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Quick and Simple Apple-Pear Tart

- Amanda

Happy Friday to you. We’ve made it to another weekend and are at the two-weeks-till-Christmas mark. Yikes. How did that happen?

Have you been baking up a storm already or still brewing up your holiday treat ideas? Luckily, I think today’s recipe is a perfect fit, no matter which camp you fall in.

This Quick and Simple Apple-Pear Tart truly is fast and easy to make, but simply delicious, and beautiful too. In fact, it never fails to be a crowd pleasing dessert that looks and tastes like so much more work than it is.

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Salted Butterscotch Apple Tart

- Amanda

This may only be the first weekend into fall, but I think it’s prefectly okay to possibly start thinking daydreaming about holiday desserts. Well, for me, that might be thanks to this Salted Butterscotch Apple Tart. After making this, I definitely had the holidays on my mind, especially Thanksgiving, as well as maybe a few other thoughts.

You know that brief moment when you stumble upon something you think might just be too good to share? Well that’s what happened after tasting one of my latest dessert recipes. But luckily, I quickly snapped out of it and remebered sharing is caring. And furthermore, that I had specifically created this to do just that….share, in the Apple Collaboration I’m taking part in hosted by fabulous fellow food bloggers, Britney at Britney Breaks Bread and Krissy at Eating with Krissy.

So here it is, my new favorite dessert creation and apple obsession. Maybe ever. And fittingly on this Johnny Appleseed Day. (Sorry for the drama, but this deserves it.)

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Cinnamon Apple Scones and An Apple Orchard in Istanbul

- Amanda
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Wow, the last few weeks have passed way too quickly.  It was Thanksgiving a minute ago and now we’re almost halfway through December.  There were many recipes I hoped I would get to before now, but it’s been a bit busy to say the least.  I was in cookie mania preparing dozens of treats for the IWI Winter Festival here in Istanbul and then my mom came to visit from LA.  The festival was a lot of work but lots of fun.  And it was nice that a visit from my mom coincided with that and she got to come check it out too.  (Having her here to help with some of the preparations and keeping the monkeys entertained was a big added bonus.) 

Before we near the end of our apple stash from our apple picking days in September and October, I want to share these Cinnamon Apple Scones and where we got the delicious apples from…

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