One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

So, now you know you don't have to rely on

store bought puff pastry or even the expected recipe.

You all just made pie crust from scratch

and it's gonna be a wonderful surprise

for our fresh take on an apple turnover.

And I love how versatile apples can be, right?

I'm gonna come look at all your stations.

How you doing, Willa?

These are so clever and I'm...

I love being able to say, like, I made it from scratch.

Yeah. And I think it's great.

You're gonna use your fork to crimp the edges together.

Okay.

What about the egg wash?

Yes. Right. Okay.

Once you've assembled your turnover,

you wanna use your egg wash to gently brush

the outside of the dough.

That's gonna help it brown in the oven.

And don't forget that you wanna use a very sharp knife

to create some vents that allow the steam to escape.

All right. You have your cinnamon sugar?

Give it a little sprinkle and in the oven you go.

Thank you.

And these look fantastic.

You just wanna put them in the fridge for a few minutes

before you put them on your dough.

Yeah.

There might be too much flour in your dough.

Why don't you use mine instead? Happens to everyone.

Hello there. Sorry to interrupt.

Bradford.

No problem.

Here, use this one.

Hannah, love.

How's everything going with the class?

Are the students all master bakers?

Yes, they're doing great.

Good. Well, I'm so glad everything's working out.

Yeah, me too, and it's been fun sharing my recipes with them.

And I really appreciate you suggesting it.

Ooh...

That's okay, don't worry.

Professor Ramsey,

was it your idea for Hannah to teach intro to baking?

Are you enjoying her class?

Absolutely. It's delicious.

Then it was definitely my idea.

Well Bradford, if you're here to try the apple turnovers,

you're a little bit early.

If you're interested, I'd still love to take you out for dinner.

I...

Wonderful!

In that case, I'll ping you over some dates that work. Shall I?

Actually...

You know, I've noticed that a number of your students

are also taking my English lit class,

and that sparked a brilliant idea.

See, as a treat, you know,

for all of their hard work this quarter...

what would you say we collaborate

on a class together next week?

You know, a lot of the novels that I assign

have wonderful food imagery.

You know, I think that's a great idea.

It might be fun to use a practical class to examine

how food metaphor and imagery

and how it develops complex ideas in literature.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

Never underestimate a baker.

Sage advice, indeed. Cheerio.

Okay. All right, everyone.

Let's just make sure that we don't overfill our turnovers

because we don't want it to leak all over the oven.

I did promise the administration

there wouldn't be too much smoke coming from this classroom.

Good job, everyone.

So, we only have five orders left to fill

for afternoon deliveries.

Two apple turnovers, two carrot cakes

and a dozen chocolate sugar cookies.

How did you accomplish all of that?

You are on fire today.

Yeah, it's a piece of cake. Angel food, that is.

Look at that. Came out perfect.

Now I have to ask you who my mother is talking to over there.

Yeah, I have no idea.

But she has been very secretive about it.

No.

Are we still on for dinner tonight, Mother?

Darling. I'm juggling so much right now,

I'm afraid it's just not possible.

Well, all right then.

I will take this opportunity to ask you

what you were doing on campus taking photos of me today.

What?

Hannah!

I wouldn't...

How'd you know it was me?

I would know you anywhere, Mother.

What's going on?

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing is going on.

Really.

You just decided to borrow Michelle's camera

and take photos of someone

without their knowledge or consent?

Hannah. I am trying something new.

The path not taken and all that.

It's nothing I can discuss right now, it's very hush hush.

Honey... can I please have another

double chocolate delight?

You bet. - Thank you.

Coming right up. I'll just add it to your tab.

Thank you.

Every time you bake, it's like a new beginning.

You can make an old favorite recipe

or you can take a chance on something new.

It can be risky.

An ingredient is bad or just not the right combination.

But sometimes things blend together.

A perfect symphony of flavors and textures.

Every choice you make leads you down a different possible path.

Hopefully with a delicious result.

Your caramel apple tarts are ready.

Please enjoy.

Norman, hey! What's up with you?

Your mother?

No. What's she done now?

It's kind of hard to explain.

At first she was just asking me how I was doing,

and then next thing I knew, she'd arranged for you and I

to have dinner tonight at the Chameleon.

That's my mother.

It's her life motto to never let an opportunity pass her by.

Thank you.

Okay. What's the opportunity?

Well... she was supposed to take me to dinner

at the Chameleon tonight and she flaked on me.

Ha. Well, there it is.

Yeah. She's Machiavellian.

She is, I agree.

But, you know, I was thinking maybe we should go

to dinner tonight. Do you...

Yeah, of course.

Because I'd love to hear about college

and how all that's going and your teaching.

Aww, yeah. That would be so great.

And... and hopefully Diana can join us.

Yeah. I'll... I'll ask her.

Good.

And hey...

Hannah, I've been meaning to say,

um... I'm sorry.

About what?

About Mike moving to Quantico.

We talked about it. I mean, it's the FBI.

It's an incredible opportunity for him.

Yeah. It must be.

Thanks, Norman.

Um, so... I think she said the reservation is for 7:00.

Is that... - Yeah. 7:00 is great.

Okay.

Look at you, empty-handed. Let me get you your coffee.

Yes, please.

And a ginger and molasses cookie?

That would be amazing.

Why are you looking at me like that?

It's just dinner.

Norman's girlfriend is probably gonna be there too.

No, I'm not texting Mike.

We agreed we're gonna just take some time apart.

Besides, I didn't think you were on team Mike.

I'm coming with your dinner.

Hey, you're not gonna believe this. It's snowing!

Hannah, do you know where Mom is?

Um... no. Why?

Me neither.

And she turned off her locations, I do not like that.

Yeah, well, she's definitely been acting odd.

She was weird at The Cookie Jar this morning

and she flaked on me for dinner.

Really? That's not like her at all.

And I'm really sorry that she stood you up.

Well, thank you.

I'm sure her conscience is clear.

She tricked Norman into asking me to dinner instead.

Well, ever since Mike moved to Virginia,

she has been determined to get you and Norman together.

He's with Diana.

Is he?

He loves Diana.

Does he?

He just asked me to dinner because he feels sorry for me.

You're so bad at this.

Hannah, Norman does not feel sorry for you.

And either way, what does it matter?

Just put on something nice to go for dinner.

What do you mean? I am wearing something nice.

Let me see.