Best Apple Cider Press 2016

Best Apple Cider Press 2016

Self-Sufficient Economy Cider Press-Mill. Now EVERYONE Can Own A Cider Press!

Now a smaller, less expensive cider press for the homeowner with only a few trees.

It works as well as the larger version. Presses a half bushel of whole apples at a time. No need to peel or cut up the apples - the grinder does it all. Comes mostly assembled. Includes a pressing bag and EZ-DO Polyurethane Gel. Just bolt it together and you have everything you need to make pure, delicious cider.

Our tests have produced over one gallon of pure delicious cider per pressing!

PIONEER JUNIOR BUDGET CIDER PRESS

New ideas and recipes for a fall apple harvest | Dutch Oven and Grill Recipes

Amish Outdoor Cookbook

Amish Cookbook- Cooking with the Horse and Buggy People II

Healthy Choices Cookbook from the readers of Keepers at Home Magazine

Also make Dutch Apple Bread and Apple Butter Spread!

If you are looking for something different recipe ideas to try with apples this year, consider these easy recipes for outdoor and indoor cooking. Recipes come from Amish and Mennonite cookbooks courtesy of Cottage Craft Works .com

Baked Apples on the Grill

4 med. Tart apples cord

1/3 c. raisins

¼ c. coconut

¼ c. walnuts

½ c. packed brown sugar

Place each apple on a 12” square piece of heavy-duty foil. Combine all of the remaining ingredients; spoon into the center of the apples. Fold the foil over the apples and seal tightly. Grill, covered, over medium heat for 20-25 minutes or until the apples are tender. Yield: 4 servings

Recipe from: Outdoor Cookbook

Dutch Oven Apples

½ c. butter

¾ c. brown sugar

½ tsp. salt

¾ c. apple juice

1 Tbsp. vinegar

3 c. apple slices

4 Tbsp. cornstarch

1/3 c. apple juice

Melt butter in an 8” Dutch oven. Add the brown sugar, cinnamon and salt; stir until smooth. Mix in the ¾ cup apple juice, vinegar and apple slices. Cook until the apples are soft. Thicken with cornstarch dissolved in 1/3 cup apple juice. Serve warm. Apples are also good with pancakes. Top with whip cream.

Recipe from: Outdoor Cookbook

Apple Dumplings

4 c. pastry flour

½ c. white sugar

1 c. Crisco

1 egg

Milk

½ t. salt

Cinnamon Mixture:

1 c white sugar + 2 t. Cinnamon

Mix first 3 ingredients like pie dough, put egg in 1 c. and fill with milk. Beat slightly and pour most of this into flour mixture, till right consistency. Roll dough out into 3/8” thick and cut in squares. Place half of an apple in center of dough. Fill apple center with 1 t. sugar cinnamon mixture. Moisten edges of dough and pinch shut. Place in cake pans. Pour caramel sauce over top and bake at 400°, till tender.

Carmel Sauce:

1 c. water, 1 c. brown sugar, ¼ t. cinnamon, and 2 T. butter. Bring to a boil and simmer 10 minutes (The last procedure in the recipe)

Dutch Apple Bread

½ cup butter + 1 cup raw honey + 2 eggs + 1 tsp. vanilla: cream together

2 cups whole wheat pastry flour + 1 tsp. baking soda: stir together adding in ½ cup buttermilk

Fold in: 1 cup chopped, peeled apples and ¼ cup chopped nuts

Spread into a greased bread pan.

Topping:

½ cup whole wheat pastry flour + 2 Tbsp. honey + 2 Tbsp sucanat (sweetener) + ½ tsp. cinnamon + 2-1/2 Tbsp. butter

Crumble together on top of loaf and bake 350° until browned and springy, test with toothpick done.

Recipe from: The Keepers at Home Healthy Choices Cookbook

Apple Butter

This will make a large batch, Downsize recipe as needed

3 gal of apples cut up

1 gal light Karo Syrup

8 lbs sugar

Cook together for 3 hours, convered. Do not take lid off while cooking. Put through sieve. Add cinnamon to taste. Put into jars and seal.

Recipe From: Cooking with the Horse and Buggy People II

More-ish Apples

4 apples + ¼ cup peanut butter + ¼ cup honey

Mix honey and peanut butter. Spread in core (holes) in apple halves. Enjoy!

Recipe from: The Keepers at Home Healthy Choices Cookbook

Simple Crock Pot Apple Butter Recipe

Crock Pot Apple Butter Recipe

Here is a very simple recipe to make old fashioned Apple Butter.

Cook 5 lbs of apples quartered and peeled in water until they can be mashed into a pulp

Add 1-1/2 cups of apple cider vinegar, then if needed add water until you achieve 7 cups of pulp. 

Add 3 cups of sugar, 1-1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon of Allspice, and 1 teaspoon of Cloves.

Pour into a Crock Pot and cook over night. Place a large pizza pan under the Crock Pot to catch any overflow while cooking.

Pour into jelly jars while it is still hot and seal per recommended safe canning procedures.

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As cooler fall air begins to stir, the processing and taste of fresh apples begin to enrich our thoughts of the upcoming fall season.  Baked apples, apple pie, apple butter, and fresh apple cider are just a few of our favorites.  Cottage Craft Works offers The Complete Apple Cider Press.  The unit has an attached apple grinder and Heavy duty 1" diam. pressing screw with Acme thread to exert a powerhouse of pressure with a minimum effort.

The apple grinder features a hardwood drum studded with eight rows of stainless steel teeth mounted on a steel crankshaft inside the hopper.(Grinder can be easily removed from press and mounted on a sawhorse or other support, allowing one person to grind fruit, another to press juices.)
Heavy cast-iron flywheel with hardwood handle rotates drum mounted on steel shaft -- all perfectly balanced for smooth, easy grinding.

Large steel-banded pressing tub will hold up to one bushel of pulp inside the fitted, fine-mesh pressing bag. It will keep the skins, stems and pulp inside the bag letting only the juice flow through.   The entire press frame and tub are made from SOLID MAPLE for super strength.  The uprights are also made of sturdy maple and the extra wide-stance legs provide total stability under grinding and pressing action.

The optional Wooden Hopper holds 35 pounds of apples and makes grinding easier and faster.

The press parts can also be ordered in a kit form, without the wood to build your own press.

Cottage Craft Works also has The Complete Apple Cider how to book.  Cottage Craft Works is a unique online general store featuring old time products from the cottage based USA small business craftsmen and manufactures.  See all of our products at https://www.cottagecraftworks.com