When we visited family back east and in the midwest, one of our favorite side trips was to MacQueen’s Orchards in Ohio. Since we were traveling, it was more for sentimental reasons than for the apples. Brian’s family would go for donuts and fritters, apple butter, apple cider, and of course apples at MacQueen’s when he was little. I had heard stories about the Ohio apple butter and finally got a taste of it.
We visited with a pair of his grandparents and I could tell it brought back some great memories for Brian. We didn’t have much time, but I managed to capture what you see here and brought back a jar of absolutely amazing apple butter. The Honey Apple Butter is made with honey instead of sugar. We have used it most often on simple wholewheat toast, but it was also great with some sweet potato pancakes (evidence below!)
The other old family favorite in Ohio – Grand Rapids!
More pictures from Ohio visits here.
This last shot was taken by Brian, the evidence of the sweet potato pancakes I made just to enjoy this honey apple butter. yum!
Great photos! It looks like so much fun! I want some apple butter now.
These are gorgeous, M. Really evocative. Now I want to go to the Midwest, just so I can visit an old time apple farm 🙂
claire – you should visit if you’re in the toledo area…their store & bake shop have some yummy stuff. i wanted to schlep 5 different jars of apple, pumpkin, etc. butters, but had no room.
tea – thank you 🙂 something to be said about the old world charm. i wonder if there are any old orchards like these in WA.