The long-awaited apple picking day finally came. Everyone came out to the tree to help out. The kids loved climbing the ladder to get the juiciest ones from the top of the tree.
After picking, we sorted the apples into the biggest and best vs. all the rest.
We saved a few of the big ones for fresh eating, but most went into making apple pie filling.
Of course we had to make a couple of fresh apple pies right away.
The rest we canned for future pies.
The smaller apples were cut and put into the top of the new juicer.
The top of the juicer was filled with leftover apple pulp.
We ran the pulp through a food mill and got some pretty thick apple sauce.
It was so thick we could hardly get the air bubbles out when we filled the jars. The leftover applesauce that didn't fill another jar completely became a great topping for breakfast oatmeal.
We'll be enjoying all this apple goodness for months to come. Last Saturday was a very satisfying apple day at Windy Rafters!
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