Every year, when fall arrives, the world seems to collectively declare pumpkin as the official flavor of the season. Pumpkin spice takes over store shelves, coffee shops and fast food menus. And while ...

Apple butter is essentially caramelized apple sauce — a fruit purée that slow-cooks with water or cider until the apple’s natural sugars turn a dark, toasty brown. The mixture is augmented with baking ...

A simple recipe for Homemade Apple Butter that you can make in the slow cooker. Use as a spread, a syrup, or in your fall recipes! This is a large-batch apple butter recipe. Is it officially fall yet?

When Vera Zackuse of Marysville asked if anyone could share a recipe for oven-baked apple butter, three readers immediately fired off their favorite versions of this classic old-timer. Bothell cook ...

As I sit writing this, I’m eating a bear claw doughnut, filled with apples and cinnamon-sugar. Two nights ago, I made an apple-studded cake, rich with dates and hazelnuts. And this weekend, I’m ...

For me, it’s just not fall unless there is at least one apple picking outing. It’s been a family tradition since I was little — even though I actually fell out of an apple tree and broke my leg when I ...

Over the weekend we traveled to Nashville, Ill., for our annual apple butter making day with family. My cousins, Bob and Helen Poirot, are the host family. We got off easy though, as they had all the ...

Last fall, Nashville House, a storied family-style restaurant and country store in Nashville, Ind., announced that it would be closing after 91 years in business. “In a few days, you’ll no longer be ...

Peel and core the apples. I used an apple corer and slicer, but you can also use a potato peeler and a knife. From there, chop the apples into 1-inch chunks. Put all apples in a slow cooker that will ...