Pie!

Unfortunately, my progress on the new adult novel was abysmal yesterday. I only wrote 1,400 words, which is less than half my goal. I HAVE to make up for that today, even though it's a Friday. No Rock Band until my goal is met.

But on the bright side, I did successfully roast a whole chicken (raw chicken is SO gross--they stuff the viscera inside!) and serve it with three (count them--three!) side dishes. And I served this for dessert:

Yes! The crust was a total success!!! (Thanks, ceosanna from LJ for the link to the recipe!)

For those who've asked, it's an apple pie. Normally I make the filling from scratch, but since the purpose of this pie was to practice the crust before taking it to my family's holiday get-together, I bought store-bought filling this time. 'Cause I have very little free time. (And we'll just pretend I NEVER HEARD #1 say the store-bought filling was as good as mine.)

But the crust is 100% from scratch. Also for those who've asked, I made the leaf cutouts with these:

And I baked the pie in this:

Isn't that a gorgeous pie plate?! Both the plate and the crust cutters are from Williams Sonoma.

Alas, today involves almost all work and almost no baking.

Here's where the new adult book stands so far:

53,410 / 100,000
(53.41%)

And here's where I am on my November wordcount goal.

37,000 / 65,000
(56.92%)

Click here to check my CP Rinda Elliott's progress toward her goal. She probably didn't waste time baking yesterday. ;)