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Demos and Deals!
Sunshine, live music, and handmade creations made a recipe for a great weekend! DowntoEarthenware had a booth at the Staunton (IL) Art and Music Festival Sept. 20 & 21. This was a unique opportunity to connect with people and really explain each piece and its function.
A variety of pieces were available for purchase, but we had a special deal going on with our apple bakers. With every apple baker purchased the proud new owner also got to take home an apple (recently picked from a local orchard) to try in the new baker. This is quite a tasty incentive!
Not only was there an opportunity to connect with individuals, but there was a great opportunity for those in attendance to see the throwing process.
Here is a finished large baking dish. Point of interest: did you know that the notches on the sides of the dishes aren’t purely decorative? If you cut a pie from one notch to the one directly across from it all the way around the pie you will end up with 8 evenly cut pieces! It’s all about form and function, my friends, form and function.
** Pictures courtesy of Kaylan Schardan of Macoupin County Enquirer-Democrat – She visited the booth and when the article is published, we will be happy to share that link with you!
Red Hot Apples Comin’ at Ya!
Have you tried our first baked apple recipe? Every bite of it tastes like fall, doesn’t it? If you’ve tried it you’ll also know that it was super simple to assemble and bake. In fact, you were probably thinking, “Wow, this was super simple and the presentation is beautiful.” Or, “Wow, this is what September tastes like.” Or, if you’re like me, you were thinking, “Nom, nom, nom…it’s gone already?!” (Obviously my level of sophistication exceeds that of many.)
For those of you who haven’t tried that baked apple and are feeling a bit green with envy that we’ve all taken a bite out of September and you haven’t, then in the words of Smokey the Bear, “Only you can solve that problem.” Perhaps that was my fourth grade teacher….
In any event… Here are two more delicious apple baking recipes for you to savor in our fabulous apple bakers!
Red Hot Apple:
You need one large apple and a handful of those spicy little red hot candies
Begin by coring your apple and cutting off the skin around the top of the apple. Place your apple on the spoke of your handy little apple baker.
The second step is very simple: drop as many of those red hot candies into the center of the apple as possible and then let them mound on top.
Bake your apple for 20-30 mins at 350. Pull it out when the apple seems done and the red hot candies are melted. ** We used larger red hots and they didn’t melt as quickly. This would probably work best with the smaller red hots. However, it did not have a negative impact on the taste of the apple. **
This apple has a similar flavor to a candied apple.
Apple Praline:
One large baking apple
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons pecan pieces
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
a few drops of vanilla
Core your apple, cut off skin around the top of the apple.
Melt your butter and combine with your brown sugar, cinnamon, drops of vanilla and most of your pecans. Pack the mixture into the center of your apple and let it mound on top of the apple. Place extra pecans on top of brown sugar mixture.
Bake at 350 for 20-30 mins.
** If you don’t want the pecans to get too brown you can cover your baker with foil.
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