Making and Preparing Yummy Apple Butter!

Hello fellow crafters! I hope you all are having a wonderful day! I want to thank you for stopping by Heavenly Handmade Crafts blog!

Though it is only August I have recently begun to feel that familiar urge to start crafting and preparing for craft season! I am a huge fan of the Fall season and I get so excited for all the great things that come with it!

I actually have already been seeing pumpkin spiced food and even candles in stores, including fall merchandise. It puts a smile on my face. :)

So in prepertation fo upcoming craft shows, I decided to make a batch of my very favorite Apple Butter, can it and get it ready to go!

You would not believe how AMAZING my house smells while making this!

I have canned and am planning on making a few more batches soon, but I thought I would show you the finished product! I have plans to put a little more homemade touches to the outside of the jars, but this is what they look like so far! 

Most of you that follow Heavenly Handmade Crafts on Facebook, have already seen pictures of this amazing apple butter all canned up! 

A lot of people have asked me what the recipe is and so today I am going to share it with you!

Here we go!

INGREDIENTS:

3 lb Apples

1/2 tsp. Allspice

2 tsp. Cinnamon

1/2 tsp. Cloves

1 tsp Nutmeg

1 dash of Salt

3 Cups of Sugar

3/4 cup of Water or Fresh Apple Cider.

DIRECTIONS:

• 1. Fill Crock-pot 3/4 full with peeled, cored and sliced apples. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until evenly mixed. 
• 2. Cover and cook on low setting overnight or until the butter is of a thick, spreadable consistency. If apple butter has too much liquid, remove lid and cook on high until thickened. Stir often as butter thickens to prevent scorching. 
• 3. Store in refrigerator for up to 6 weeks. Freeze for longer storage.
• 4. To can the apple butter, pack into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch head space and process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. 

If this is your first time here, I want to welcome you! If you are interested, hop on over to our Facebook page Heavenly Handmade Crafts, where you can see many other pictures of all the other crafts that we make and have made over the past year! Don't forget to hit the like button!!

Hope you enjoy the recipe! 

Take care and I will see you soon! 

Angela

Welcome to Heavenly Handmade Crafts!

Hello, My name is Angela. And I recently just started a Facebook page called Heavenly Handmade Crafts and I would personally like to welcome you to it and this blog!

I have been crafting for most of my life. It started with my Mom, Grandma and Aunt who would sit down all the time and craft for craft shows. My sister and I would go with them sometimes and it just became the norm. I grew up watching my mother make and perfect so many different things. 

It definetly rubbed off onto me and my sister because now we, along with my Mom and Aunt craft and do shows all the time!

I decided to start a Facebook page for my crafts to share with others.
Here are some recent pictures of some crafts that I have recently finished!

My happy little snowman!! I had so much fun painting this guy that I hated to stop! I just kept adding more and more detail to him which I think really helped set him off! I painted this on an old window that I found at a yard sale. I got this window and a few others that I have painted and sold already. 

This window is one of the lagest I have painted, but I think that it came out great! 

I love smowmen, they are just so whimsical!

Rusty bell ornaments! I love these, they look so country and they also make such a beautiful sound. 

These adorn a  Christmas tree beautifully. Jingle bells are my favorite thing to decorate with this time of year! The sound is so magical!

My jingle bells!! lol
I have made jingle bell garland!! These garlands are so awesome!
Tied onto twine with fabric pieces and cinnamon sticks to not only give it a great look, but an amazing smell!

I have used different bells before when I've made these,  but these bells sound more like the bells on Santas sleigh in the movie The Polar Express!

My burlap glass Christmas tree ornament!

I think these are so beautiful and the glass really picks up the light from the tree! Along with a little glitter I put inside!

More bells! I told you I love bells! lol

These are strung on wire and tied up and ready to put up on the tree or door nob! 

This again makes the most beautiful sound, it just brings that feeling of Christmas to your home!

Above photo shows the display at our last craft show. We actually sold quite a bit before I took this picture, but this will give you an idea on how our booth looks! I have painted all of the books and picture frames and signs. I also made ornaments and my bell garland that had sold before this picture. My sister makes the signs, candles, nightlights, ornaments, while my Mom with her display to the left of this picture makes painted snowman ornaments, top hat ornaments, and top hat tree toppers.
Along with cheesecloth snowmen, santas and a veriety of things!
Are booth is just that, a variety of things, but they all seem to go together. :)

My Aunt makes sewn and stuffed items that are so adorable! We love the Christmas season and decorating for it. 

 I want to thank you all so much for stopping by and supporting my blog and Facebook page.

I appreciate it so much, every time I see I have more people liking my page or following my blog, it just makes my day! 

Come check it out!! Heavenly Handmade Crafts!

I hope you all have a wonderful day and I will see you next time! 

Angela Rice.