Ah, apple butter....... I took for granted how it was made until I got involved this year. The Ruritan Club of Singers Glen makes apple butter every year as a money-maker to fund their many service projects.
30 bushels of apples
Ruritan members and others helping to cut the apples (I was on the other side of the circle!)
Some "machines" to make the work faster (Don't know if it did or not!)
Washing the apples.
Apples cooking.
Running apples through sieve
Preparing jars
Lots of stirring
Sugar and spice
It's ready!
Sterilizing jars in steam table
Filling jars with funnel made by Leonard Hollar, operated by his son, Hunter Hollar
Sealing and labeling jars
The label
514 quarts of homemade apple butter.
Wouldn't you like to buy some? It's so good that I could just get a spoon and eat it!
It was great to be a part of this worthwhile yearly project!
It was great to be a part of this worthwhile yearly project!
The Singers Glen Ruritan Club's apple butter is the absolute best I've ever tasted! Like you, I could eat it with a spoon. Thanks for documenting the process by which it is made every year.
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