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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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Apple Dreams Recipe |
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Apple Dreams (tasty bars)
1 ½ c. Flour
½ c. Butter
½ c. Brown Sugar
2 ½ c. Sliced apples
Cream first 3 ingredients and spread in bottom of 8 x 10 pan. Arrange apple slices evenly over dough.
Sprinkle with 1/4 c. sugar and ½ t. cinnamon.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
While batter is baking mix the following:
1 c. brown sugar
2 T. Flour
3 eggs
Pinch of salt
½ c. coconut
½ c. nuts
Mix flour and sugar. Add unbeaten eggs. Add nuts & coconut and spread of top of hot baked mixture.
Bake 20 minutes more at 375 degrees.. Cut in bars.
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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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