Apple Butter

6 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 peck apples
  • approximately 10 c. sugar
  • 2 tsp. ground cloves
  • 4 c. water
  • 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. ground allspice

Directions

  1. 1
    Quarter and cook apples, unpeeled, with water.
  2. 2
    Cover, let simmer until apples are tender.
  3. 3
    Run through sieve.
  4. 4
    There should be about 5 quarts apple pulp.
  5. 5
    Add half as much sugar as you have pulp.
  6. 6
    Add spices.
  7. 7
    Let simmer 2 hours, stirring frequently.
  8. 8
    When thick, pour into hot jars and seal at once.
  9. 9
    Remember, apple butter becomes thicker when cold.
  10. 10
    Makes 9 or 10 pints.

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