Friday, September 24, 2010

It's Apple Season!

It's apple season in Northern California, which means Apple Hill time! One of our family traditions is to drive up to Camino each fall and visit the many apple ranches off of Hwy 50. Our favourites are High Hill Apple Ranch pictured below and Rainbow Ranch. We get caramel apples, apple cider, apple fudge, and fun crafts at High Hill. At Rainbow Ranch we get apple donuts, Bobby's favourite!


The ranch stocks the lake with fish for the kids to fish for.

Chandler brought his friend Matt and Josh with us this year.



A couple in our ward has apple trees that were overloaded with apples and they gave us a whole box! I quickly set to work and made apple pies and apple butter. Since it is also peach season I also made two little peach pies and canned some peaches as well. I never knew I liked canning and baking so much!
Home grown apples.

My apple pie!

Canned peaches, apple butter, and an apple marinade, so yummy!
Two little peach pies... to die for!


1 comment:

Shelly Knotts said...

The pies were SO GOOD!!! You make the best crusts ever!