Autumn is by far my favorite month.  The leaves, the apples, the squash, the cooler jeans and sweater weather is the best.  Upstate New York sometimes gets a bad rap for the harsh winters and clouds, but for me, autumn makes up for all of that.  My favorite fall activities are those that combine the outdoors and food (duh!) so apple picking is right up my alley!

Beak &  Skiff is a great place for apple picking, and I’ve gone several times in the 3 years I’ve lived in Syracuse.  The apples aren’t organic, but they are local and it’s fun, so I happily wash off the skin and it doesn’t bother me.  The cheap price makes that easier, too.

I have used my apples to make these muffins, which I are also posted on Fresh Cracked Pepper.  I’ve also eaten them in my morning oatmeal, sliced thin on sandwiches, and just munched on them as a snack.

Head on over to Fresh Cracked Pepper where Jen graciously asked me to do a guest post for her series, Muffin Mondays.

I posted a recipe for Autumn Apple Muffins, that I really think you should check it out!  The muffins include some of the apples I picked recently at Beak & Skiff in Lafayette, NY.  There will be a post about that event soon!  As soon as I finish this draft of a 25 page paper I’m currently writing on the determinate character of law…