Happy almost Fall everyone. The kid's are back in school and the feeling of Fall is back. Today I decided I was going to make use of our old apple tree's and the lovely apples that are starting to drop onto the ground in our back yard. A simple wild apple sauce recipe will help ensure I won't waste another years crop. The kids love applesauce. A jar of applesauce goes pretty fast in our house so a big batch is in the works using our wild apples.
Women of the 1940's and 1950's would make use of the wild apples. In today's world I guess they would be called "organic" apples. Our home was built in the late 1800's and we have many apple trees on our property. We have crab apples and as I call them "regular" apples. I'm not sure what kind I am using today but they are similar to a Mcintosh apple We are quite lucky to have those trees. I love to think a housewife lived in this farmhouse during the 1940's or 1950's and picked the same apples and stood under the same tree I am today.
I was able to pick a couple of small baskets full. To be quite honest I found some beautiful apples laying on the ground already and foraged those too. I made a large batch of apple sauce and didn't use a real recipe. I went with taste testing to get the final product. I also made an apple crisp for this evenings dessert after dinner.
Making apple sauce is quite easy and hard to mess up. Below a the ingredients I used to make my homemade apple sauce today. It can be made to taste.
Large Batch Wild Apple Sauce Recipe
20 Wild Apples - Peeled or Unpeeled
2 Cups Water
1/2 Cup Lemon Juice
2 TBS Cinnamon
2 Cups Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp Ground Ginger
1 tsp Allspice
Gradually add more water for a soupier apple sauce if desired.
All ingredients can be changed to desired taste.
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Heat water, lemon juice and cut up apples together in pan on low. The apples will start to soften, Mash the apples using a potato masher or fork. Add ingredients if desired.
Store it in the refrigerator or freeze it. What a wonderfully simple recipe.
Enjoying the Day while gathering apples outback.
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