A craft inspired by
When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
A quiet morning breakfast in an old southern home may have consisted
of tea, apple butter and biscuits. Follow these easy directions to
prepare your own apple butter for an old fashioned breakfast of your own.
INGREDIENTS:
9 Medium-sized sour apples
16 oz of sliced sweet apples (like Gala,Golden Delicious, or Rome apples)
Sugar equal to half the weight of the apples
Apple cider or water
Spices to taste (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves)
DIRECTIONS:
* Make sure to get a grown-up's permission to use the stove!
Pare, core and slice the sour apples; then add both the sour and
sweet apples to a pot. Add cider (or water) until it comes nearly to
the top of the apples and let cook, stirring occasionally with a
wooden spoon. When the apples are soft and well broken up, add the
sugar and spice to taste and stir constantly until of the consistency
of marmalade. Cool the mixture and then treat yourself and a friend
to an old fashioned breakfast!
