apple bounty

[mimitabby]

some apples become the best applesauce. you can tell this if you try to make a pie with them and they get rather saucy.

[violette]

I love this discussion!!! Let's start a discussion on apple recipes. It's fall, need snacks for cycling. Let's share some recipes.

[OakLeaf]

I'm jealous! We had a late freeze this spring that killed all the fruit tree blossoms in our area. We got one apple on our tree and the midsummer drought killed it.

I usually make applesauce. A little cinnamon, a little nutmeg, no sweetener needed. Not as time consuming as apple butter. By the time the apples are ripe I've already had enough of stirring down tomato sauce. You can use the two-part sealing lids and process the jars in a boiling-water bath, then your sauce (or butter) will keep until next year's crop comes in.

[onimity]

My parents have a gazillion apples this year and are making apple pie, applesauce, apple everything. If you don't have a lot of storage space free apple pie is a good way to make friends!

The will keep for a long time in the fridge...

My dad dehydrated a bunch, cored them, peeled them, sliced them and put them in their dehydrating machine with a little cinnamon on top. They are WONDERFUL and best make a great cycling snack. I'm sure there is a way that you can do this without a special dehydrating machine?

Anne

[sbctwin]

My DH loves to freeze apples. In fact, tomorrow, we will be on an apple run and hitting whatever farmer markets are still around. He likes whatever BIG apples he can find, then peels and slices them up, adds a little lemon juice and bags them in freezer bags. Winter apple pies, strusel, applesause...YUM. I have a friend who cores the apples then slices them in the round and dries them. I think she has a fancy drier. They are really good.

[Susan126]

The only thing I make with apples that is pretty good is apple pie. In fact it's the only apple pie my son and daughter will eat. It was my great Aunt Rachel's recipe. My Aunt Charlotte passed it on to my mom and now my sisters and I have it. I also love a good caramel apple. I usually just slice up an apple and dip it into the caramel. Yum!

[RolliePollie]

Yummmm...I'm making a big batch of applesauce this weekend! The area where I live is nick-named "Apple Hill" so we have lots of apples around here. I don't have a recipe or anything...I just try out different combinations of apples together. Last year, my best batch was a combo of about 6 types of apples. All I do is peel a bunch of apples, cut them in quarters, and boil them in a big pot with an inch or two of water until they get mushy. Then they go into the blender (I don't have a food processor and anything fancy for this purpose). It doesn't need any sugar as long as you use a few sweeter apple varieties, like Golden Delicious or Fujis. I freeze it in glass jars or Tupperware...it will last a long time frozen, but I usually eat it up pretty quick!