Someone asked me the other day if I had any favorite fall traditions. I know lots of people pick pumpkins, carve jack -o- lanterns, or take part in other gourd-related activities. I was about to say that I don't really have any traditions--I don't think of myself as a particularly traditional person--and then I remembered: apple butter!Every autumn for the last several years, Mr. Incredible and I go to Ashcombe, pick apples out of the huge bins they keep on the porch of the perennials department, bring them home, and make apple butter. We usually make two batches, two Saturdays in a row, and those are the coziest, best-smelling days of the year!
Interested in trying it out for yourself? Here's the recipe (I got it from my grandma; the measurements are a little weird, but it works well):
Apple butter
Lots of apples (I use Jonamac or Jonagold)
7 cups sugar
1/2 cup cider vinegar
2 1/3 tsp. allspice
2 1/3 tsp. cinnamon
Fill a 5 1/2-quart crockpot 7/8 of the way with chopped, cored, and peeled apples.
Add other ingredients and cook on high for 5-8 hours and purée.
Pour into jars and seal them using a canner.
2 comments:
um, i love all your new postes. i love the picture of the apples, especially. and the taste of your awesome apple buttah. mmmmmmm.
love ya, bud.
b.
oh, and for the record, i was wearing a denim skirt the same day you were... and i echo your sentiments.
:)
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