Thursday, September 20, 2012

Baking--and eating! Like a boss.



I love baking.

It's one of my favorite hobbies, besides drawing, dancing, and wasting time on my computer. (:

         ~Random Rainbow~






And looking at internet memes... ・ω・

    Only cool people do this kind of stuff. 







If you like apple pie, here's my favorite recipe of all time. 


Ingredients

Dough and Filling:

  • Dough for a double crust 9-inch pie (homemade, frozen, or refrigerated)
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Dash salt
  • 3 1/2 cups peeled, chopped cooking apples
  • 1 (16-ounce) jar applesauce
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons butter, chopped into small pieces

Crunch Topping:

  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • Dash salt
  • 1 tablespoon butter, at room temperature

Directions

1.) Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2.) Line a 9-inch pie pan with half of dough. 
3.) Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. 
4.) Stir in apples, applesauce, and lemon juice. 
5.) Spoon apple mixture into pie pan and dot with butter. 
6.) Cut remaining crust into strips; arrange in a lattice design over top of pie.

**You don't have to do a lattice crust, but it looks prettier. :D Here's a video on how to lattice a pie crust if you don't already know how to do it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv4809RKhzg&feature=related

For the crunch topping (delicious!)...
1.) Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl. 
2.) Cut in butter with a fork until mixture is crumbly. 
3.) Sprinkle over top of crust. 
4.) Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F and continue to bake for about 45 minutes, or until crust and topping are golden brown.


Enjoy!   
     <3 Sophie

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Always bored? That's okay; I'm the same. :D

I'm pretty new with this "Blogger" thing. Heh. O:  I hope you can't tell.

Another thing...
Please don't judge me. ^-^ I write this purely for entertainment purposes.

     What are things to talk about in a blog? Hm...I don't know. Maybe it's because Blogger is being a jerk and won't let me see anyone else's blogs. :'c 
sfsamd dsakhd -punches a soft pillow-

Okay. Stuff about me now. You can think of it as an intro.

-My name is Sophie Xu. Add me on Facebook? (: I'm friendless. ;A;
-I'm a girl. (WOAAH. Mind. Blown.)
-I'm Asian. Obviously...
-I like to eat French people--*cough* I mean fries.
-I enjoy trolling people. Problem?
-I'm bad with technology. My mom's even worse, LOL. I think she was raised by potatoes.
- I have OCD. Ugh...It's annoying me how all these sentences are beginning with "I".

Hm...yeah..that's about it. :P

Bye, guuiise,
     Miniapple <3*

*I might be a bit obsessed with apples. Just a bit. It's not like I bring one with me everywhere...hehe...