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Apple Cream Pie

Carol 사모님's style! I always loved her apple pie so I asked for her recipe, and made it today. Came out splendid!!

Crust:
1 box 15 oz Pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box

Filling:
3/4 cup granulated sugar (I only put 1/2 cup, you can decided how much)
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
6 cups thinly sliced, peeled apples (6 medium)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla

Topping:
1 egg white, beaten
1 tablespoon coarse sugar or sugar


Directions:
1. Heat oven to 400 degrees, Make pie crusts as directed on box for Two-crust pie using 9-inch pie pan

2. In large bowl, mix granulated sugar, flour and cinnamon; gently stir in apples. In small bowl, mix whipping cream and vanilla. Pour over apple mixture; stir gently to mix well. Spoon into crust-lined pan

3. Top with second pie crust; seal edge and flute. Cut slits or shapes in several places in top crust. Brush top with egg white; sprinkle with coarse sugar.

4. Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown, covering edge with strips of foil after 15 minutes or baking to prevent excessive browning. Cool 1 hour. Enjoy!

NaNoWriMo

This is my book collection (some of it, or at least the pretty ones haha) in my room. These are the ones where I've probably read more than once because they're my favorites. They wouldn't fit into one picture even though I set it to wide so I just smushed them together myself haha.

But anyways... It's National Novel Writing Month... 50,000 words by Nov 30th. I'm determined to do it. I probably won't reach 50,000 exactly but I'll be proud if I even get 30,000... I'm only at about 2,000 right now...haha so we'll see. I'll probably fail but ... we'll see how far I get =)

I'm running out of names though...for my fictitious characters lol. I think I already have a title for it and a title idea...but no real plot HHAHAHA. Oh well. That's what literary fiction is right? Plus the always 'dysfunctional' father in the story lolll. Wish me luck...especially since I still have school.. midterms and all...

Halloween

Happy Halloween!

kpop bonanza

1. 2pm my #1 lovers. i miss them!!
2. big bang i'll always love them. big bang songs = jjang!
3. DBSK they seem at a different level of maturity...sexier & manlier..lol
4. wondergirls they're so cute and seem genuinely chah-kae. best songs.
5. brown eyed girls i personally don't consider them an 'idol' group... they're all actually really talented artists. not just alright like the rest of the idol girl groups.
6. 2ne1 anticipated them for too long. <3>
7. 4minute i can't believe i like them. well i like jiyoon and i think hyunah is so effing adorable i wanna squeeze her! plus i like their songs

the Coutryside of Washington State-- Yakima

I consider this my last trip of the 2009 summer...sad to say I am now back in school with the life of dreaded mornings, coffee, textbooks, exams, papers, hw, etc--yueeeeck! Anyways, my parents decided they wanted to go to Yakima just because, well to get some fruit I guess and for a quick last road trip (for me, Aaron was already in school haha). Monica's family went too (excluding Jessica since she had school too haha), thus we were off to an exciting SCENIC adventure! Haha, this was also when I had my weird back pain phase so it was hard to enjoy the trip in the car pretending like I wasn't in pain to my parents but nonetheless it was a nice finish to my summer. For some reason I really, really like the countryside lol. I don't know why but it just makes me really calm or feel like I'm at peace with my life hahaha. I dunno maybe I just like scenery and calm landscapes? We stopped by a couple of stops for the view because we took highway...I forget but it's the one that goes through the mountains. I must say I LOVE Washington air...it's simply....clean. and so CRISP!

Anyways here are couple of photos I took!

This song makes me want to sing "take me home...country road...to the place that I belong..West Virginia...mountain momma..." hahaha my dad likes that song.

Beautiful. I call it... Looks Like Tuscany. Lol. No really though. This picture doesn't even do it justice. Monica and I were so breath taken by the scenery, it was really, really pretty. (P.S you can see the moon!)


These next ones are raw images.




This is the home of the people who sold us apples.

The apples we bought!

Oh my gosh I'm not even kidding I so wished I had a dslr when I was taking these...the sun setting was SO pretty.. no joke. It was purple and then we'd drive a bit more and then it'd be BLUE...and ahh it was pretty...and these are blurry cuz I was in a moving car and the window is not opened when I took these sunset pictures!

I complain about Washington a lot but it really is a pretty state...very GREEN...which I LOVE!

N. Korea's first fast food restaurant

So... bland. Lol.