Mom & Carrie's Apple Butter
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
12 pints
ingredients
- 15140.0 ml of prepared apples (cored, but you don't need to peel them, slice them kinda thin though)
- 3785.0 ml sweet apple cider
- 1892.76 ml sugar (8 cups)
- 44.37 ml allspice
- 59.14 ml cinnamon
directions
- Put sweet cider into your large canner and boil until it is reduced by 1/2.
- Add apples to the cider while it is boiling, then turn down to a simmer.
- Cook slowly until apples are soft, then put through your food mill.
- Return to the heat and continue boiling, stirring frequently until it reduces a bit and starts to thicken.
- Add the sugar and the spices.
- Cook until a spoonful on a plate remains a smooth mass that you can push around with a spoon.
- Pour into sterilized hot jars and seal with lids and bands, being sure to wipe edge before you put the lids on.
- Process 20 minutes for Pints and 15 minutes for 1/2 pints.
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I live in a small town in western colorado and I love to cook. I have 2 children, one is grown and out of the house, the other is in High School.
I love reading, birdwatching, growing pretty flowers, Pearl Jam and Colorado Rockies Baseball.