Angie, Author at Friday is Cake Night

Pear and pecan turnovers

October 14, 2014 by Angie

It’s clean out the fridge and freezer time again! I have the following things in abundance:

Pears, Puff Pastry and a huge bag of Pecans. I cannot be stopped once I hit Costco….

I know, I know there’s literally thousands of pumpkin pie recipes floating around the web right now with Canadian Thanksgiving just passing and US Thanksgiving on the horizon. I will celebrate both. Not because I’m from the US but I just feel like I should support you guys and eat some more. Another excuse to gather the family crew and put out the pretty plates.

I’ve been making this pumpkin pie for so long I wrote out the recipe by memory. But then I went and checked because I rely on sticky notes and the outlook calendar to rule my life. I’m not comfortable relying strictly on memory anymore. Too much going on at once! As I look around my three foot radius I can see five sticky notes right now. Pie recipe, grocery list, random thoughts, recipe ideas, and a note to update my PVR for Parenthood. My tv friends are obviously a major priority. Can you even believe the show is ending this season? I’m heartbroken! Assuming here that you’re watching too. Judging by the facebook comments I’m not alone. People are uuuupset! The commercials make me an emotional mess, let alone the actual show where I’m wiping my face for the whole 60 minutes….

Baked pumpkin donuts with maple glaze Giveaway

October 10, 2014 by Angie

***I’ve updated this post to include a giveaway for one mini donut pan. I’m so excited about them I ordered another one for me and one for you! Enter below the recipe. Open to US and Canada only.

Listen mini donuts, you’re not fooling me. You may appear all little and cute but in reality you just pop into my mouth easier. Makes it pretty convenient to keep going back for more. Ok, just one more.

I bought this mini donut pan last month while I was on a weekend getaway with my daughter. Stuffed it into my hoarder baking pan cupboard and forgot about it until I was thinking about what to do with some pumpkin in the fridge.

Can it be January already? I feel like I’m a bit out of control with the pumpkin this year….

Thick-cut oven fries

October 8, 2014 by Angie

Fries! I love them any way you throw them at me. Straight, curly, crinkle, sweet – doesn’t matter. These days I can’t get enough of the thick-cut oven fries. So when it was the kids turn to choose dinner – Burgers! I knew I’d be making these guys to go on the side. Sometimes I have to wonder if they realize there’s more out there than burgers, tacos and spaghetti. They say hi by the way and are super excited that our fries are on the computer right now. “I ate those!”…