My Pumpkin Cheesecake Didn't Rise.....ð¢

9 years ago

....like it should have done. After all that time! And I made the crust myself of mixed graham cracker crumbs and gingersnap crumbs (which I ground myself) so it would not be too sweet!

In other Thanksgiving news, the chocolate pecan pies have come up beautifully, thank heavens! Picking up my fresh turkey from the markeot this morning, as well as a smoked Boston butt and apple pie from our local Methodist youth who have cooked all night for a mission trip fundraiser.

We only have eight for dinner but I am hoping for leftovers. MIL with Alzheimer's here on new meds we are monitoring. College student home, arrived over the weekend with small explosion of laundry, eldest son arriving late tonight, DD and (serious) boyfriend here tomorrow. Weather horrible, I purchased several gingerbread house kits and we are going to build them in teams and award prizes (instead of tennis round robin).

Any cooking or weather disasters at your house??

Now this is weird, I thought this was posted at 7:30 am this morning!

Since then, I have cooked two turkey breasts, mashed potatoes, stuffing, made the gravy, and put all the veg in the roasting pan. Aunt coming from neighboring state called and said she was at front gate, code did not work, we gave her delivery person code, friend code, family code, none worked, DS1 drove down there to let her in with his remote and.....she wasn't there. Found her about 15 minutes later, she had gone to a neighbor's a couple of miles up the road who also has a gated entry!

And our water stopped running, completely. Called well company, described mountain of dishes, Imminent arrival of relatives and current mental state and they were out within the hour. A fitting had rusted, was replaced, and water restored, but not without a few tense moments envisioning future memories of The Thanksgiving With No Water.

As if I didn't have enough to be thankful for, I am now very grateful for water!

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mtnrdredux_gw

9 years ago

Oh, my that sounds stressful!

I don't usually think of pumpkin cheesecakes as rising ... but maybe I use a denser recipe. I always go crazy keeping them from cracking!

As of this morning I am in good shape, no disasters. I have most things made except for the Big Bird in her Madeira butter bath. We don't eat until 6pm so I am relaxed; company at 1 for light lunch. Gorgeous day with snow on the tree trunks and waves still high from the storm.

I did make a new recipe, a whole berry cranberry sauce with granny smith apple, which is yum.

Have fun with your gingerbread houses! And no cheating, no calling your ID in New York, KSWL. Post pictures!

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9 years ago
Whoa that was supposed to be a smiley face in the title, not bad words, sorry!
mitchdesj
9 years ago
oh my what an exciting start to the holiday !! have fun and keep us posted !!
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Whoa! I am sure you are thankful you didn't have to post 'we have no water for Thanksgiving'! Scary thought! Glad it is working out. There is order in chaos you know.
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Yikes.....hoping all is calm from here on out.

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The power is still out and I am now at McDonald's recharging my cell phone (canNOT live without that -- home phone is down, too) and talking about renting a hotel room just so we can have a hot shower -- or a shower of any kind.

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Wow! What a good attitude, kwsl. Was wine involved? LOL.

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pattyxlynn
9 years ago
Kswl, I had to laugh at your delightful, descriptive post. Loved the "small explosion of laundry". These are the Thanksgivings that are talked about for years! You too, Chibimimi. Lots to laugh about... Later!

I went to my Mom's. I contributed a few sides but wanted to do something else special so I made some Apple Cinnamon Bread loaves for people to take home with them after the day was over. I wrapped them in saran wrap and was going to tie them with some colorful hemp with cinnamon sticks tied on. It looked great on Pinterest. Mine looked like ugly sticks.

No problem, I can adapt. I painted some parchment paper a pretty shade of red with a diagonal white crisscross. I wrapped it around the saran wrap on the loaves and then put the cinnamon sticks on top. They still looked like dead sticks! Sigh

So I sliced some apples really thin on the mandolin, sprinkled them with a little cinnamon and baked them till crisp. They looked lovely, I put a row down each loaf and with the edges all curly, the star in the middle, and the pretty color on top of the red parchment paper. I was finally happy with the bread gifts. But I was now having fun making apple slices. They were pretty tasty.

So I sliced up a couple more apples to bake with the thought that we could snack on them. But I accidentally put too much sugar in with the cinnamon and instead of being lightly cinnamon flavored apples, they were crispy caramelized apple slices (thin as chips). They turned out to be yummy! They are already on the list for our annual Christmas Eve get-together!

