Oh groan! I couldn't help it though; seeing all the goats and pigs and cows at this year's Royal Winter Fair got me all giddy and silly. I guess a nice thing about being a sad city girl like myself is that visiting livestock becomes a seriously fun even!
Taking the 509 down to the fairground.
Best floppy ears ever...don't they kinda look like dogs?
I think we went around nap time....
...because there sure was a lot of dozing going on!
Wheat kings and pretty things...
...and lots of cowboy hats to admire.
Hello, pretty, I like your nose ring!
This stand pretty was definitely the icing on the cake...or rather, the ice cream and gooey butterscotch on the freshly baked apple dumplings.
Spinning class.
And so the assembly line goes; freshly peeled and spun apples awaiting a generous topping of...
...mounds of dark brown sugar and cinnamon. I wish you could have been there to smell it all!
But wait, there's more!
The whole shebang gets wrapped up in squares of flaky pie dough.
Awaiting the oven.
And after, with the works: vanilla ice cream and wicked butterscotch sauce.
Oh, apple dumpling, how I love you!
It might seem impossible, but this might just be better than apple pie. I'm still all torn up about it, it's so hard to decide!
Bye moo cows, see you next year!
are you kidding me with that apple dumpling? good googa mooga, i'd give a day's salary for that. okay, maybe not, but still--what a treat. :)
ReplyDeleteOh my. Those look deadly. I now have a massive craving for something of that nature. I might just have to attempt at making these. Amazing!
ReplyDeletethat apple dumpling and icecream looks absolutely sinful. give me a fork and that dish would be devoured in minutes! YUM!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like fun and I missed it. Those apple dumplings look so good!!
ReplyDeletegrace: A total treat...sooo good, I almost didn't want to share! :)
ReplyDeletesydney: I thought the same thing too, can you imagine how addictive these would be freshly baked at home?
megan: I think next time, I'm just gonna use a really big spoon! :)
kevin: Don't worry, the Fair will be back next year...until then, I can smell a home baking day in the works! Can't beat apples and cinnamon when it gets cold out...
Okay - I ate that last year at the Fair, and just made one tonight! I should have taken a photo, but I didn't. I just used puff pastry and had no ice cream (sacrilege, I know) but I did top it off with a little butterscotch sauce! So good.
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