A little apple fest

Last weekend, some of us considered going apple picking. What actually happened was that the older Muffins picked very hard pears from trees in our back yard. A week later, the pears were still very hard, to the point of being beyond what our modest kitchen equipment can easily process. So, during the week, we picked (up) a bunch of apples (at the store), and then we turned some of them into yummy treats. Mom made apple fritters, using Pioneer Woman's recipe. Dad made the apple pie pictured above. Overall verdict: apple treats are good.