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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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Applesauce Raisin Cookies |
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Applesauce Raisin Cookies
Kids on school tours love them!
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup applesauce
2 cups flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
¼ tsp. cloves
1/s tsp. salt
1 cup raisins
- Beat butter, sugar and egg
- Mix baking soda with apple sauce, then add to butter mixture
- Add flour and spices
- Stir in raisins
- Bake on greased cookie sheet at 375° F for 8 – 10 minutes
- Cool and ice with butter frosting
Butter Frosting:
1/3 cup butter
4 ½ cups powdered sugar
¼ cup milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- Beat butter until fluffy
- Gradually add 2 cups of the powdered sugar; beat well.
- Slowly beat in the ¼ cups milk and vanilla
- Beat in remaining sugar
- Beat in additional milk if needed for spreading consistency
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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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