Katiethebaker Blog

My co-worker Thu-Truc was nice enough for my birthday to pick up a copy of the Magnolia Bakery cookbook! As a thank you I told her I would be making her lots of different treats from the book! First on the list Peanut Butter Fudge Pecan Brownies!

Gotta have the Semi Sweet and the Milk

So good...by the handful!

mmmm Chocolatey-PBgoodness

Brownie Overload!

Yay! On Monday was my birthday! I just wanted to share with you some of the AMAZING stuff I got for my birthday! It seems as though there was a “trend” on what to get me….baking supplies! Thank you everyone that contributes to my baking obsession! I tried to take pictures of everything that I got but there was some I forgot….like…Mom thanks for the massive cupcake cake mold with the matching cupcake book! My roomie Lindsay for the cake leveler and the cake pan!  Here is some of the stuff I did take a picture of…

Thu-Truc walked through the rain in NYC to get this for me!

Erin Knows my style all too well!

Jessica Steele apron from Anthropologie...love you Emily!

Lauren has me stalked to make the perfect cake!

blueberries put wrinkles on your brain! Wrinkles make you smarter!

I am going back to my roots people! The first thing I ever learned to bake was a French Apple Pie in Mrs. Davis’ 8th grade Home Ec class. Apple pies are “my thing” every year without fail for Thanksgiving I’m in charge of dessert and I always make at least one apple pie. This time I went a little different then just traditional apple, I went apple blueberry! Since I was going home for Father’s Day I really want to make my Dad something that he wouldn’t reprimand me for being “too sugary” or….whatever hahaha. This really is the easiest, quickest pie you can make next to pumpkin…Just peel and slice (some say dice the apples but I like my apple chunks to be huge haha) granny smith apples. Mix with some lemon juice and a little bit of sugar. Then take either frozen or fresh blueberries toss them in a little more sugar and top them over the apples, not mixing with the apples, just layer on top. I topped of the pie with a lattice crust. Not my finest crust, but I was nice and crispy when it came out of the oven. Seriously I probably only used about 2 1/2 tablespoons of sugar total. One of them being brown sugar. You could substitute Splenda instead!

Happy Father's Day!