Rainbow Orchards

Peaches are Here

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:21:41 +0000

Our peaches are ripe and ready to eat. Mouthwatering flavor and perfect texture are what set Rainbow Orhcards tree ripened fruit apart. All of our peaches and nectarines are yellow freestone old-time varieties picked at the peak of ripeness and rushed to market. One taste and you will never go back to your other peaches.

Bluberries are here

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:43:50 +0000

It’s that time of year again folks! Rainbow Orchards Blueberries are ripening in the sun, each day growing closer to perfection. The true mountain grown flavor of Rainbow Orchards Blueberries will electrify your taste buds. Try one and you will never go back to your old blueberries. We anticipate the first harvest to come around the 25th of June, and you should see us back at markets shortly thereafter.

Caramel Apples

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:16:44 +0000

12 Rainbow Orchards apples
12 wooden sticks
1/2 cup real butter
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 (14oz) can of condensed milk

– Directions
Place the sticks in the stem end of the apples. Melt butter in a 6 quart saucepan. Be careful not to burn. Add brown sugar and corn syrup. Bring to a boil stirring constantly. Add sweetened condensed milk. Bring to a boil and stir constantly until candy thermometer reaches 240 degrees. Dip apples in caramel and place on a greased cookie sheet.

Apple Crisp

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:15:59 +0000

2 lbs Rainbow Orchards apples
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup salt
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup butter

– Directions
Peel and Slice Apples. Place in a shallow one quart casserole dish. Sprinke with the water. Combine dry ingredients. Cut the butter into the mixture. Distribute generously and evenly over the apple(dont mix!). Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for 30 more minutes.

Peach Cobbler

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:14:53 +0000

1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup milk
2 tsp baking powder
3 to 4 cups fresh Rainbow Orchards cut peaches
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon

– Directions
Melt butter into an 8 inch baking pan. Mix into a batter flour, butter, sugar, milk and baking powder.Pour batter over the buttered pan. Layer sliced peaches over the batter (do not mix). Sprinkle with a mixture of cinamon and sugar. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Serve warm or cold with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Blueberry Pancakes

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:14:05 +0000

2 eggs
6 tbsp oil
2 1/4 cups buttermilk
2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp baking soda
3 tbsp sugar
2 cups Rainbow Orchards blueberries

– Directions
Combine Flour, baking soda, baking powder, and sugar. Combine eggs, milk, and oil. Add to dry ingredients. Stir just until moistened. Dip up pancake batter with 1/4 cup measure. Pour on hot griddle or heavy pan. When underside of pancakes are nicely browned, sprinkle with 2 tbsp of blueberries. Turn over and brown other side

Blueberry Cobbler

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:13:04 +0000

2 cups Rainbow Orchards blueberries
1 tbsp lemon juice
3/4 cup sugar
3 tbsp softened butter
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp corn starch
1 cup boiling water

– Directions
preheat oven to 400 degrees. mix blueberries and lemon juice in an 8×8 baking pan. cream together butter and 3/cup sugar. Add this mixture to the baking power salt and flour. Add milk and Stir to form a batter. Place batter by spoonfuls on top of blueberries (do not mix). Mix 1/2 cup sugar, salt and corn starch and sprinkle mixture on top of batter. Bake at 400 for 45 minutes.

Apples trees from seed

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:20:53 +0000

Apples trees grown from seed will not produce the same variety of apples as the tree that produced them! In fact, it is most likely that that a tree grown from a seed will produce odd sized and bad tasting fruit. Every seed contains a brand new and completely unique variety of apple. Most of these new varieties are not good for eating; so thousands of seeds must be planted to find the few trees that produce the tasty varieties that we know and love. Once a desirable variety is found, it can be “grafted” onto other trees to create an entire orchard. This is true for many other varieties of fruit including peaches, cherries, olives and grapes.

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