Recipe: Cranberry Apple Relish - other ideas for apples and pears

There are many great recipes for canning apples and pears. There is cranberry apple relish:

4 cups chopped cranberries,
1 lb. peeled, cored chopped apple
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup water
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Combine apples, cranberries,brown sugar and water in a large saucepot. Simmer for 15 minutes,stir frequently. Stir in cinnamon and nuts, cook 5 minutes. Ladle into hot half pint jars. Water bath for 15 minutes. Makes 5 half pints.
The apple pie jam is very good.

There is apple maple jam with maple syrup and spices. I posted a recipe a while back for caramel apple butter with caramels added. Just type into the search box above the message board.

Oh, there are brandied apple rings, spiced apple rings like they serve on a plate in restaurants.

There are almond pears with added blanched almonds and almond liquer. Brandied pears. Cinnamon pears in apple juice.

These can be found in the Ball Blue book of canning. It may be purchased for about $5 at Walmart and other stores with canning supplies.