Explore the Orchard
This scrumptious offering is from the Food Network’s “Pioneer Woman”. The cake is super moist and the cream cheese frosting is divine. The finished product is almost candy-like.
If you are looking for something that comes together quickly but still tastes fantastic, you should give this a try!
FYI – The sheet pan Ree references is 18 x 13 inches. If you don’t have anything that particular size, a 9 x 13 baking dish would work. You’d just need to plan on baking it a bit longer.
about. Not something to do every day but if you have some extra time, say on a rainy weekend, it is worth a go.Making this recipe required several trips to the store due to lack of planning on the part of said “test kitchen”. I find it frustrating when you think to get the special ingredients but assume the staples are in ready supply back at home, only to find out they are NOT.
Please forgive the missing piece in the back left of this photo. We just couldn’t wait for the camera shot to try a bite. Tasty. Love the pumpkin spice flavor and the gorgeous color!
This weekend, 10/17-18 will be our last of the season
season has already come to a close this year. More details here. 
How to stay safe at the orchard? Please be sure to bring masks for your group. For the most part, you should be a-okay to roam the orchard without a mask, but at check-in and check-out or where you can’t social distance, you will want to use that mask. Here’s how you can help us make the fall orchard experience as safe as possible.
We couldn’t go through the season without doing a bit of cheesecake.
This recipe has you make the cheese cake layer in advance and then chill for 4 hours. We got a bit antsy and didn’t chill it for quite that long so when we added our apple pie filling it sort of sunk into the cheesecake a tad. Maybe not as aesthetically pleasing as if we had waited but it still tastes great.
Top with ice cream or dairy topping. And, of course, a drizzle of caramel sauce is always a good finishing note
What a great way to start the morning!
With a cup of coffee/latte. Dunking is definitely called for. As well, a good way to round out the day with a bit of milk for late evening snack
You can’t go wrong with apple cider as your base
Here is the recipe
We’d recommend using only the lightest touch of cinnamon in the icing to preserve nice contrast with the cookie