Apples are on sale for .88c a lb. through Wednesday at Carr's grocery, & I thought I'd take advantage of the great price to try my hand at making homemade Apple Butter. This is my modified version of an apple butter recipe, the original does not call for apple cider mix or apple pie spice.
Apple Butter
4 Lbs Apples
1 1/2 C Water
1 Packet Apple Cider mix
2 3/4 C Granular Sugar
1/2 tsp. Cinnamon - ground
1/2 tsp. Apple Pie Spice (if you don't have, just use more cinnamon)
1/4 tsp. Cloves - ground
Peel, core & large dice the apples & place them in a large pot with water & apple cider mix. Bring up to a boil, stir and let cook 30 minutes or until soft. Puree apples & water in small batches, into uniform size but do not liquify. Place puree mix in large pot, add in sugar & spices. Bring up to a good boil, reduce heat to medium, continue to boil, & stir until it thickens. To test for doneness, take a chilled plate, put a small amount of mixture on plate & if it holds its shape it is ready to can. If it seperates, and a ring of liquid forms around the solid, it is not ready yet and continue to cook! Once done cooking, ladle into hot sanitized jars and water bath can them for 10 minutes.
Here's the spices for my apple butter & the next picture is of the apples getting all soft and smooshy before I can puree them.
Now they are pureed and the spices added in, the whole house smells great! And the final product, I had some leftover that wouldn't fit in the canning jars so we each had a slice of homemade bread with homemade apple butter, yummy!
This recipe made 6, 1/2 pint jars with a little leftover.
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