The girls and I went to the apple orchard with a couple friends and had a great time picking and eating apples! I have many eager pickers, so we had a large amount of apples picked in a VERY short amount of time (less than 30 minutes). We bought 26 pounds of apples--it could have EASILY been twice that, but I cut the girls off, thinking to myself, "who's going to process ALL these apples?"
Here is F eating an apple almost as big as her head--she has probably eaten her weight in apples today!
I'm admittedly not the best about training the girls in the kitchen--it's generally easier and faster to do it myself. But I decided there was no time like the present, so after feeding the baby, we all set to work! H, G, and M eagerly washed, peeled, and sliced up apples alongside me, while F ate ANOTHER apple! They were all great helpers, and within about 3 hours 
we had processed about 25 pounds of apples and made 4 pots of homemade applesauce and an apple crisp! I'll post our pictures and recipes in a separate post. :-)
Yum! Don't you just love fall? What's your favorite apple recipe? I have more apples left (probably 8 pounds--I bought some at the store last week), so please leave me a comment--I'd love to try a new recipe! I'm especially interested in recipes that will freeze well. Does anyone know how to make freezer apple pie filling?
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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In the past for freezer apple pie filling, I've just put my cut apples in a freezer bag with cinnamon and sugar already measured. I've used this for pie, apple crisps and for a dessert that takes the apples and sprinkles a cut up snickers bar or two over it (then bake). They will be a little watery when you thaw them, but cut back on other liquids and I think you'll be fine (or drain them.) (I could use some of those helpers when my backyard tree is ready next year. I love & dread the season all at once. ) Enjoy! :-)
I precook my apple pie filling. Normal apple pie recipe apples, cinnamon, sugar to taste. Cook them in a pan until they get soft then I add, cinnamon and sugar and cook down a bit more. Let them cool then put 4-5 cups in a bag and freeze. Works wonders and your crust doesn't deflate because the apples are already shrunk down!
Here is my apple pie filling recipe that I freeze:
6 C Peeled, cored, sliced apples sprinkeld with 1 Tbs lemon juice. Put in large micro safe bowl.
In separate bowl combine 1/2 C sugar, 1/2 C brown sugar, 2 Tbs flour, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 2 Tbs Tapioca (optional). Mix these dry ingredients and then toss with apples.
Cook in micro for 8 min. Stir 1/2 way through. Using a slotted spoon place apples and only 1/3 of juice in freezer bag. When you go to make your pie thaw apples in frig overnight and then use apples and only enough juice to go up about 1/2 inch of the pie plate. Save the rest of the juice, heat and serve as ice cream topping. This will be a winner every time!
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