apple hill: Apple Hill, then Apple Butter!
- 10/24/21 12:45 PM
We recently visited Apple Hill to celebrate our anniversary and purchased a bunch of really great tasting apples. We decided to try making apple butter for the first time. I used the crock pot recipe found in this article, Apple Butter (3 Ways!), as a rough guide. It is pretty easy. There is an option to peel or not peel all of the apples. We chose not to peel them. Was I being lazy? Maybe. Did it turn out really good? Yes and the author of the article says that it adds extra structure to the apple butter. We have a pretty … (31 comments)
apple hill: Apple Hill, Porcelain and 31 Years of Bliss
- 10/10/21 11:11 AM
Thirty one years of marriage and all my wife wanted was a trip to Apple Hill and a new toilet. I did not know that porcelain was the preferred gift for thirty one years of marriage, but who am I to argue. Apple Hill is about an hour's drive up Highway 50 from Elk Grove. It is a perfect place to visit for the day. It is open year around, but really comes alive during apple season with all kinds of fun things to do. There are pumpkin patches, mazes, craft shops, bake shops, wine and hard cider tastings, you pick farms … (17 comments)
We recently visited Apple Hill to celebrate our anniversary and purchased a bunch of really great tasting apples. We decided to try making apple butter for the first time.
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