Apple Butter - Old Fashioned

My First attempt at using a food mill-recipe found inside the food mill given to me by a long time acquantance.

• Ready In: 25 hrs
• Yields: 12 pints

Ingredients

• 12  lbs apples
• 1  gallon apple cider
• 6  cups sugar (or splenda)
• 1  tablespoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

1. wash, core, slice apples.
2. cook in a little cider juice until soft.
3. press through food mill
4. add rest of cider and bring to a boil.
5. add sugar and spices, stir occasionally
6. simmer several hours until thick [heaps in a spoon].
7. should be a dark brown color.
8. can cook in a nesco electric slow cooker for 24 hours.
9. freeze or process 10 minutes in a hot water bath.