Apple Pie French Toast

Hi friends! Today was Tanner & I's 10 month anniversary! Yay! 

It's so weird to say it, but we've made it so far. Who knew that last summer's little fling would lead to this? I'm so very lucky to be able to spend each day with my best friend; he is such a good guy & I couldn't be happier right now. 

Tanner&I love cooking, & for the longest time, Tanner has been wanting to make these Apple Pie Sandwiches, so today we decided to give it a try! 

 Ingredients: 

- 2 cups of diced peeled apples

- 1 cup of water

-1/2 cup of sugar

- 5 teaspoons of cornstarch

- 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

- 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

- 2 teaspoons of lemon juice

- 10 slices of sandwich bread

- 3 eggs

- 1 tablespoon sugar

- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

- vanilla ice cream (optional)

Once we had our ingredients, the cooking process wasn't too bad. 

The first step is to cook the apples & water in a saucepan for 10 minutes, on low to medium heat. 

 While the apples are cooking, mix the 1/2 cup of sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg & cinnamon. 

 Once everything is mixed, stir into the saucepan with the apples. Bring the saucepan mixture to a boil & cook for 2 minutes and stir until it thickens. 

After that, remove the saucepan from the heat & stir in the lemon juice. 

Mix the milk, eggs, vanilla & remaining sugar into a small bowl. 

Dip the pieces of bread in the egg mixture & place 1/3 cup of the apple filling in between 2 slices of bread. 

Finally, cook the sandwiches on a lightly greased pan until golden brown. 

We ended up making 5 French Toast sandwiches total, but the amount can vary depending on how much of the apple mixture you make. 

The Apple Pie Sandwiches tasted so good! They are very sweet, however, so I wouldn't recommend putting powdered sugar or syrup on them. But pairing them with a bit of vanilla ice cream was good. 

The whole process only took about 30 minutes. 

I think these would make a really yummy breakfast rather than desert. 

If you have any questions, please leave a comment; I'd be more than happy to help you out. 

California Board DIY

This morning I decided to get crafty! 

I've been wanting to make this for a while now & I'm so happy I did. The entire thing was very easy to do, didn't take a long time at all & to top it all off, it was super cheap! 

In order to do this, you'll need the following things: 

1. piece of wood  

 2. yarn 

3. nails  

 4. outline of any image

I went to the Lumber Yard off of Laguna Canyon Rd on my way back from the dog park this morning & asked if I could take a piece of scrap wood. The employees were so sweet & let me take whatever I wanted for free! I ended up choosing this dark&sort of rough 2ft by 1ft piece.

I picked up some yarn in my favorite color from Michaels for $2.15

& bought these nails at Lowe's for $1.40

I really recommend using these exact nails, or others like them, because they were super easy to work with & the perfect size. I had more than enough nails to outline California, so unless you're planning on doing a really detailed, or big piece, then this should be enough for you too! 

Printing out an outline of the shape you want would be the best thing to do. But in my case, my piece of wood was too big for regular 8x11 in paper, so I taped two sheets together & sketched the shape by hand. Using the hammer, outline the shape & take the paper off once it's completely outlined.

You can leave as much space in between each nail as you like & even put something inside the shape. I did a heart close to where Orange County would be because that's where the people I love most live. 

Once I put yarn in every direction possible, I brought it back to the point where I started from and tied the 2 ends together 3 times. Then I cut the extra string and tucked the knot under so it's not noticeable. 

The finished product looks like this!! I absolutely love it & I'm so exited to put it in my new apartment once I move down to San Diego in the fall. 

Here's a 6 second recap of what I did. 

Please let me know if you have any questions on how to do this yourself, I'd be more than happy to answer as best as I can.