The past few weeks we have been busy putting away pumpkins and apples. Our house has the lovely aroma of fall, so yummy! While we were making applesauce, we were trying to come up with some ideas for the apple peels and cores. It seemed such a shame to waste them, and there was no way we could eat all of them. After a little “google searching” we found two great ideas. The first was to sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon on the apple peels and dehydrate them. We have used these for snacking, or as toppings for oatmeal and ice cream. The second idea was apple spice tea. This is basically apple cider, but “apple spice tea” sounds better 🙂 I did some experimenting and found that the tea tasted great using either apple peels or cores.
So after you have washed and peeled all of your apples, you dump the cores and peels into a pot. Sprinkle generously with cinnamon. I had about 5ish cups of apple peel and maybe 2TBSP of cinnamon. Then fill your pot with water enough to cover the peels/cores.
Let it simmer for 20-30 minutes, basically until the peels/cores are mushy but not falling apart.
Then strain the entire mixture through a mesh strainer.
If you are planning to use the tea right away, you can add about 2TBSP of honey (give or take depending on taste preference). You can also water bath can. If you are canning this, do NOT add the honey until you are ready to drink it. The processing time is 10 minutes rapid boil in a water bath canner.
Enjoy!
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