Apple-Honey Challah

Today I finally made Apple-Honey Challah. I've been looking forward to it since mid-August, when I got my September issue of Martha Stewart Living.

YUM! The recipe calls for green apples, but since we have so many red ones I just used those. We also only had a glass pie dish, so I used that instead of a cake pan. It worked just fine. My first time making bread went so well that I feel like a pro. It's time consuming, but worth it.

This week I'm participating in Poppytalk's Autumn Color Week on flickr. Today's the theme was green, and I submitted these pictures:

If you're on flickr, join the group and play along! Tomorrow is orange. Click here to see my flickr photostream.

Apple, Cheddar & Thyme Galette

We went apple picking on Saturday. I really enjoy walking trough the orchard and choosing my own fruit. It makes the baking that follows more special somehow.

This year I had a new apple recipe to try out. I found it on the beautiful fresh365.

I will make it again, but next time I will use half as much salt is the recipe calls for (in fact, I may try it without adding any salt at all), because I found the salt pretty overwhelming. I think I generally use less salt in my cooking, so this could just be a personal preference. Anyway, I really enjoyed all of the other flavors, so I do want to give it another try.

It was weird to eat something that looked like dessert, but tasted like dinner. It's definitely a savory dish. I had a lot of fun, and it was my very first time using puff pastry. Overall, I'd call the experience a success!

I also made applesauce, because it's my favorite! New comers, you can check out my gramma's fabulous recipe right here.