apple crazy!

Our family headed out of town last weekend and as a last minute idea we stopped at a u-pick apple farm. It's something we've wanted to do for awhile, but have never taken the time to do it. I am so glad that we finally did.

It didn't take too long to fill two buckets with apples when you have four kids picking! I can only imagine how many they would pick if we were out there for half a day.

What to do with all those apples? Apple pie, applesauce, apple crisp? The list could go on and on. Applesauce was one option that everyone wanted to try so we started with that first. I searched for a recipe online and found one from The Pioneer Woman. As a family, we all have fun watching her and love her personality. I have used a few of her recipes that I absolutely love so I wanted to try her applesauce recipe first.

Applesauce is so easy. Makes me wonder why I haven't taken the time to try it before. The worst part was probably the time it took to peel all the apples for it.

6 lbs. of apples - give or take

already looks yummy with the ingredients mixed in

finished product

This turned out great, but I think next time we'll try it with a little less cinnamon or no cinnamon to see how the taste is without it.

One other recipe we tried a couple days later was one that I just happened to come across on Facebook at the end of the weekend: Caramel Apple Crisp Bites. I have to say, I thought these turned out amazing!

After making the graham cracker crust and formed them into little cups in the mini muffin pan, more apple peeling and chopping took place. Plenty of kids were willing to help chop apples, pour chopped apples and ingredients into the bowl and mixing it all together for me.

apple mixture going in oven to soften up

placed apple mixture in our graham cracker crust cups

final product :)

We still have some apples hanging around that we need to do something with. Maybe apple pie or apple butter will be next on the agenda. Who knows? We may just get a little crazy and try to do both!