We went apple picking on Saturday morning. It's a fun activity that doesn't require hours of picking labor, and pays off very quickly. It's easy to fill a bag with apples.
48 hours later: I've made two huge batches of applesauce, an apple crisp, cardamom apple cider butter and apple buttermilk pancakes. We're snacking on them at every turn (all four of us... using whatever number of teeth we have to work with), and wondering what we're going to do with the TWO pecks we still have remaining. Frozen apple pie fillers? Probably more sauce canning... and maybe a little pile on your front doorstep... if we think you're out and unsuspecting!
Apple bread? Apple coffee cake? What are your best apple recipes?
At this point, maybe I should see if we can borrow a fermentor from Mike's lab and brew up some hard apple cider for the holidays. Mmm. Now we're talking!
