New Adventure: Canning

Earlier I wrote about some apple picking that we did at Todd's parent's acreage, well this one is about the results of all those apples.

From the two full boxes of apples here is what we got...

- 15 Pint Jars of Applesauce
- 6 Quart Jars of Apple Pie Filling (one per pie)
- 6 Pint Jars of Apple Pie Filling (we use this in a pork chop recipe)
- 11 Half Pint Jars of Apple Butter (plus whatever was eaten right away)
- 6 Half Pint Jars of Apple Jelly
- 7 Half Pint Jars of Carmel Apple Jelly

Our take from the process, these cupboards in the basement may

have officially become our canning cupboards.

This doesn't count the two apple crisps that were made or the batch of apple bread that was made as well. 

Wow it was a lot of apples and a lot of work but oh so worth it. I figured it out that the six pint jars of apple pie filling for our pork chop recipe will alone save us over $17.00. 

So I guess I had a lot of fun with all the apples because shortly after we were done with apples, pears went on a really good sale at the grocery store and I walked out with about 15 pounds of them. My boys love pears so I though this would be a great way that they can eat pears for a while even though I know it won't last until they are back in season again. From those 15 pounds I was able to get 10 jars of quartered pears in a very, very light syrup.

 
Yes it was a lot of work but very rewarding, I have already saved off the recipies that we used so that we can do it again next year. Come on another good year for apples!