Everytime we walk the dogs we walk by this really neat crabapple tree, and for the past 2 years I've been thinking about trying to make crabapple sauce.
So this year, we finally tried it.
We picked the crabapples, washed them, cut out the bad spots and put them in our dutch oven with a little bit of water so they didn't scorch. Cooked them, covered, until soft.
Don't they look pretty? They smelled good too.
Once they were soft enough I used my ricer to mush 'em up good.
PS...hot apple mush burns....
Then back in the dutch oven they went, and I cooked it down to a good consistency, and added my sugar. It tasted pretty sour and bitter, so I added more sugar, and more, and more, and more..... pretty much I added more sugar than apples....... nothing helped, it tasted awful, so it all went in the garbage! YUCK
The only good thing was, this was a test batch so I didn't pick a ton.
So.... I discovered those crabapples up the road, are not so good for applesauce....
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