Digging Out

The snow continued through the night, finally ending after noon today.  

Luckily we have teenagers (and teenage friends) to start digging us out.

It's a great day to stay inside and bake while watching the snow swirl outside.  The fruit bowl had some eating apples and pears slightly past their prime.  I tried some recipes from "Rustic Fruit Desserts: Crumbles, Buckles, Cobblers, Pandowdies, and More" by Cory Schreiber and Julie Richardson.  I've had mixed results from this book -- the German Apple cake was a hit, the upside chocolate pear cake was deemed too chocolatey from even the chocoholics in the family.  When warm and smothered with vanilla icecream and whipped cream it was a hit.