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Market Hours
Open August 14, 2010
August - Sept.
Closed Mondays
Tues - Sun 11 - 6 pm
October
Open everyday,
11-6 p.m.
Tours offered
9 a.m. on
Location:
4344 - 13 Mile Road
Sparta, Michigan 49345
Phone:
616-887-2404
Directions:
Take 13 Mile Road ½ mile W. of Fruit Ridge, or 2.3 miles W. of M-37 at Sparta
Map:
Click here for a map to Steffens Orchard Market
Featured Items
Peaches are still available for a few more days but will soon end. Blueberries are done. Paula Red apples are in the market. U-Pick Paula's are done. W now have Golden Supreme, Gala, and Honeycrisp in the market. U-Pick Honeycrisp is NOT ready yet but probably soon. McIntosh (we pick) will be available this weekend..
Come and meet "Peaches," our Golden Retriever puppy. You will love "Peaches."
Sparta Festival
The Sparta "Harvest on the Ridge Apple Festival", was a great success in 2009 and 2010 will be even better. You can download the 2010 schedule of events and scarecrow contest rules at www.spartachamber.com . We will also have the contest rules available at the market.
Put Sept. 24-25 on your calendar and consider entering the scarecrow contest.
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Grandma's Apple Pie |
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Grandma Rose Steffens Apple Pie
(Serves 16-20)
Step 1: Egg Yolk Pastry Crust
5 cups flour 
½ t. baking powder
4 t. sugar
1 ½ c. lard or shortening
½ t. salt
2 egg yolks
- Combine dry ingredients and cut in shortening.
- Place egg yolk in measuring cup and stir until blended, then add enough cold water to make a scant cupful. Sprinkle over mixture and stir.
- Makes three 9" two crust pies or one jelly roll/cookie sheet (15 ½ x 10 ½) pan.
Step 2: Filling
5 lbs. apples, peeled and sliced thin
3/4 c. white sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar
1/4 t. salt
½ t. nutmeg (optional)
1 t. cinnamon
- Lay egg yolk pastry crust in bottom of pan
- Place half the apples on crust and sprinkle with half of mixture.
- Place remaining apples in pan and sprinkle with remaining mixture.
- Cover with egg yolk pastry crust.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 50 minutes.
- Top with 1 c. confectioners sugar mixed with 2 T. of milk.
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Apples
Eating U-Pick*
- Paulared*
- Gingergold
- Golden Supreme
- Gala*
- Honey Crisp*
- Red Delicious*
- Fuji*
- Braeburn
- Cameo*
Baking
- Cortland*
- Jonathan*
- Jonagold*
Applesauce
- Rome Beauty*
- Northern Spy
- Idared*
- Golden Delicious*
- McIntosh
Pies
- Golden Supreme
- Cortland*
- Jonathan*
- Idared*
- Northern Spy
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