Clair Martin's Windfall Applesauce

8/23/2012

Nothing says fall like fallen apples.

They certainly make great cider,
but much easier for the interested
and lazy cook, windfall apples make wonderful homemade applesauce.

All you need is a forgotten apple tree,
a few simple ingredients and a little
home time.

My novel's heroine Clair Martin, 19th century maverick and Brigham City, Utah gardener, herewith gives her recipe for the best applesauce you ever tasted. Use windfall apples, or any apples just getting pink cheeks on the reachable branches. Store bought will not do. Go meet a tree.

Appletastic! And your kitchen will smell divine!

Adapted from Sarah's Applesauce.

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5 Comments

Jana link

8/23/2012 07:35:19 am

Oh, I wish someone would come and harvest the apples from my two trees. I don't have time to pick let alone make applesauce. Nor do I like applesauce, although if I would certainly trust Clair's instructions!

Barbara Richardson link

8/25/2012 12:55:18 am

Don't like applesauce? You haven't tried Clair's. French toast will thank you humbly for the addition. (And normally the French ain't humble.) You can pick 13 apples as you walk past the trees!

I honestly love canning. Miss the August days I spent in a friend's kitchen making and preserving plum jam.

Mireille Key

9/16/2012 09:44:04 am

Wonderful applesauce, Barbara. Thanks for the recipe. I'm ready to make some more. How lovely to have a giving tree 100 yards or so from my house.

Barbara Richardson link

9/16/2012 10:02:21 am

The Giving Tree! Isn't that a Shel Silverstein book? A great Shel Silverstein book. I just saw someone down the street shaking the branches of his apple tree and the thunks of all the willing apples was a beautiful sound!

Try making a double batch. That way you'll have enough to add to banana bread batter. Yum.

bailie martin link

9/17/2012 05:27:22 pm

Thanks for the FANTASTIC post! This information is really good and thanks a ton for sharing it :-) I m looking forward desperately for the next post of yours.

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