Once again my kitchen is a sticky mess....

18 years ago

But I have a bunch of yummy stuff!

Since I was the lucky winner of the apple corer/peeler/slicer machine from Tracey, I have been searching and agonizing over what recipe to use for my apple jam/preserves stuff.

Finally I decided "Just DO it, Linda!" and I bought a bunch of Mackintosh and a smaller amount of Cortland apples.

The Cortland are really quite sweet but with a wonderful flavor, while the Macs are tart and crisp and acedic!

So I took the best ( I hoped) of all the apple Jam recipes you all had posted....at least I hoped it was the best....and made my stuff....and I think I done really good!..For a beginner! LOL!

I peeled and sliced 12 cups apples, about 3/4 macs and 1/4 cortland. As I put them into the pan, I drizzled them with lemon juice to keep them from getting too brown.

Then I added 6 cups sugar, one small cinnamon stick ( because that's all I had!) and about a teaspoon of Penzy's Vietnamese cinnamon.

Then I took the peelings and the core ( because of the color and pectin therein) and covered with water and boiled for about 30 minutes, strained the juice and added to the apples.

I cooked the apples and sugar and the stuff from boiling the peels until the sugar melted and the juices ran and added about 2/3 cup maple syrup...it was very sweet and didn't want to make it a lot sweeter.

Cooked it to gel stage ( about 20 to 30 minutes...I was amazed at how fast that happened!) and poured into sterile jars.

It made 11 jars, plus a few spoonsfull for the cook!

If I were to do it again I would skip the maple syrup and use 1/2 brown sugar.....and be sure I had a few more cinnamon sticks.

Now what kind of bread will make the best toast for this jam?

Linda C

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dgkritch
18 years ago
Any. Doesn't matter!
Who needs bread. Get a spoon!
LOL

Deanna
wizardnm
18 years ago
Linda, it looks wonderful! Bet it tastes great too!

How about Oatmeal Bread or a loaf of English Muffin Bread??? Either makes heavenly toast...

Nancy
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msafirstein
18 years ago
Deanna is right just get a spoon. I opened my first jar of my Apple Maple Butter for a taste and before I knew it the jar was empty.

Ya did great!!

What's next?

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Terri_PacNW
18 years ago
WOW Linda...woohoo...

I never made mine into anything. LOL it's apple sauce so far...
lackboys3
18 years ago
Oh gosh that looks and sounds so good (pausing to wipe drool off chin). I bet your kitchen smelled like autumn heaven! So did you make apple butter, or was it more like jam? Either way, a sourdough english muffin would be a yummy vehicle for it.....
DONNA
lindac
Original Author
18 years ago
I am being sooo good!
The "dividend"...the cooks portion, the part that the cook is allowed to eat with a spoon, was very little! It made 11 jars with only a couple of spoons full extra, that, naturally, I ate with a spoon out of the kettle, burning my tongue in the process.
So that leaves the possiblilty of one jar that just won't seal....
Nope all sealed.."Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!"
I am thinking that oatmeal bread sounds very nice....or perhaps oat bran muffins...I am trying to resist because I have easily 7 jars of different jams and preserves open in the refrigerator.....and not sure I need one more!
But....
Terri this never was applesauce....just cut up apples...I hit it with the "boat motor" once but there are still lots of pieces of apple.
Thinking though....cooled it might not be as good as it was hot....perhaps I better make sure.....
Linda C
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18 years ago
perhaps I better make sure.

...oh definitely you should :) They look yummy, with or without bread and I have jam/jelly envy. I will be trying this next season for sure.
KatieC
18 years ago
Ohmy. Thanks, I think I'm getting a bunch of apples so I need good recipes. So what's the name of this recipe? I have about a cupful of grade B maple syrup left and I may have to make some of this for the basket I do for our Christmas party. Need a name for my labels...last year I had Jessy's Lime-Chipotle Sauce, Annie's Salsa and Janetsapeach Chutney in there.
Terri_PacNW
18 years ago
It's Nancy's Apple Maple Jam. Oh Linda I agree, oatmeal something would be perfect..
I didn't add enough sugar to mine..I was going for the butter type..but I got applesauce and it's in the fridge at the moment..I'll have to taste it cold..
lindac
Original Author
18 years ago
Well....I caved and opened a jar....I think it's too sweet for apple pie jam....I wish it had a little more of the tart apple taste but then it wouldn't keep because it wouldn't have enough sugar.
I wouldn't add the maple syrup again....just took it over the sweet evge for me and in that amount of stuff the maple isn't that evident....but I didn't add a whole cup.
Also you may want more of a spice flavor, I was going for the apple taste....like pie.
I would call it Apple jam...
wizardnm
18 years ago
Hey Linda, think how good that would be as a filling for danish.... I used some for an Apple Danish coffeecake a couple of years ago. I need to make it this year again, I'm just waiting for the apple I like best for it to appear. It's a late variety and the last to hit the markets. It's called Northern Spy, I have no idea how widely it's distributed. Quite tart with lot's of apple flavor. If you see some try a few for a pie.

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lindac
Original Author
18 years ago
LOL!! I already did....or individual tarts with a little cream cheese filling...or as a topping on gingerbread...
Northern spys are very seldom available here...I remember getting them when I was in school in Massachusettes..a macintosh is similar.
Linda C
pkramer60
18 years ago
How about on top of pancakes?
Terrapots
18 years ago
Oh, my God, Linda, I could just taste it now. Sounds like a good filling for coffee cake or Danish. I would also use it to mix with another fruit and make pies or empanadas. I'm envious. I have a few apples someone gave me, think I'll cook them up for apple sauce or something. I just need a little more time. I'm trying to reorganize my kitchen to make room for my new Cuisinart DH was so thoughtful to buy for me when he saw me checking it out.
robin_d
18 years ago
Oh my, that sounds heavenly, and I don't even have much of a sweet tooth. I'd probably warm it up, serve it on good vanilla ice cream and enjoy the sugar thrill ride - all aboard the Mainline Express!
gardengrl
18 years ago
Beautiful!

You don't need any stinkin' bread! :-) Spoon some of it (warm) over vanilla ice-cream, then crumble graham crackers on top.

Viola...applie pie ala mode! Yummmy-yum-yum.
stacy3
18 years ago
oh boy, Linda - those are beautiful. I am so jealous as I haven't had any time to feed my pretty new canning habit, this year...nothing, nada.

Stacy
jcrowley99
18 years ago
How about a spread in a crepe and drizzled with cream? Yum! I was just looking at the crepe pan thread and I can't stop thinking of crepes!âº I bet it would be delicious dropped on a hot bowl of oatmeal too!

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