Family Fall Fun at Triple B Farms

From apple and pumpkin picking to hayrides and a corn maze, there is fall fun for the entire family at Triple B Farms in Pennsylvania...

My family & I were provided with a family pass to the Fall Festival courtesy of Triple B Farms. I was not compensated for this post in any other way. All opinions expressed below are 100% my own.

I am pretty sure that I have expressed to you all more than once that fall is my absolute favorite time of the year. ;) There isn't much that I do not enjoy about fall- the changing colors of the leaves on the trees, the weather (still warm, but cool enough to pull out the jeans and light flannel), apple picking, pie baking, and our annual pilgrimage to Triple B Farms in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. We have been coming to the farm every fall now for four years, the first time being when I was pregnant with Little Miss. 

Triple B Farms is a little over an hour north of Morgantown, West Virgina and an about hour south of Pittsburgh. Each fall starting in late September, Triple B hosts their Fall Festival on Saturdays and Sundays through the end of October. 

On Fall Festival weekends, families can purchase All Day Play wristbands that will give everyone access to Pumpkinland, the Big Blue Boo Barn, the Corn Maze, hayrides, and much more. 

We headed up to Triple B Farms just this past Sunday for our annual family fall tradition of apple & pumpkin picking...

The Simple Goodness of Homemade Apple Pie

Is there anything much better than a homemade apple pie?  I mean, come on. Is there?  There is not much else in my book.  Homemade apple pies remind of watching my mother as a child make pie crust from scratch.  She was a more lovely crust crimper than I though.  ;)  I like to call my pie style "rustic".  
My mother used to take whatever pie crust was left over after making an apple or blackberry pie, roll it out, sprinkle it with sugar and cinnamon, and then slice it into strips.  She would then roll up the cinnamon scented strips like little cinnamon rolls and bake them up in a pie pan.  About 10 minutes later, we had a little appetizer before having a slice of pie.  (By the way, I do this with my left over pie crust too. ;) )

We got these beauties at the local farmers market last weekend.  They were just begging to be transformed into a beautiful pie.

I decided to try a new pie crust recipe that I had pinned weeks ago.  I mean it is called Never Fail Pie Crust.  You can't screw it up, right? ;) (Click here for the recipe from the Made blog.) I find something therapeutic in rolling the dough out.  

Baby girl even helped out in the pie making. :)

I kept the filling simple- about 7-8 medium sized apples, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, a few dashes of nutmeg, a couple tablespoons of flour, and a few squeezes of lemon juice.  

The pie was simple, absolute homemade perfection.  

My husband said that we pretty much have to buy apples at the farmers market every weekend now just so we can have more pie.  ;) This pie didn't last us for very long.  In fact, half of it was gone in the first evening.  In all fairness, my mother came over for dinner and she had a slice, and I gave her two slices to take home to my dad and my sister.  

Another habit I inherited from my mother- pie for breakfast the next morning.  

Best. Breakfast. Ever.

What is a recipe that you make that always stirs up a little nostalgia for you? :)