An Apple A Day......for the Next Few Year!

The apples are wonderful this year. My neighbor has bushels and bushels of apples on all of his trees, and he loves giving them away as much as he loves eating them. He also enjoys telling me stories of where all of his plants and trees came from or were transplanted from. One of his largest apple trees is thriving so well because of his wife. She received a free apple from the bank one year (it's a small town kind of thing), and really enjoyed the taste. So.....she dried the few seeds from that apples, planted them in her flower bed, staked them out, and then transplanted the small tree. I love hearing his stories being that he is 94 and she is in her 90's! What a neat couple to look up to! 

Anyways, applesauce it was today!! Darin and I (well....Walter too) picked a couple of bushels of apples. For the first time I cored, cut, and peeled apples to freeze and to make applesauce. It was way easier than I had anticipated.  Here was the recipe:

   Mix and bring to a boil:

          4 lb apples (cut/cored/peeled)

          1 1/4 cup water

          1 tsp cinnamon

          1/4 cup of lemon juice 

    After it boils, let simmer 20-30min then 

    Mash it up.   Cool and serve or freeze.

Definitely a success and delicious; however, Clark decided he had to be part of the apple excitement as well. We left a bag of apples on the kitchen floor, and before no time, Clark was helping himself to the apples! 

    

You can't trust a sneaky little skunk!!