Pruning in the cold is hard work, but we take coffee breaks and eat something delicious. Here's the recipe for this weeks break:

APPLE- MAPLE PUDDING CAKE with

Manoff Market Gardens Cider

2 cup all-purpose flour

3 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

3 tbsp butter, room temperature

½ cup sugar

2 eggs

2/3 cup milk.

3 cups Granny Smith
 and/or Gold Rush apple slices mixed with:

          1 tbsp sugar

          1 tsp cinnamon

          1 tsp ground ginger

          1/2 tsp chopped candied ginger 
or more if you like ginger!

               

Syrup:

1 cup Manoff Market Gardens Apple cider

1 cup Real Maple Syrup

Heat oven to 350°.

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

In a medium bowl, cream butter 
and 1/2 cup sugar.
 Beat in eggs.

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

In an ungreased 9x13 pan- 
put apples(mixed with 1 tbsp. sugar and spices)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.
 (Couple minutes)

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.

Delicious over vanilla ice cream 
or for coffee break.

BIG APPLE NEWS!!

Our applesauce is finally ready! All those people who are asking and ready to stock up for the holiday and the winter....it's time!

Buzz got cider from our first pressing!

Lucky guy.

We immediately sold out, so keep checking back

we'll make it a couple times a week.

busy, rainy week

Wow. We jumped ship last Sat and went to GA to visit my brother Doug and his family.
It's amazingly nice to leave town! We returned just as the rains arrived at the farm and managed to get some apples picked: the sun crisp, winesap, stayman and fuji.
We had the boys pick raspberries on Sat. while Gary drove to the Gettysburg area with our applesauce apples. 150 bushels of apples made the trek out and we hope to pick up our applesauce before the week is out. I know people are planning to get their applesauce as soon as it's in because we sold out last year. So don't be the last one!!
Today we finally got all the parts for the cider press and set up a trial pressing. Stop by for a sample and to get your fresh pressed juice! It's amazing how something so simple can take so long to do...it's only been on the list for 5 years now. But we're ready to move forward and I know Chris is planning some Hard Cider for the holidays...
I'll have pictures soon, couldn't find the connection this evening or maybe I'm just too tired.