Applesauce!

Tracy and I decided on Monday that we were going to make applesauce, and maybe some apple butter for Family Night. Unfortunately, we didn't have any apples. So, we went to the store and bought three 3-pound bags: 2 Golden Delicious, and 1 Gala.

We had been considering purchase of a food processor for a few weeks (maybe a month), but weren't sure what to get. We didn't want something that would take up a lot of room, but we definitely didn't want something too weak, either. So, I bought a food grinder that attaches to a KitchenAid. (I also didn't want to have to crank the whole thing all the time) It worked really well.

We decided not to peel the apples, just to slice and core them, and leave the skins in the applesauce. Honestly, we haven't tried it yet to see how that turned out, but it looks okay.

The apple butter was a bit harder, since we had to cook it down. We blended the remaining applesauce to make it smoother, put it in the crock pot, turned it on, propped the lid up so it could vent the excess moisture, and left it overnight to reduce, then I canned it right when I got back from voting at 7:30 am.

Anyway, here's the yield:

Yep. Three whole jars of applesauce, and two half-pints of what is hopefully apple butter.