Sunday, September 25, 2011

Tastes like Fall

My first foray into making apple butter.  We had an abundant harvest this year from our Haralson apple tree.  We couldn't let all those apples go to waste.  I made one quart jar of apple sauce.  It was good, but too much work for the results.  Making apple butter, on the other hand, was a delight.  My son's comment summed it up perfectly, "it tastes like fall."  I used this apple butter recipe. I had no idea what a chinoise sieve was so I had to look it up. I remember my mom using something similar when she made crabapple jelly. Fortunately, my local thrift store Hidden Treasures had one.