APPLE ORCHARD DAY DATE WITH HOMEMADE APPLESAUCE
Can you believe how quickly these seasons are fleeting? Every Autumn my husband and I like to visit the local apple orchard and farmers market to get some delicious apples and beautiful pumpkins. Then you know what happens, right? Applesauce, apple butter, and apple pie filling! I love the kitchen aroma when I’m cooking apples! I thought I would share our day with you.
We visit Stuckey Farm Apple Orchard which is a local, family owned farm, you can visit their website HERE. We’ve been visiting for over 20 years, and our kids grew up making annual trips with us to Stuckey’s.
I think that no matter how old I get, I’ll always feel like a kid when I’m at the apple orchard. We are apparently a little late in the season, the trees were nearly picked clean, but don’t you worry, they had me covered inside with pre-picked and bagged apples!
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Visiting the orchard also brings out the kid in my sweet husband. I think a day date together brings out the romance too!
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We enjoy all the things found at the orchard, including the pears and pumpkins, & homemade carmels!
After we left the orchard, we stopped at Wilson’s Farm Market, you can find their website HERE. They always have a fabulous array of beautiful and affordable pumpkins, and they also have an amazing bakery & deli! I had to pick up some of their delicious cinnamon bread while we were visiting, it makes the BEST french toast! I think day dates may be a new thing for us, we had so much fun!
I hope you enjoyed our little day date! It was a beautiful day!
Now, how about a little recipe from our day? Apple Butter or Apple Sauce? I think I’ll share my crockpot applesauce with y’all!
CROCKPOT APPLESAUCE
Crockpot Applesauce
A Delicious, crisp, and sweet applesauce that will be loved by the whole family. My grandkids always look forward to Nana’s applesauce.
Ingredients
- 5 pounds apples
- 1 tsp vanilla
- sugar to taste (I used 1/2 cup)
Directions
1. Clean, peel, core, and chop apples into chunks.
2. Place in crockpot and cook on high for 4 hours.
3. Mash apples to desired consistency and add sugar & vanilla.
4. Cook on low 2 hours.
5. Ladle hot applesauce into clean hot jars and fit with lid & ring.
6. Place into water canned and bring to rolling boil.
7. Process for 15 minutes.
8. When time is up, remove from heat and leave in hot water 10-15 minutes.
9. Remove from water and set on cabinet to cool for 24 hours.
10. Remove rings and check for seal then store.
I hope you all have enjoyed our little day date. I’ll be back soon!
