Apple Butter - Old Fashioned

5 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

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

Directions

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

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