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Prep Time: 60 Minutes Cook Time: 300 Minutes |
Ready In: 360 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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You can also use other fruit beside apples and you can use the pulp in the jelly bag after the juice has been extracted. Ingredients:
4 lbs apples, peeled,cored and sliced thin |
1 1/2 cups sweet cider |
1/2 cup cider vinegar |
3 cups sugar |
salt |
1 lemon, juice and rind of |
2 teaspoons cinnamon |
1 teaspoon ground cloves |
3/4 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.
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