Yesterday we took a trip to Baugher's Farm in Westminster. I have heard several people say how awesome it is, so I wanted to see it for myself! It took just under an hour to get there and was definitely worth the drive. You take a hayride through the farm to the apple orchard and then pick your own apples! The boys really enjoyed walking through the orchard and picking apples. We got a little bit picking crazy though and wound up picking a peck of apples!
They also have a market, moonbounce, face painting, live music, a petting zoo and several other farm activities. There is also currently a hayride to pick your own pumpkin from the field, but we decided to wait for that. I worry that buying a pumpkin this early would mean that it would be mush by Halloween night. Their website is:
http://www.baughers.com/ The apples were 99 cents a pound and the hayride was $1 a person, but they didn't charge us for Blake.
After visiting Baugher's farm we checked out their restaurant which we also highly recommend. It is very family friendly, affordable and dee to the licious!
Blake helping Daddy pick a Golden Delicious apple.
Daddy and the boys in the apple orchard.
With the plethora of apples in our kitchen I am now looking for inventive ways to use them! Today I made a caramel apple dip for the football game. It was easy and tasty! Here is the recipe if you'd like to give it a try!
Caramel Apple Dip (Taken from examiner.com)
Ingredients
8 oz. block of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup of brown sugar, preferably light
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 jar of your favorite caramel
1/2 cup of Heath english toffee bits (usually with baking items, I bought the milk chocolate kind and used more than the 1/2 cup it called for)
6-8 Apples for dipping
1. Blend cream cheese, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg until smooth. Spread in the bottom of a pie plate.
2. Cover with caramel (I microwaved it for a few seconds so that it was pourable).
3. Sprinkle Heath bits on top.
4. Eat!
