Yesterday we took a trip to the local apple orchard to get some apples and apple cider (they make the best!)... We got a big bag of apples:
Honey crisp apples, to be exact:
Aren't they pretty?
Amazing, really:
And today I cut them up and cooked them to make apple sauce:
Then I had two lovely assistants helping me work the apples through the food mill:
And now I have a big bowl of applesauce ready to be canned tomorrow...
YUM!
I've never heard of Honey Crisp apples. Are they local to your area?
Out on Long Island, we grow McCoon apples. They're a cross between a Macintosh & a red delicious. Yummy!
Posted by: Tammie | Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 07:57 AM
Looks GOOD!! Honey Crisp are the best:) We just hit the bottom of our box of apples.....I might make one more trip back to the orchard:)
Posted by: lisa | Monday, October 05, 2009 at 08:28 PM
I LOVE Honeycrisp Apples:)
I have never used them to make applesauce only to eat...
Have a fun week!!
Posted by: Diana | Monday, October 05, 2009 at 05:40 PM
I have applesauce almost every day with breakfast. Yours looks scrumptious!
Posted by: Two Kayaks | Monday, October 05, 2009 at 05:17 PM
Oh my gosh - that looks so delicious!!!!
Posted by: suzie | Monday, October 05, 2009 at 01:37 PM
Looks delish!!!!
Posted by: Briana's Mom | Monday, October 05, 2009 at 09:33 AM
Yummy! We bought three kinds of apples at Target today too busy to go to the Orchard:(
Posted by: Sharie | Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Applesauce is one of my favorite things to eat. I really think I could live on it alone. I've never tried it with Honey Crisp apples. I'll have to pick some up and try it.
Posted by: Laurie | Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Mmmm...Honey Crisp are such yummy apples but around here they're an atrocious price!! Almost $2.00 and apple. Yikes!
Looks like they made wonderful applesauce though.
I'm going picking tomorrow night to make applesauce to freeze for Hannah. If I don't use Honey Crisp, do you have another kind you'd recommend? There are so many choices!!
Posted by: Catherine | Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 10:03 PM
I love Honey Crisp apples. They've never lasted long enough around here to do anything with other than eat them.
We were going to go to an apple farm this weekend until the crud hit Jim & Sera. Hopefully, we'll go next weekend. I really want to make some applesauce and maybe make some pie filling to freeze. Can applesauce be canned with a water bath, or does it require a pressure canner?
Posted by: Magi | Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 09:47 PM
Yum is right. I still have to get to it here.
Posted by: Wanda (At Last...) | Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 09:38 PM