Cashmere - or, Aplets & Cotlets

Cashmere is a cute little town, with a huge claim to fame - aplets and cotlets!! I know that most of us remember eating these little confections as children - it seems like they came in the assortments of dried fruit that came around Christmas time.

There are two roads into town - one is called Aplet Rd. and yes, the other is called Cotlet Rd. The factory that makes these and many other flavors of "lets" is there - Liberty Orchards, which was founded in 1920 by two Armenian immigrants. We took a tour, of course, and came out with boxes of these confections.

We also visited some of the little shops in town.

The Wenatchee valley area is one of the largest apple growing regions in the world, and the Tree Top Apple Juice factory is there.



This is the local drug store, complete with a soda counter - remember those?


Hee's the Liberty Orchard factory where Aplets and Cotlets are made

Here we are, touring the factory.

Our knowledgeable tour guide

More assembly lines. There was enough powdered sugar on that floor to coat a ton of donuts!