Fall is here (as far as I'm concerned)... and with the fall comes apple season! This year Justin and I have become big fans of a local farm where you can "pik yur self". During the summer we picked strawberries and ollalieberries (a blackberry/boysenberry hybrid)... and now, we've enjoyed their apple orchard! 
And yes... that is the slightest beginning of a tummy. Yikes!
Yummy! These were the Red Delicious Apples. I don't know why... but I was surprised that the apples were so dull and dingy while on the tree.
We exercised great self control and only picked 20 pounds of apples... which was still A LOT of apples! So what exactly does one do with so many apples???
Make APPLE BUTTER!!! We made about 20 jars of apple butter to give away as Christmas gifts. I was surprised how simple it was... and it tastes SO YUMMY!REVISION #1 - Here's the Apple Butter Recipe...
5 lbs of apples
2 cups of apple juice
Sugar
1 tsp ground cloves
3/4 tsp allspice
3 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp nutmeg
Peel, slice and core the apples. Add the apple juice and cook slowly until apples are soft. Put through a food mill. Add 1/2 to 3/4 cups of sugar per cup of pulp (about 3 cups of sugar). Add spices. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves. Continue to cook until mixture sheets from spoon.
Peel, slice and core the apples. Add the apple juice and cook slowly until apples are soft. Put through a food mill. Add 1/2 to 3/4 cups of sugar per cup of pulp (about 3 cups of sugar). Add spices. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves. Continue to cook until mixture sheets from spoon.
2 comments:
um . . . where is the recipe for said apple butter?
AHH! Totally forgot to send you Granny Martin's recipe!
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