You make applesauce and apple pie! Am I not correct?? So, the apple fest began...Many thanks to my mother-in-law for letting me use her awesome applesauce making gadgets and thanks to her mother for opening up her home for our annual apple fest. ;-)
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| Squeezo |
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| Serious Apple Cutting ;-) |
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| Apple Tasting |
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| Aggressive Apple Tasting ;-) |
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| Heating Things Up a Bit for the Smoosh Factor |
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| Focused Applesauce Maker |
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| Smoosh Smoosh! |
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| Yep, I should have taken this shot while the apples were still in the pot... |
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| The Cutest Applesauce Makers I've Ever Seen, Indeed! |
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| The Stash! |
So, after the applesauce making fest (and a few extra apples)...it was time to make an apple pie. Now, if I was the proud owner of an Excalibur Dehydrator (or any food dehydrator for that matter) there would have been dried apples made, but I digress...
While reading the book to my kids, 'The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree' by Gail Gibbons I was
inspired by the recipe which was included in the book, and I set off to the kitchen to my very first attempt at an apple pie. The finished product was quite tasty..yep, even my hubby liked it.
SCORE! I was not prepared though for how messy baking an apple pie could be (the book didn't include a warning label) ;-) Apparently, it is essential to keep a cookie sheet in the oven to collect the juices from the sugar and the apples..wow, I learned that lesson quickly. ;-)
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| The Pie and the Inspiration |
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Apple, Apple!
So, have you made any apple goodies this season?
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