Canning Apples
Canning apples for pies, applesauce or apple butter is as much a treat as it is a chore. The delicious scent of apples wafting from the orchard, combined with the delectable aroma of cinnamon and sugar simmering on the stove will be reminders of how grateful you’ll be in the dead of winter to be tasting fall’s bounty once again.
Whether harvesting your own crop or purchasing fruit at the grocery store, crisp juicy specimens—either tart or sweet—and free of blemishes, should be the object of your search.
Crab Apple Harvest
Crab apples are flowering trees that beautify your landscape one minute and make a mess of the lawn the next. Instead of letting the crab apples (also known as road apples) drop all over your lawn, harvest them and make spiced crab apples as soon as they turn dark red.
It takes a lot of work to harvest crabapples and even more work to prepare them for canning. This is due to their small size. A crab apple is also made up of mostly seeds, stem and core. But there’s an interesting flavor deep inside a crab apple that’s worth the extra work. The beautiful pinkish glow of crab apple jelly is rivaled only by its out-of-this-world taste.
Pick crab apples and remove blossoms and leaves. Discard any blemished or wormy apples. Wash the apples, leaving the stems intact. As you remove the apples from the wash water, rinse each one and then poke about four holes into it with a wooden toothpick.
Spiced Crab Apples
Canning Articles, Videos & HowTos
It used to be that the home canning process was the only way to preserve meats, fruits and vegetables, and jams and jellies. But even though modern conveniences have made preserving food a choice rather than a necessity, home canning remains a satisfying way to reap the bounty from your garden. Home canning isn't difficult to learn, but you do need to adhere to some strict safety guidelines to ensure that what you preserve can be safely eaten.
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