Like many western Coloradans, I'm all about preserving the harvest. We have a very short window of time with everything ripening at once, it seems: tomatoes, green chiles, corn, apples and whatnot.

‘Whether fried, dipped in peanut butter or caramel, made into cider or baked into a pie, apples are a delicious, sweet treat,” says Lisa Peterson, University of Illinois Extension nutrition and ...