How to Make Maple-Candied Apples

How to Make Maple-Candied Apples
Maple syrup and maple sugar give these candied apples a decidedly rustic sweetness, underscored by notes of toffee. Jennifer McGruther
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As soon as the weather takes on a chill and the leaves begin to change, the apple harvest begins.

While you can buy apples at your grocery store year-round, there’s something magical about finding them at a farmers market in the fall—or taking a basket and heading to a local u-pick orchard to pluck them from the trees yourself. Those experiences—talking with growers, getting your food straight from the source—reconnect you with the seasons and your community. They also give you the opportunity to forge new traditions and reclaim forgotten ones, too.

Jennifer McGruther
Jennifer McGruther
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Jennifer McGruther is a nutritional therapy practitioner, herbalist, and the author of three cookbooks, including “Vibrant Botanicals.” She’s also the creator of NourishedKitchen.com, a website that celebrates traditional foodways, herbal remedies, and fermentation. She teaches workshops on natural foods and herbalism, and currently lives in the Pacific Northwest.
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