The next thing I waited anxiously for was apples!!! I ordered 40lbs from a farm & they arrived in December. I was so excited the day I picked them up. I knew I was going to make A LOT of apple pie filling. Everyone in my family loves apples and we eat them almost every day. Surprisingly, we all we're excited to pick them up and get started. I borrowed my Mother in laws apple peeler, I had all the mason jars I needed and the recipe I planned on using for the pie filling. The girls and Joey started peeling the apples and I started prepping to make my apple pie filling. I found a really good recipe on Pinterest.com - for anyone who hasn't checked this website out, it is a MUST! Its my new favorite "Go To" website. We spent the day peeling, eating and canning apples. Joey and I really enjoyed doing this with the girls as a family. It's something we all seem to enjoy doing together. The girls also seem to be more willing to eat this stuff when they help me out.
I know this is blurry, but I had to add it in.
We all took turns peeling apples. The girls did most of my 40lbs, I think I got to peel two! Once they were peeled, cleaned and cut, I put them in a cinnamon syrup and canned them. The apples I got were HUGE. I ended up canning 17 quart jars of apples and didn't want to do anymore. I decided to find something else to make out of them. I decided on Apple Butter. I found another great recipe on Pinterest.com. My recipe called for the apples to simmer in a crock pot for about 18 hrs. My house smelled like apples and reminded me of Christmas. Once my apple's we're done cooking in the crock pot, I put them in jars and sealed them. My Apple Butter turned out fantastic! I look forward to making lots more of the pie filling and the Apple Butter. Below are my finished products:
Apple Butter
Apple Pie filling
While I was canning all these apples over a few days, I started doing Oranges too. Smiths had a really good deal on them (.50 cents per 1lb!!!) So I decided to do those at the same time. I also got some free tomatoes and made green hot salsa. I do have pictures, but am choosing to just move on to all the other fun stuff!
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