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A quick apple peel syrup recipe.

A family favorite straight from Grandma’s handwritten recipe book. She always says, "Spies for pies" (plus Mcintosh) and she is right, those old Michigan varieties bake down perfectly. Ingredients Apple layer: 8 sliced apples (Spies or McIntosh) 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup chopped nuts (optional) Topping: 2 sticks butter 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour 4 eggs Instructions Preheat oven to 300°F  and grease a 9x12 pan . In a bowl, mix apples with 1 cup sugar, cinnamon, and

In 2020, when the world slowed down temporarily due to Coronavirus, my grandma, Joan Dick, sat down and took time to write out her favorite family recipes by hand. The world outside had gone quiet, stores closed, streets empty, but her kitchen was alive with memory. She wrote each recipe slowly, the way you’d write a letter to someone you love. Every page carried the weight of a life lived close to the land: a rhythm of planting, harvesting, cooking, and gathering. Each dish

Welcome to Fruit Haven Orchards, and thank you for taking a moment to visit our new website. For more than a century, our family has worked the same Michigan soil, learning, adapting, and growing along with the trees. Until recently, most of our fruit left the farm on trucks headed for packing houses and grocery shelves. It was good, honest work, but it didn’t tell the full story of who we are or why we care so much about what we grow. This site is our way of opening the gate

From the kitchen of “Mom Hill (my great-grandma)”, a family favorite shared with love. There’s something deeply comforting about recipes written by hand, the kind that live on for decades in family binders, tucked beside old photos and notes about who loved which batch best. This recipe for Chocolate Layer Bars  comes from Mom Hill, and it’s one of those sweets that feels like a hug from another time. Layers of chocolate, cream cheese, and almond-scented batter bake together