Recipe~ Apple Crumble

Recently we went apple picking. The result is that we now have kilos and kilos of apples to use. Yay! That means I get to cook with them. Here is my recipe for a "deconstructed" apple crumble.

Ingredients                                                    

10 apples, cored and sliced                         1 cup rolled oats
A little water                                                1/2 cup dessicated coconut
1/2 cup brown sugar                                    1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup white sugar                                      2 tbsp soft butter
1 tbsp cinnamon                                           1 tsp mixed spice
Lemon juice                                                  Lemon rind


Simmer apples in water with sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice until soft and mushy. Puree using a stick blender. Set aside. To make the crumble, mix together the oats, coconut, sugar, butter, spice and zest. Spread crumble in a roasting pan and grill at 200 degrees Celsius fan-forced until golden and crisp.
To serve, spoon apple puree into bowls. Sprinkle with crumble and top with freshly whipped cream or vanilla or caramel ice cream. Serve.
I didn't get a picture of my crumble so I will just put a random apple picture here.

Quote of the Month

Haha...did not make this one up. It is from Mollyscornerofnonsense Check it out!

Happy Birthday to My Blog, Happy.....

This month marks the first Birthday Of My Blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Easter!!!

I've been awarded

 

Thankyou, Violet !

 

Well, here I go.

Blog Award Rules:

Put a link to who gave you the award

Post the award to your blog

Answer the questions

Choose 5 blogs to receive the award

Let them know you've awarded them

Blog Award Questions:

1. If you could have a "flower pen name" like we have here on our blog, Violets and Daisies what would it be?

2. What is your favourite ever Bible verse and why?

3. What are the blogs which inspire you most?

4. If you and your friends could visit any country in the world, where would you go?

5. If you have one, feel free to share your testimony as to how you became a Christian.

My answers:
1~ Rose.
2~ Titus 3:5 "he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy."
3~ P&P95 Forever Club, Violets & Daisies, Yet Another Period Drama Blog
4~France, definitely. And England, and Italy, and Greece.
5~I really can't remember, it's been really gradual.

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Tea in a Teacup
Emily

Jane Austen Birthday Tea

How appropriate, at the time of year when Pride & Prejudice was published, that my sister Emily (of Jane Austen Mad) should choose to celebrate her 13th birthday with a Regency Tea Party!

                                             And, of course, a cameo cake made by Me.

  

                                                 Orange and white chocolate truffles.

And gorgeous teacups.

 

 

The guests all dressed up.

 

"Midder Dardee" quite happy with his tin "teacup."

 

Couldn't resist adding this one! We finished the evening by watching Sense and Sensibility.

1995, Of Course.



HAPPY 200th B'DAY PRIDE & PREJUDICE!!!!!

On the 28th of January, 1813, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was published. It has been amazingly popular ever since.

 

It has been made into four movies

 

 

 

 

 

and countless spin-offs

 

and at the P&P 95 Forever Club is celebrating by holding a competition.

 

Here is my entry: a letter of congratulation to Jane Austen upon the publication of Pride & Prejudice from Mrs. Phillips.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

                               

My dear Miss Austen                                                                                             

 

 

Congratulations upon the publication of your novel. I like it very well. However, there are a few things I would like to draw to your attention. To begin with, I am very proud to  think of my niece as being a celebrity heroine. I will not deny that I myself played a key role in the development of the story. I did my best to encourage my niece's marriage with Mr. Collins. I am sorry it went off. I believe (not to impute any interference to Mr. Darcy) that the book should have been much more of a success if Elizabeth had married Mr. Collins. I think the hero is insipid and unemotional. And extremely haughty. If you plan to write another book, make the hero gallant and talkative. I should love myself to feature in it, preferably as the heroine........Oh, whoops, I am already married.....may I be the heroine's mother? Just a thought, however. Again congratulations.

 

 My kindest regards,

Mrs. Agatha Phillips

 

P.S. Mr. Phillips has also read your novel and enjoyed it greatly, apart from the fact that "dashing" would be a better word to describe him than "stuffy."