Apple Butter Recipe

  American Sauces

Ingredients:
1 lb. tart cooking apples
1 cup apple cider or apple juice
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1/8 tsp. ground allspice

Directions:
In a heavy 2-qt sauce pan combine apples and cider or juice. bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover; simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occaisionally. Press throufh a food mill or sieve. (You should have about 2 cups of pulp.)

Return pulp to kettle. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered untill very thick stirring often. (About 2 hours.) Yield: about 16 ounces.
This freezes well. Especially in "zip-lock" type bags.

Apple Butter
 

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