Tips on preserving surplus windfall cooking apples

jackyann

I bottle some, good for pies, crumbles etc.
I'd second apple butter if you have kids who'll enjoy it - or you can sandwich cakes with it.
I also make herb jellies which are lovely with cheese, met (rosemary jelly with lamb is delicious) and these make lovely gifts as well (see prepping for Xmas)
I do use apples in cakes: cider cake and apple gingerbread, but they don't keep well.

scottishminnie

This was the apple butter recipe i used

http://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-apple-butter-93886?photo=322243

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I have never made it but a colleague of my DD makes apple butter and its delicious and I always get half a dozen of jars via DD as she's not that keen on it.The woman makes umpteen jars of the stuff for friends & family as she too doesn't like to waste 'free food'

Manxcottageonthehill

My mum makes apple "Cheese" every year and everyone in our office gobbles it up when we do the Christmas cheese and biscuit lunch.

I've been given a lovely bag full from my neighbours which I've been slowly going through. I've dehydrated a few and made the normal apple sauces ect but my favourite way to use them is in fruit leather. I just peel, core, slice, cook till mush and put on a tray and cook in the oven (or my sister dehydrator when it's available) and it's a lovely "sweet/sour" snack to take to work instead of eating sweets. I go through the stuff in no time! I also love freezing the apples and waiting for the blackberry’s to come through and making the fruit leather swirled, not mixed! And oh my! LOVE

HTH

arbrighton

chutney with onions, brown sugar, ginger, sultanas

we do cider (including eaters and probably a bit of 'scrumping')- all the pulp then goes onto the compost

Stewed and frozen- nephew was getting through a fair portion of this, unsweetened when being weaned

Juice

Apple sauce in jars (they don't hold texture to freeze/ bottle)

Dried- in the oven as I refuse to buy yet another gadget after everything husband has brought for brewing- my dad eats them with breakfast

Given away- not quite a help yourself by the gate but I take them and pretty much hand a bag to any friend who can't get away quick enough ;-)

Store the good ones (once we figure out how to avoid that being a mouse restaurant!)