I had no choice but to get my bakin’ on … hehe … bakin sounds like bacon. Maturity.

Caramel apple candy stuffed apple cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup margarine or butter

1 cup icing sugar + (2 Tbsp Icing Sugar for dusting … optional)

1/2 tsp. sea salt

1/4 cup applesauce

1/2 tbsp. cinnamon

1 tsp caramel extract

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp apple juice

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

24 werther’s caramel apple candies

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Mix together the butter, 1 cup sugar, salt, applesauce, cinnamon, caramel extract, apple juice  and vanilla until well-combined.

Then gradually add in the flour.

Mix until fully incorporated and smooth.

Form dough into 24 balls.

Gently flatten each ball and  add worther’s candy in the middle.

Cover with dough.

Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Once cools, dust with remaining 2 tbsp icing sugar.