Thanks Giving Pies

This is Eli.  He's the president of the men's organization (Elder's Quorum) at church while I'm still president of the women's organization (Relief Society).  

We spent one Friday night making pies for people in the ward to thank them for being awesome and for all the work they put into making our ward (congregation) great.  We made 4 pies (2 apple and 2 pumpkin) and bought one berry pie.

I put Eli in charge of peeling and cutting the apples.  We used Granny Smith.

At this point it was already smelling good with the cinnamon and sugar goodness!

I wanted to try an oatmeal crumble on top.  Full of butter and brown sugar!

Baked up beautifully!  Next time I'll bake it half way with a cover and take it off so the top doesn't get so dark.

The pumpkin pies were a lot faster to make as we used canned pumpkin.  (Sorry Mom!)

Our Bishop loves berry pie so we bought one just for him.

Kitty got tired of supervising.  It can be exhausting meeting new people and keeping track of Mommy's shenanigans.

The pie shells were really full!  They poured a little over the side while trying to place into the oven.

But I still think it has a beautiful color!

We didn't get to sample any but hope they tasted as good as they smelled.  

Thank you to everyone in the Highland Ward for their friendship and positive attitudes in working together.

Pizza for Poogie

Another year has passed so it's time for black olive pizza again.  Here's the recipe for the dough we use.

Dough recipe:
1 pkg dry yeast (2 1/4 tsp yeast)
1 cup warm water
1 tsp sugar
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp Italian seasonings (or whatever you desire)
2 tbsp olive oil

• Place the yeast, water, and sugar in a cup.  Stir and let sit for about 8 minutes. 
• In a separate bowl, add flour, salt, and seasonings.  This time I added garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes, and Italian seasonings.
• Once bubbly, add yeast to the flour. 
• Once mixed together, rub olive oil on the top and let it rise for 30 minutes.  
• After 30 minutes, split dough in half for 2 pizzas.  
• Roll out and top with desired toppings.

A close up of the dough.

As Julie's favorite was black olive, the first pizza was solely black olive.

Yummy, bubbly black olive pizza!

Sauteing some onion for the 2nd pizza.

 

Prosciutto for 2nd pizza.

Goat cheese for 2nd pizza.

Since nothing was super fatty, the pizza turned out more like a focaccia.  The flavors were lovely and the bottom of the dough was nice and crisp.