Happy October!

Finished picking Winesap and Stayman...10 bins!!!

Raspberries keep coming despite the cold morning.

What makes Manoff Applesauce so fabulous? Check out all the apple varieties we use....

What does October look like.

Cover Crops are coming up...

You'll never guess who these guys are...

Thanks, Pam. You did a great job!

7 varieties of apples going off to be made into sauce...

Debra and Katie work on Applesauce Labels.

Apple Maple Pudding Cake , because we can't find the old posting!

APPLE- MAPLE PUDDING CAKE with

Manoff Market Gardens Cider

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 ½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

2 tbsp butter, room temperature

½ cup sugar

1 egg

1/3 cup milk.

3 cups Braeburn or Stayman apple slices

    1 tbsp sugar          1 tsp cinnamon

          1/2 tsp chopped ginger

          1/2 tsp chopped candied ginger

          1/2 tsp nutmeg

Syrup:

           1 cup MMG Apple cider

          1 cup Kittredge's Maple Syrup

Heat oven to 350°. 

In a small bowl combine flour, bkg pwder and salt.

In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg.

Stir  in flour mixture, a third at a time alternating with milk.

In a medium bowl combine apples, sugar and spices .

Place in an ungreased two-quart casserole dish.

Pour  batter over apple mixture making sure

 all apple pieces are covered.

Combine Syrup and Cider in a saucepan over high heat

and bring to a boil, stirring often.

Pour over batter; it will sink.

 (ignore how it looks at this time-it's not pretty!)

Bake 35-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into

the center of the cake (not liquid) comes out clean.

Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Picking everything!

Apple picking on a lovely October Day

Peach Picking 

Fruit Pie Recipe and Pumpkins

Fruit Custard Pie

Mix ½ cup sugar and 1 Tbsp flour

Put into bottom of  unbaked pie crust (9”)

Add fresh or canned Peaches and circle them in the bottom

Beat 2 eggs, ¼ cup sugar, 2 Tbsp flour

Pour over peaches and sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg

Bake at 450° for 10 minutes then lower temp to 350° and bake 25 minutes more.

Yummy!!

Peach Festival 2015

 Lots of great music this year....

 Blackberries picked by the shirtfuls...