Then today my friend, Emily, and I cranked out a bunch more. I did another dozen pints and she did a dozen pints and a half dozen quarts. Should last us awhile. It is much more fun to can with a friend.
We used an apple peeler-corer-slicer to prep the apples. Then put them in a blender until we reached an applesauce consistency. After that we just poured them in jars and put 5 pints in the hot water bath at a time. We really had an assembly line going and got them done quick.

The first jar is peaches. I found them at the farmer's market since I missed the u-pick season and my mom canned those. The middle is applesauce with cinnamon from the first batch I did over a week ago. I decided not to add cinnamon to all of the jars in case I wanted to have cinnamon-free sauce sometime and I can always add cinnamon later when we eat it. The last jar is pears that my mom also did from her pear tree. Aren't they pretty!
I found 12 dozen jars at a garage sale for $8 a couple months ago and although we are working hard to fill them, I still have quite a few to use. Any fall canning ideas for me? I would love to hear a recipe for salsa that cans well.
You are doing so great with doing all the canning and freezing, this winter it will all come in handy:)
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