Fall is apple harvest time, and I have a bounty

Have 7 bushels so far will probably get another 7 or so. One crock pot full of apple butter cooking away and a full dehydrator full of apple chips going. I'll be making an apple crisp to go along with dinner this evening. Anyone have any other ideas? More apple butter and chips when this batch is done, and I'll probably can up some sauce as well. BTW only used 2 bushels so far.

 

Apple pies.

 

Got a press?

 

And a fermenter?

 

Home brew already, but no press....

 

I have a friend who makes all her fillings for apple pies and then cans them. When you go to make a pie, open a jar, empty into a pie crust, put another crust on top and bake it.

I have frozen apple slices before. You just have to make sure you lightly dip in lemon juice water so they don't go black. 1 tblsp lemon juice per gallon of water.

 

google bottle jack press

 

I have a huge abundance of apples this year as well. I make a basic apple wine by putting about a third of a bucket of apples in a five gallon bucket with water and hitting it with a paint mixer in a drill motor. I typically freeze the apples first to break the cell walls down a bit, then put them in the wine bucket overnight to thaw before pulverizing them. I don't bother to strain, just fill to near the top of the bucket with water once you have them smashed up pretty good, add 7lbs of sugar and some wine yeast. Then you can put an airlock on, but I just put a few pin holes in a bucket lid and set it somewhere sorta cool but not too cold to start working. You have to stir it daily in the beginning to knock the solids down otherwise they will mold on top, but as long as you keep stirring them in they will be fine and eventually there won't be any more bubbling to create that cap on top. In a few weeks you should have sweet wine and over the winter it will get drier. I just leave it in the bucket and dip jars in over the winter, by the time you get to the dregs at the bottom you are usually over it anyway. I'll freeze about two buckets worth and make a new batch every few months until apple season rolls around again.

 

If you have freezer space, I would freeze pies. If not, then cann them for use later. Apples in the winter are good with most everything. I even put them in pancakes, then top with maple syrup or honey and a few warmed chopped walnuts.

 

If there is one thing I miss about Maine - the fresh bite of a Macintosh apple.
Not much for apples down here, my veterinarian started an orchard a few years back, he's getting enough for himself right now. I have the inside track when he gets overrun - and we both have some cider in mind

 

I was also thinking of a press and some cider...
along with; apple pies, apple chips, apple butter
hard cider YUM

 

We also have an abundance of apples from a few trees we have made apple sauce apple juice froze apple slices for pies canned them in juice and dehydrate them also apple cider vinegar and hard cider.I dont spray are apples with anything and never have any problems with anything

 

Apple Salsa. No joke. Kinda Asian like with the hot and sweet.

 

Apple cobbler in a Dutch oven

 

I just made a Jewish Apple Cake with some of mine. Went real fast at work.
I have canned pie filling, I use Clearjel and a little Pickle Crisp (calcium chloride) to keep them from turning to mush.
Also, don't forget applesauce and apple leather!

 

Apple dumplings. Good eatin' right there.

 

you can make some apple muffins and more apple butter and share with all of the FHC gang....

 

I found a bag of NY state mac's yesterday - got the greenest bag I could, nice and tart I ate 2 on the ride back from the store.
Planning on throwing the cores in some pots and see if I can transplant some onto an open area of my property

 

That might not result in what you think it will. Rarely do they come true as most are hybrids. Grafting is used to get trees that grow what you want for apples, but if you have the time and space go for it.

 

I know just wanting to get some apple trees growing here - not for taste, a little deer feed and maybe some day a cider bounty