Today my family and I braved the cold to celebrate Fall and pick/eat a crazy amount of apples. I hadn’t been apple-picking since I was a kid, but my little sis suggested it so off we went to Keipur Orchards in Maple Park, IL. Despite the freezing temps we had a lot of fun. I thought it would be a bit late in the season, but Keipur still had a ton of apples and varieties–some of which don’t even have harvest dates until late October/November. We ended up with yummy Jonathans, JonaGolds, Ida Reds, Empires, and Blushing Goldens.
Oh yeah. Their bakery/shop? Awesome. This apple cider donut coated in cinnamon sugar I devoured? Awesome. Everything from pies to caramel apples looked super yummy. I nabbed some apple cider and my sister picked up some just-blended peanut butter. Definitely a Saturday well spent. There are a ton of orchards in the Chicagoland area, you can check them out here…
http://www.pickyourown.org/ILchicago.htm
And some baked apple goodness coming soon!
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