Apple Season

By now we have experienced the first cool nights of Fall; the windows are open and the leaves are starting to turn which can only mean a couple of things: First, apple season is upon us and the nose and the pallet are so thankful.  The first bushel of the season has been processed; specifically into 15 jars of blackberry applesauce, 2 jars of cinnamon applesauce, 4 pints of apple butter and a few meals with the leftovers that wouldn’t fit into a run in the canner. It was an arm workout coring all the apples but it is definitely worth it. You get squirts of fresh apple juice in your face, the counters are a bit sticky in the process but the end product is soooo worth it. After the applesauce was made we got to make apple butter.  This happens when we put some of the apple sauce we processed into the Crockpot and let it simmer all night.  The house smelled heavenly during that process.  Cider, cinnamon, allspice, cloves………….need I say more?

Here is a picture with them all on the shelf, right beside all the fresh peaches we canned the week before.