teacher by day - chef by night
Have you noticed how Pumpkin Obsessed people are recently!? When did Pumpkin become so huge? I am not complaining about the obsession, because pumpkin is awesome! This fruit can be used in savory items like soup. Additionally; it can also be used in a huge …
Thanksgiving is just a week away and here I have some delicious treats and goodies to get you through the next week or so as well as maybe enjoy along with your Thanksgiving & Holiday Festivities! And now, in this “November: Month of Thanks” I …
As a Society, we LOVE our house to smells good – we light candles, we buy air fresheners, and we use room sprays. But I am telling you, the absolute best way to get the house smelling yummy is to just cook something yummy!
There is something about food cooked in a Crock Pot/Slow Cooker that makes us happy. Not only does it make the house smell amazing for hours, but you get some amazing food to eat when it is all done (with almost no effort), how could that NOT be something wonderful!.
This Crock Pot (Slow Cooker?) Apple Butter does just the trick!! After growing up at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm and “knowing” how hard it was to make Apple Butter (at Harvest Festival every year… open fire, lots of stirring, etc) I never thought that I could really make this delicious treat. I love Quiet Valley and hate to take some profit away from them by making my own Apple Butter – but thanks to Full Measure of Happiness, I found that it could be so easy! After picking about 30 pounds of apples at Heckman’s Orchard with my family I couldn’t wait to make my house smell amazing with this Apple Butter.
Now, about a year ago I would have dreaded peeling/cutting the approximately 20 (+) apples that went into this Apple Butter. But that was before my dear friend Teresa & her husband got me this Apple Peeler/Core-er/Slicer last year for the holidays. I’m telling you – go get one, I did all the apples in about 15 minutes without any work and just a little bit of counter wiping when I was done. This contraption is awesome for any apple slicing needs (with or without the peel) and can also supposedly be used to make those really cool spiral/tornado potatoes – I’ll have to try that and get back to you!
So get out your Crock Pot and make your house smell delicious (other tasty smelling options are: chili or chicken or soup or pork or whatever). Trust me – your nose will enjoy it as will your stomach when you finally indulge in the fruits of your non-labor!
ALSO – if you love this Apple Butter and you love Pumpkin, then you will love another recipe I have. Please go ahead and enjoy this Apple Butter, and when you run out of this version… go ahead and make some awesome Pumpkin Apple Butter!
For this post, I used these items, which you can purchase at Amazon:
Apple Slicer/Peeler (highly recommended)
One Year Ago – Scott’s Pizza Tour – seriously, you should take one, we love Scott!!
And I leave you with this, Today’s Question of the Day… What treat do you splurge on in the store or local fair/etc that you’ve figured out how to make (OR that I should try to figure out how to make for you)? – I know that Rich loves fancy BBQ Sauces, I should try to make them after we get inspired by others (OR we can just continue to support local businesses and buy their delicious sauces, who knows)
