October 30, 2010

Favorite part of fall is.....

 Applesauce making and canning! :)

Why? For the simple reason I cannot stand the store bought ones and homemade is just delicious and I love the Hot apples made into warm applesauce after is is smashed. I love the sweet aroma that fills the house when you make applesauce!

 lol,I know making applesauce can be a lot of work,but isn't it worth it!

We got 9 bushels of apples this year! 6 bushels for our canning,1 bushel for pie filling,another bushel to eat and another bushel for my brother's family (which they'll probably only want 1/2)!

Its been taking us about 7 hours just to make and can the applesauce. Probably another 1/2 hour to clean everything up!


Here are some photos I took,well all except the ones I'm in! :)


Cut in 2


Then cut into 4! :)

An almost full bowl of cut apples!

If only it had the same hook on the other side,so it could make a heart! :(
The Apples cut,boiled,and ready to be created into applesauce!


My 2 brothers cutting apples!


My brother  Aaron liked slicing the apples!


And down came the knife!
I decided to do it for a photo! lol,but it didn't turn out ,so well!




Me cutting apples!
My little sister Lydia cutting apples!


The first batch! Samuel came out excited to finally get to help! (he got to turn the leaver,but unfortunately I didn't get a photo of him!)
The apple sauce process! A little messy,huh?





Smashing the apples!




Applesauce with cinnamon!
 A jar we filled with applesauce,but didn't have enough to finished! So when we got done with the next batch it was time to make cinnamon applesauce,so this jar got filled with both! :)

Fill jars with finished applesauce,wipe the top of jars,secure lids,now they are ready to can! :)


3 thought(s) to note :

~Desiree~ said...

It looks like Aaron means business when he cut apples lol! I would like to make apple sauce sometime!

Marianela said...

Mmmmmm! I agree that homemade food tastes way better than store-bought! Looks Delicious! ;)

Alayney M. said...

we used to do applesauce like this every year and then we'd slow cook it adding sugar and things and make apple butter. I love the pics!! it brought back memories! :)