Butter, vanilla, sugar and vanilla tickles the air in my kitchen...why? Because there is a homemade pie in the oven! My mom would me make lemon pies without using an electric mixer. I would often regret offering to help when it felt like my arm was going to fall off from whipping egg whites for 20 minutes or so! All of that would soon be forgotten with one bit of tart lemon and sweet graham cracker crust. Now I use a handheld kitchenaid the hubby bought me one year. It takes less than 3 minutes to get perfect meringue. My mom was very happy the year I bought her a hand held mixer for Christmas though :-) Recipe 3 medium sized lemons 1 can of condensed milk (currently on sale at Whole Foods) 2 egg yolks 3 egg whites some sugar some vanilla about 1 package of the 3 in a regular box of honey graham crackers round 8 inch pie pan some butter First Crush the graham crackers either in an open ziplock bag with a rolling pin or in a food processor. Add sugar to taste and mix well. Melt some but...
The escapades of Savannah Joy and her big sister Cassidy Grace are the primary reason for this blog's existence. However, I also throw in random thoughts, photographs, adventures and other tidbits to keep it interesting :-)