Apricots

Mmmm. Yummy, beautifully golden goodness, APRICOTS! I have not had the opportunity to pick and can apricots in several years now. We used to get them from Kyle’s Uncle Denis, but his tree was really old and died a few years ago. Kyle’s mom has an apricot tree in her yard but every year she complains that a late frost killed all of the blossoms. This year however, she called us up on a Sunday afternoon and said “There are apricots on the tree and they are ready!” So we packed up the kids and packed up what we were planning on having for dinner (we weren’t going to get back in time to eat it, and it had been cooking in the crockpot all day so I wasn’t going to just put it in the fridge for ‘later’) and we hopped in the MegaVan and went to go get apricots.

The tree was loaded with apricots, although a whole bunch of them weren’t quite ready. So Kyle and I picked the ones that looked like they wouldn’t last until the next Saturday, which was the next time we were able to go back out to pick them. We wanted to leave some lower apricots for Karen since she could reach those ones, and all of the most ripe apricots were in the top of the tree, where the sun can kiss them, so I climbed up there to get them:

Yes that is me in my church dress climbing an apricot tree. 🙂

Then we went back the next weekend to finish havesting the apricots that we had left, and so for the past two weeks I have been going crazy in the kitchen with apricots!

Apricot pancakes, apricot muffins, apricot jam, apricot syrup (for pancakes and waffles), apricot ice cream, apricot sorbet, apricot upside-down cake, apricot cheesecake, & apricot pineapple smoothies.

I plan to post recipes of the apricot recipes that I REALLY like, on our recipe blog. I’ve already posted the recipe that I came up with for apricot pancakes because they turned out REALLY good. So be sure to check there for ideas of what to do with apricots, if you ever have a whole bunch and don’t know what to do with them. 😉