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David In Indy:
If there is one scent I associate with Indiana more than anything else, it would be the smell of fresh apple butter simmering over a fire. Even today, one can still smell the spicy cinnamon scent of apple butter in the air during the autumn months. My mother made apple butter all the time when I was a kid. She would start it in the morning and allow it to slowly simmer all day on her stove. My grandmother sometimes cooked hers in a big kettle outside over an open fire.
I'm not that patient. Here's an easy apple butter recipe for the 21st century, and you don't even need an open fire or a big stove; just a microwave oven!
Apple Butter
You will need:
6 apples; cored and finely chopped
1/2 cup of apple cider
2 cups of brown sugar; firmly packed
One and a half teaspoons of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves
Place apples and apple cider in a one and a half quart microwave proof bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Microwave on high for 15 minutes. Carefully remove plastic wrap and stir in the remaining ingredients. Return to microwave and cook, uncovered, 10 minutes more, stirring every 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer mixture to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
Serving suggestion: serve warm and pour over hot homemade biscuits.
Store unused apple butter in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
This recipe makes about 2 pints of apple butter. :D
dot-matrix:
--- Quote from: David on August 05, 2007, 10:42:11 pm ---If there is one scent I associate with Indiana more than anything else, it would be the smell of fresh apple butter simmering over a fire. Even today, one can still smell the spicy cinnamon scent of apple butter in the air during the autumn months. My mother made apple butter all the time when I was a kid. She would start it in the morning and allow it to slowly simmer all day on her stove. My grandmother sometimes cooked hers in a big kettle outside over an open fire.
I'm not that patient. Here's an easy apple butter recipe for the 21st century, and you don't even need an open fire or a big stove; just a microwave oven!
Apple Butter
You will need:
6 apples; cored and finely chopped
1/2 cup of apple cider
2 cups of brown sugar; firmly packed
One and a half teaspoons of ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves
Place apples and apple cider in a one and a half quart microwave proof bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Microwave on high for 15 minutes. Carefully remove plastic wrap and stir in the remaining ingredients. Return to microwave and cook, uncovered, 10 minutes more, stirring every 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer mixture to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
Serving suggestion: serve warm and pour over hot homemade biscuits.
Store unused apple butter in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
This recipe makes about 2 pints of apple butter. :D
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Oh this one brings back such memories for me David! Every November my Mom would buy a bushel of Apples just to make Apple Butter. She made it in a big cast iron pot that belonged to her Mother before her. My Grandma did it over an open fire too but Mom did it on the stove in the kitchen. We use to wash and boil all the mason jars and the lids. Then after the hot jars were filled with the hot apple butter put them in a water bath of boiling water for 15 minutes to seal them. I loved the popping noise of the vaccume forming and sucking the lid tight as they cooled on the counter top. I just adore that time of year. Teddy and I use to sit for HOURS and peel and core apples.... but fresh homemade apple butter is the BEST :D
David In Indy:
Those are the exact same memories I have Dottie! We always helped Mom with the apple butter. And like your Mom, my Mom also canned most of her apple butter. I have all of her Ball canning jars in my kitchen but I don't can nearly as much as she did. I plan on doing some canning this fall though.
Here's another yummy recipe!
Baked Broccoli
You will need:
2 packages of frozen broccoli
1- 5 ounce can of sliced water chestnuts
1 can of cream of celery soup
1- 3 ounce can of onion rings
1/2 can of water (if the soup calls for it)
Cook the broccoli and then drain it thoroughly. Alternate layers of broccoli, chestnuts and soup in a one and one half quart casserole dish. End with a topping of soup. Bake at 300 F for 30 minutes. Top with onion rings about 3 minutes before serving.
This recipe will serve about 8 people. :D
Kelda:
see apple cider to me = alcohol - I'm assuming that is not the case!?!
dot-matrix:
--- Quote from: Kelda on August 06, 2007, 04:19:18 am ---see apple cider to me = alcohol - I'm assuming that is not the case!?!
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You're half right Kelda ;D There is plain Cider (non-alcoholic) anb Hard Cider (alcoholic). You would use plain cider for Apple Butter or if needs be you can even use just plain apple juice. But the Cider makes it more tangy.
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