Apple Season!

A few weeks ago i posted about our foraged apples. We ended up with over 3 bushel of apples.  i was really hoping that they would store well, so that we could continue to enjoy fresh apples into the winter. However, they are not storing well at all.  Like the wild apples we've foraged in the past, they often contain worms and internal spots.  So although the apples look okay on the outside, the are slowing rotting from the inside out and need to be used up asap.

 What does one do with 3 bushel of apples??

 

Make apple sauce of course!!  So far i have made about 4 dozen pint jars of applesauce and i'm still making more. i also canned a few jars of pie filling and i'm planning to make apple butter next.

 

i also used my juicer to make fresh apple cider. Yum!! It was so easy and good.

 

Then turned some of the the apple cider into boiled apple cider, so that i could make Apple cider donuts using this recipe.  i didn't add the fiber, and i used regular cinnamon. They turned out pretty good, but more like cake than a donut.  i was a little bummed the recipe only makes 6...:)

i also made apple sauce pancakes with apple cider syrup using this recipe.  These are really tasty. :)

 

We also tried our hand at making Shrunken heads, thanks to Martha's Tutorial i think they came out okay. They are definitely not as easy as she makes it look.

My boy made a few as well, but they were a little too tricky for my girl who is 6.  We made 7 and are now watching and waiting for them to begin to shrink.  We may make a few more if these look like they are shrinking nicely. i'm a bit worried about them just rotting and molding.

So as you can see we have really been enjoying our apples!! i made an apple crisp once, and have been planning to make apple bars and apple pie.  i still have 1 and 1/3 bushels left!
Do you have any favorite apple recipes to share? i'd love to hear them!