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Our neighbor George brought us another bushel of apples–Granny Smiths, appropriately. Ava and I tried several new recipes last week.

First up, apple cinnamon rolls, which went over very well at work. The filling for these rolls was incredible.

The same night, we made a spiced raisin apple crisp to share with Dawn and Brandon:

On Sunday, we made a tarte tatin with yogurt cream sauce to take to George. (I hope it tasted better than it looked!)

My favorite apple recipe so far is the spice cake with cider sauce, which I took to work on Monday. I didn’t have the correct pan, so I used a Bundt pan. We “painted” it with baker’s grease, a concoction of oil, Crisco and flour, and the cake slid out so easily I nearly dropped it on the floor. Quite a change from last time!

If you make this very easy recipe (which I would highly recommend), don’t skip the cider sauce!