These Cinnamon sugar doughnut muffins were my contribution to the event. I borrowed the recipe from Laura Rebecca. I hope she doesn't mind. I love sparkly food in shiny containers!
Next we had a beautiful quiche lovingly prepared by our host Janice. It was filled to the brim with bacon and that's all I really needed to know.
Janice says she has a recipe for this and will get it to me ASAP. I'm thinking it's a closely guarded family secret and I'll never get my mitts on it.Last and certainly not least was the apple pie/cobbler brought by Linda. She's the kinda girl who just throws things in a pot in no specific measurements and viola! it's a masterpiece. All I know for sure is she used Granny Smith apples, there's a buttload of sugar in it, and she used Pillsbury's refrigerated pie crust on top.
Thank goodness there wasn't a vegetable in sight! After all was said and done, I waddled out with cinnamon smeared all over my chin and apple pie juice on my shirt, and I was a happy woman.
Although I was never quite able to nail her down on the recipe I think it went a little something like this one from epicurious (with the addition of some cherry tomatoes, halved):
1 lb orzo
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
1 1/4 cups feta (6 oz), crumbled
1 cup thinly sliced scallion greens
Cook orzo in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until tender, then drain well in a colander.
Whisk together lemon juice, oil, and salt and pepper to taste in a large bowl, then add hot orzo and toss. Cool orzo, then toss with pine nuts, feta, and scallion greens. Season with salt and pepper.
It was quite tasty...I love those pine nuts in there!
Next was the apricot orange scones. (oddly enough, I learned that scones are pretty much just biscuits....go figure!) The recipe is from Ina Garten, and the original contained cranberries (which I'm sure would be lovely).