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!
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9 years ago
What a Thanksgiving! dS2 left today to drive back up north to college, dd and boyfriend left Thursday evening to back to their homes and jobs, Auntie left yesterday afternoon, still have MIL and DS1 and his gf. DH and his mom are tending the bonfire, DS and GF are playing tennis and I am taking a break in the library :-). We took MIL who has advancing dementia to local ballet school matinee performance of the Nutcracker today and she LOVED it, much to our surprise and delight! Biggest excitement--- daughter's boyfriend asked DH for our permission to ask her to marry him! We are keeping quiet as he plans to do this in a few weeks and we don't want spoil the surprise! We could not be happier as the young man is exactly who we would order as a SIL and he is truly devoted to our girl.

Tired of cooking and serving, that's for sure! Mtn, I realized -- finally-- that I used a 9.5" springform pan instead of a 9" or 8", which is why it looked so flat. It was still delicious, though, and the apple pie from our local Methodist youth group was fantastic! And do you know, I am sending people home with their gingerbread house kits. We were having such a good time talking and visiting that the afternoon sped by with no need for a planned indoor activity! We will save ours for Christmas Eve when my nephews are staying over.

Chibimimi, you are a veritable pioneer! I cannot imagine cooking over an open fire and really admire you for not giving in and running to the nearest restaurant.

Bbstx, wine was definitely involved! We had a Viognier and a Beaujolais for our turkey dinner, and shooters of hot wassail spiked with spiced rum in mini christmas mugs. Let's just say it was pretty cheerful oPattyxlynn, what a great idea for a dessert/snack---- caramelized apple chips----and I'll bet your apple cinnamon loaves were delicious! I am often dubious of the photos I see on Pinterest.......they look like the product of a craft room staff, not a single harried individual with a pair of scissors and a roll of ribbon.

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Holly- Kay
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Oh my gosh, I just read this. You are such a good sport about it all. I fear I would be whining and wining non stop if I had that all to deal with.

I wanted to use a ginger snap crust for my pumpkin pie but our internet was out the entire day before Thanksgiving. That is what happens when you become too dependent on web site recipes. I need to find a good app that will let me view saved recipes when the internet is down.

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chibimimi
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Patty, could I have your recipe for the caramelized apple chips? Now that we have power back, I'm in the mood to use the oven.
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holly-kay, I use Pepperplate. I have it on my laptop, my iPad, and my iPhone. It syncs itself to all 3. When I'm at the grocery and think Oh, I would like to make xyz. Wonder what I need?, I can look it up on my phone. It has a menu planning function and a grocery list function. I don't use either of them. But for adding recipes and having them available, internet or not, it is good.

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pattyxlynn
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Kswl, Congrats on the upcoming nuptials. Very exciting! There is a website that posts Pinterest fails from real people. They show the original pin and then pictures people have sent in of their rendition. It is very funny and goes to show, like you said, it's not as easy to pull off as people make them look.

Chibimimi, The chips were a happy accident. I sliced apples (neither peeled nor cored) on a mandolin, very thin, and baked them at 250 degrees for 50 minutes per side.

The first time I did it, I put some sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag, shook the apples in it, and then baked them. They came out fine, with nice curly edges and some of the slices had the nice star shape in the middle. But I thought they were too dark and decided I had used too much cinnamon.

The second time I did it, I mixed up some sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and sprinkled it on the apples slices, both sides. I made sure I didn't put in too much cinnamon but since I didn't, it didn't show up on the apples as well and I had trouble seeing where I sprinkled it. So I put more on and had a healthy dose on each side. It turns out that the extra sugar caramelized the apples!

Definitely use parchment paper or they will stick. I baked them 50 minutes, turned them, and baked another 45 minutes. My oven runs a little hot so I'd say between 50 minutes to an hour each side.

When I turned them over halfway, they were floppy and there was a sticky mess under them. I did not think they were going to work. When I took them out, they were still soft but crisped up very, very fast when they cooled. Literally a couple of minutes. As far as the cinnamon to sugar ratio, I eyeballed it and just made the sugar a little colored. Oh, and the apples, you can use any kind. I had Galas in a bag and they were a little sour for my taste so I hadn't eaten them yet. They worked like a charm. Any old kind will do!

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