Today was the 4th Annual Friend-Family Thanksgiving, a gathering of Chicago chums to break bread and share a feast of all feasts. My best friend Holly was in town from Atlanta and our contribution to Friend-Family Thanksgiving was apple pie. After making a pot of our favorite coffee, we set to work:
We quickly perused the FoodNetwork.com and came up with a game plan: Cut apples. Add sugar, cinnamon, and more sugar. Put in crust. Simple and easy but since it was the first thing we did this morning, it made Holly and I feel super domestic and productive.
We pushed our culinary pie prowess a bit and got creative with the crust, going with a lattice crust on one pie and cut out hearts and stars for the other.
30 minutes in the oven and an almond glaze later, we were ready for Friend-Family Thanksgiving.
I am so lucky to live near to my closest friends and am even luckier that they enjoy eating, drinking and making merry as much as I do too. It’s the start of the holiday season and my heart is as fully as my belly. Which is really, really, really full.