Susie Homemaker Has Arrived!

As a kid growing up I NEVER wanted anything to do with canning.  I have vivid memories of my Mom and Aunts in my Grandmas kitchen prepping food, filling mason jars, and pots and pans all over.  I even saw this same thing a few times in my parents kitchen.  But I never wanted anything to do with it, ever!  That is, until now!  Last week I found a recipe for apple butter, with directions for canning it too.  And since apples are in season right now in Michigan- what a perfect fall treat!  So, I went out, got all the supplies and planned a day to try it out.  The process from start to finish (clean up and everything) was probably about 3 hours or so, but it is quite simple, it just involves, boiling the apples with cider, blending them to a puree, reboiling adding sugar and spice, pouring in the jars and boiling the jars- and TADA I DID IT {with a little help from Jon too}!!  Plus I've got some homemade breading going in the bread machine as we speak!


For anyone that is interested this is the recipe I tried out. Click here.

Boiling apples and cider

Blend the cooked apples and cider to a runny
applesauce consistency

You have to heat the jars to 220 in the oven

reboil the applesauce puree adding the sugar and spices

pour it

boil it

and now you have homemade apple butter!