Apples. What do we think of when we think of apples? I think of cool crisp Autumn days. Fireplaces ablaze to take the chill off. The smell of smoke in the air. And in our home, the sweet, heavenly scent of apples fragrant fruit wafts throughout the house as we preserve the bounty.
We make and can lots of sauce with the apples. We also make and can apple pie filling. We freeze apple crisp filling too. We make apple pie jam. With the sauce we often make apple leather. This allows us to enjoy those delicious apples year round in many ways!
After roasting until soft as you see here, I run the apples through my Kitchen Aid mill. The mill makes light work of making sauce. All I do is wash and half or quarter the apples and roast them. The mill spits out the skins and seeds. This attachment is actually called a Fruit & Vegetable Strainer. I do use the wide tray too. I have used this set up for more than a decade.
My kids love fruit leather. I always make apple leather during apple season. It is a great way to take applesauce on the road! I love my Excalibur dehydrator. I have used mine for so many things since 2014. For leather you will need sheets in your dehydrator.
