MAKING & CANING Applesauce

THIS IS ANOTHER
DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO POST.

SO GET READY TO LAUGH AT ME,

If you are new to my blog. You need to know.
I am learning to live a simple life.
I am learning to be a greener person.
I am learning to can & preserve.
I am learning to live off the land and shop local.
But you can learn from my mistakes.
This is my first adventure in making applesauce
and my 3 rd attempt in caning.
1.I have canned one time with my sister in law.
We made peach jelly and froze the peaches. about 20 years ago.LOL
2. I made my own nectarine jelly by my self this year.

Now that you have my resume.
Here is my story.
It is so much easier to have a person who knows what they are doing teach you.
But it looks like a piece of cake. Till you do it by your self the first few times.
First I need to say:
Thank you to { R & V fARMSTEAD.} She posted step by step how she did her apple sauce for me.
This is how I started last night.
Washed the apples used the core and cut tool. Then placed the apples in a pan of watter with a solution of 2 tablespoons of salt and 1 gallon of water and a few dashes of lemon juice. To keep apple flesh from turning brown

By the end the apples were floating above the water so I put a lid with weight to hold them down, while I took a break. This was a 1/2 bushel of apples. And I needed to read again what to do next. .

I learned the hard way have every thing set up.
Set up includes.
Have all pots you need ready.
on the stove.
1.caner with water boiling
2. pan to cook apples in.
3.pan to boil jars. or have them in dish washer to sterilize.
4. pan with water to boil lids and rings
Have the food processor ready
Have the tools to remove hot jar
Have some heat protection for you hands.
Have towels hot pads etc.

Cooking was just add then to boiling water for 6 minuets.

OK now I am rested I will skip to the processing as
cooking the apple sauce was the easy part .
Use a slotted spoon to transfer apples to processor
Remember to leave the spout open to vent the hot apples.
I processed them on speed #2 about 1-2 min.till they were the consistency I wanted.

I ended up with 2 of these bowls full that is 16 cups or 4 litre's or 4 qt's or 8 pints.
At the time I was doing this I was so overwhelmed. I did not figure this out right.
Her recipe was ( a cup of sugar to five quarts of sauce.)
I am not going to tell you how much sugar I used.
Next time: I will not use any sugar so it can be stained and used for my daughters new baby due in Jan 09.


Now for the canning process.
R & V Farmstead uses a pressure caner. So I have a new never used one.
I got out the instructions to use step by step for this caner and there was a
Warning on {#3 of 13 warnings} {NEVER COOK APPLESAUCE, CRANBERRIES, ETC IN A PRESSURE COOKER. THESE FOODS TEND TO FOAM, FROTH, AND SPUTTER, AND CAN PLUG THE VENT TUBE.}
SO with my mind not working. I looked up water bath caning on the web to find that you process them in a water bath for 15 min for pints. 20 min for qt's.
I FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THIS WAS ABOUT MAKING APPLE SAUCE NOT CANNING. DUH
IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN.

I was successful with this adventure but.

It was ouch owl ooh hot.{?.,;'.,l;/'//,;l;}That part was at the end when I used the lifter to get the hot jars out of the water.The lifter will not fit on the first jar or I do not know how to get them out . So I used tongs to light and grab with lifter.. So of course I was not good with the left hand. I had some fall back in water. I grabbed one with my bare hand to save it. wh wh wh. Then I grabbed the inside rack that had some of the jars removed it was aaaa

Now if you want to do this the right way refer back here for cautions and avoid mistakes.

Go to { R & V fARMSTEAD.} to use a pressure cooker to can.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE R& V HOMESTEAD AN AWARD FOR ALL THERE INSPIRATION AND HELP
CLICK HERE TO CLAIM YOUR AWARD ON MY IT'S GREEN DAY BLOG. THANKS

But you can open and save this pdf file on how to do it with a water bath canner.

Conclusion
Was it worth it.
YES, it will be better next time.
I know this is organic.No chemicals added.
WITH THE OVERDOSE OF SUGAR I USED. I WILL NEED LESS IN MAKING APPLE CAKE OR BREAD WITH THEM, LOL.
I WILL BE VERY PROUD WHEN THIS IS USED.
KNOWING I PUT LABOR,SWEAT, BURNS, MIND LOSS, HOURS OF LEARNING & LOVE, IN EACH JAR. THEY ARE PRICELESS MEMORY'S OF OCT 18, 2008

I had hubby try it he said it was good just need a bit of cinnamon.