Apple Butter

Name: Apple Butter
Ingredients: 4 lbs apples, peeled,cored and sliced thin; 1 12 cups sweet cider; 12 cup cider vinegar; 3 cups sugar; salt; 1 lemon, juice and rind of; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 34 teaspoon allspice

9 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

4 lbs apples, peeled,cored and sliced thin
1 12 cups sweet cider
12 cup cider vinegar
3 cups sugar
salt
1 lemon, juice and rind of
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
34 teaspoon allspice

Directions

1

Place peeled apples, cider and vinegar in a large enamel pan and place in oven at 350 F for 3 hours or until really soft.
2

Stir every half hour.
3

Stir in sugar and spice.
4

Return to oven for approx.
5

another 1 1/2 hours.
6

Stir every half hour.
7

All apples are different and spices vary so much, taste for sweetness and spiciness and add more if needed.
8

To test, spoon a small amount unto a chilled plate.
9

It is done when no liquid oozes out from apple butter.
10

You can pour hot into 4 hot sterilized pint jars and seal Or keep a quart jar in the fridge and freeze the rest.
11

Note: You don't have to use the oven but if you do use a stove top method, watch it like a hawk, stir constantly and use a good heavy botomed pan.
12

It will burn easily if you aren't careful.