Readers' Best Fall Recipes

So-Easy Apple Butter

Store extra jars of this spread to give as hostess gifts, suggests Michele Lowe of Dublin, Ohio. Serve the butter with cheese and crackers. "I was thrilled when I found this idiot-proof recipe for apple butter," Michele says. "I like it because I don't have to spend all my time in the kitchen. I can get a few things done while the apples are cooking in the Crockpot." Michele counts on her three backyard apple trees to yield bushels of fruit for pie, fruit crisp and apple butter.