Spaghetti Sauce

10 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 gallons tomatoes (approximately 25 pounds)
  • 4 large green sweet peppers, chopped
  • 3 lbs onions, chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup salt
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 5 (12 ounce) cans tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon oregano
  • 1 tablespoon sweet basil
  • 1 pint Crisco cooking oil

Directions

  1. 1
    Cook tomatoes for 30 minutes and run through colander for juice.
  2. 2
    Add peppers, chopped onions, sugar, salt, granulated garlic, tomato paste, oregano, sweet basil and Crisco oil to juice.
  3. 3
    Simmer 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours until desire thickness is reached.
  4. 4
    Put into hot jars and seal.
  5. 5
    This makes 10 to 12 quarts.
  6. 6
    Process in hot water bath a few minutes.
  7. 7
    Hint: If not thick enough when preparing spaghetti I add a 3 oz.
  8. 8
    can of tomato paste before serving.
  9. 9
    May also add fried hamburger meat and mushrooms when ready to use.

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