Thanks to Crunchy Chicken I dried a decent batch of cinnamon apple slices last week. They are already half gone and I need to make more!
And then thanks to Suzanne McMinn at Chickens In The Road I made a tasty batch of Crock Pot Apple Butter, only I left out the rum and raisins this time around.
Paddock Boy sampled the tiny leftovers from the canning and decided it was worth opening a jar for immediate consumption! And I sent a jar home with the in-laws the other day since my M-I-L helped by occupying the Little Cowboy much of last week. They even made an apple pie! I unfortunately knocked a jar off the counter and it crashed on the floor. :( Another jar went home with friends this evening... At this rate I guess no apple butter is going to make it to Christmas for presents this year unless I make some more.
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Liz, I think there should be a "most mouth-watering blog" award. You would win it, hands down. Now I can't stop thinking of apples and cinnamon. YUM!
I swear that you should blame the other bloggers I mentioned! Seriously. And there are many more out there, too! They all are the ones tempting me into the life of serious domesticity! My grammas would be proud. And I know my mom and MIL are glad that they aren’t the ones doing the canning this year! And I have more than enough to go around this year. If someone wants to swap, I am all for it!
I might have to try them both. Mr. Fry loves apple butter and those dried apple slices look YUMMY. I'll have to check out the recipes. I have never canned/preserved anything.
Thought of you on Sunday as I made another pot of beans. This time, I used ground sirloin as the meat -- very hearty and very little fat. Did you ever try it?
Well never mind then! I don't have a dehydrator, nor do I have a food mill. Oh well...
Those cinnamon apple slices would be great to try with the kids at school!! And I loved apple butter as a kid. Even though I didn't like butter and I didn't like the name "apple butter." :) I haven't had it in years!
I haven't done the chili recipe yet, but plan on it this weekend as we are having a Pumpkin Carving Party and chili feed/contest.
No need for a food dehydrator. An oven on low heat cracked open and a fan blowing across the front works just as well. And I think if you peeled the apples you wouldn't need a food mill as you could push the pulp through a strainer or just slow cook the apples and keep stirring until they break down. Just a guess. I used a food mill type attachment on my KitchenAid stand mixer (see the jelly posts).
PG, you might need to make sure none of your kids at school have a cinnamon allergy. I know that it is becoming more common.
Ok, I am going to have to try drying some apples now, especially since I went to the apple festival this weekend
Yum! I'll have to try both recipes. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Cousin! Leave your porch light on - i am on my way over to get some apple butter.
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I do so hope you have time it's a wonderful project.
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Yummy! I want some of those cinnamon apple slices dipped int the apple butter, so think I better to in the kitchen and get busy! Thanks for sharing these recipes etc - love anything apple, especially in the fall!
Yum, those apple slices look delicious and apple butter is one of my favorite things.
None of that yummy stuff would last a week in my house.
My 3 kidlets would gobble those dried apples in less than a day, and the apple butter would be gone by me, in a week!
Alas our apple trees were dormant this year due to a late freeze and hail storm this past winter.
Maybe next year!
~Lisa
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