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Pumpkin Butter, Pomegranate Jelly, and Apple-Cinnamon Jam

Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning

Aside from the homemade vanilla extract, probably my favorite items in mine and hubby’s homemade Christmas gift baskets were our butters, jellies, and jams. From left to right in the picture, we canned pumpkin butter, pomegranate jelly, and apple-cinnamon jam. It was my first time canning with my new water bath canner, and I had [...]

Tags: apple, canning, jam, jelly, pomegranate, pumpkin

Read more | Comments (15) | January 5, 2010

Apple Strudel

Posted by Tracy | Filed under breakfast & brunch, desserts & sweets

This is my last installment of What To Do With All That Leftover Puff Pastry. Promise. Because even though I’ve discovered that I really enjoy making (and eating) puff pastry, it’s definitely one of those “once in a while” kind of treats. There’s really nothing fancy about this strudel; it’s a very basic one that [...]

Tags: apple, pastry

Read more | Comments (5) | October 19, 2009

Apple Maple Butter

Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning, desserts & sweets

I mentioned in my turnover post that I’d be posting soon about the maple applesauce I used to fill some of them (as well as my vols-au-vents), so here it is! Michelle at Big Black Dogs was twittering about her apple maple butter recipe last week, and it sounded so amazingly good that I just knew I [...]

Tags: apple, canning, maple

Read more | Comments (10) | October 2, 2009

Turnovers

Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries

After making that wonderful puff pastry on Saturday for the vols-au-vents, I just couldn’t wait to make one of mine and hubby’s favorites – turnovers. So, yesterday that’s exactly what I did. Once you have the puff pastry, the rest is easy! I made three different kinds of turnovers: pumpkin, blueberry, and apple. Pumpkin filling: [...]

Tags: apple, blueberry, pastry, pumpkin

Read more | Comments (9) | September 28, 2009

Brown Sugar Apple Cheesecake

Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets

Last weekend, it began: apple season. Well, in my opinion, anyway. On Labor Day I tend not to celebrate the end of summer, but the beginning of fall! While I haven’t gone apple picking yet (that’s on the agenda for this weekend!), I did have a few apples lying around and my new copy of [...]