Apple Butter - Grandma Style

Submitted by Zwerg

"This is the recipe my Grandma used to make. I've tried others with regrets, but this is the Best!!!"

 

• Ready In: 3hrs
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 5-6 half-pints

ingredients

• 4 1⁄2 lbs tart cooking apples, peeled, cored and quartered (about 15 medium)
• 4 cups apple cider or 4 cups apple juice
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice

directions

1. In an 8 or 10 quart pot combine apples and cider or juice. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then puree in a food processor or blender. Return to pot. Stir in sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cook uncovered, over very low heat 11/2 hours or till very thick, stirring often.
2. Ladle into hot, sterilized half-pint jars, leaving a 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe jars rims; place lids on jars and screw on the jar rings. Process in boiling-water canner 5 minutes (start timing when water begins to boil). Remove jars and cool on racks. Makes 5-6 half-pints.

Reviews

[Pastor Rob and Becca]

My wife and I made this... Three quarts... It was gone within two weeks.ibelieve I ate a whole quart, myself... Wow it was good. Good on cornbread muffins too. Just like at Cracker Barrel

 

[bcjchapman]

Best Apple Butter recipe yet! I've been making Apple Butter for the over 30 years, and this is superb. I have submitted a correcting on the simmering time. I think the author meant 11-1/2 hrs., not 11/2 hrs. In fact I simmer mine for 2-3 days, the longer the better. 1 - 1/2 hrs. is NO time for it to cook down, it takes days.

 

[matt.angela.gordon]

AWESOME RECIPE!!! It tastes incredible....I let it simmer a little longer than recipe called for...but I did not have any problem with it becoming thick (as previous 2 reviews). I give this recipe two thumbs up! THANKS SO MUCH Zwerg!!!

 

[steelcutter2003]

I have to agree with SarahG, It took way longer to thicken up, I was in the kitchen wit it for about 5 hours. Not a big deal as it's ssaturday, but the time is very miss leading. As for flavor....WOW it's wonderful and I think once it cools and sets up it will be well worth the time it took me to cook it!

 

[SarahG.]

Well, I'm a little disappointed in this. I followed the recipe exactly, "cook uncovered, over very low heat 1 1/2 hours or till very thick" but I cooked mine for at least 4 hours and it never got any thicker than it began. I don't know why. I'm going to open up all my cans and try to re-heat it and get it to reduce more, but I'm not sure it'll work. I'll post a reply to this review after I try it. ------------------------------------------ Okay, I got it to reduce, finally. I took a suggestion from the community help page and put it in a glass baking pan and baked it for a long time, stirring every 15 minutes. I think it helped that there was more surface space. However, overall, I don't think this recipe was very good because it was misleading in saying it would only need to cook for 1 1/2 hours. Next time I will try another recipe.