Comments on: $5 Worth of Apples

By: ATL Cook

ATL Cook — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:22:31 +0000

Keep cooking that applesauce in the Crock Pot, to make apple butter.

I’ve been making applesauce since the early 60s; DF had several apple trees and so did DGP. Even store bought applesauce can be frozen in individual servings for the lunch box or for baking. I have added fresh nutmeg, ginger *dried or fresh), allspice, cinnamon (stick or ground), apple pie spice, pumpkin pie spice or what ever you have in the cabinet that needs to be used up. A dash of vanilla is always good too. Or, simmer that old dried up piece of vanilla bean you already scraped the seeds out of.

I never bother peeling apples; do core and cut out seeds sometimes. I put it all through a fine mesh strainer and get all the goodness from the peels. Jonathan, Golden Delicious, Yellow Transparent (what DF had) and most anything you can pick from a tree, (U-Pick It) free in the neighborhood, buy at a Farmer’s Market, or store.

Be careful about buying apples at Trader Joe’s. Last year, they were selling them with a CHINA sticker on them. And to think, we have lots of GA grown apple orchards.

By: Mary B

Mary B — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:59:51 +0000

I love crockpot applesauce. I never peel or core my apples, just put the whole sweet goodness through a ricer or strainer. BTW, pink ladies are the best!

By: Brianne

Brianne — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:37:04 +0000

Use your bounty even more by making apple juice from the peels and cores. Just put all the peels and cores in a big pot, cover with water and cook on med-low for about 20 minutes. Pour through a strainer and sweeten to taste. It won’t take much sugar! My kids hardly ever get juice and I could feel good giving them this since I knew where it came from and how much sugar it had.

By: Barb

Barb — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:25:10 +0000

I love home made applesauce. We have two apple trees and a pear tree in our yard. My six-year-old helps pick the apples. We freeze our applesauce and just take it out of the freeze the night before we plan on using it. I have never tried to cook the applesauce in the crockpot. We are going to try this.

By: Jolyn

Jolyn — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:24:00 +0000

Um, WHERE is the local farmer’s market??

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:29:00 +0000

My daughter loves applesauce. I’ve made homemade a time or two, but never in the crock pot. Thanks for the suggestion.

By: Martha A.

Martha A. — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:21:00 +0000

We make alot of apple crisps and I am going to try to make some apple pie filling and applesauce if we do not eat them all first! I bought 90 lbs of apples last week for .25 a pound and we have been just eating alot of them!
I also dry a bunch of them for snacks later and we like cut up apples in oatmeal too.

By: Science PhD Mom

Science PhD Mom — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:56:00 +0000

It's very easy to can apple pie filling, or even to freeze it. Last year I made a bunch of "Apple Pie in a Bag" and threw them into my freezer. I just peeled & sliced up apples, and put them in a gallon size freezer bag in my pie pan. When I had enough to fill the pan, I added 1/3 cup of sugar, 1 tsp of cinnamon, a dash of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of corn starch, and a dash of brown sugar. I mushed it all up and froze it. Throughout the year I used them for apple pies and cobblers, and they were perfectly sized for my pie plate.

This year I am canning them, as well as canning applesauce and spiced apple rings. I got all the apples for free from my neighbors' gardens, so I haven't a clue what varieties they are–but I know they make good pies!

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:57:00 +0000

WTG on the good deal on the apples. I think it’s great how so many people use crockpot lady’s recipes.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:35:00 +0000

Yum! Homemade applesauce!! I haven’t made any this year.

I just posted a recipe for some German Apple Cake that is lightened and healthier.