Canning Apple Butter

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Canning Apple Butter
8 lbs apples
2 cups apple cider
2 cups vinegar
2¼ cups white sugar
2¼ cups packed brown sugar
2 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp ground cloves

Wash, remove stems, quarter and core fruit. Cook slowly in cider and vinegar until soft. Press fruit through a colander, food mill, or strainer. Cook fruit pulp with sugar and spices, stirring frequently. To test for doneness, remove a spoonful and hold it away from steam for 2 minutes. It is done if the butter remains mounded on the spoon. Another way to determine when the butter is cooked adequately is to spoon a small quantity onto a plate. When a rim of liquid does not separate around the edge of the butter, it is ready for canning. Fill hot into sterile half-pint or pint jars, leaving ¼-inch headspace. Water bath pints 5 minutes,  quarts 10 minutes

Charlena Mettler

Well that is interesting!
A double-cook process. Huh!! 

I bet it tastes delicious 

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It is so good!

Charlena Mettler

Do you put it on bread or … ?

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Toast,  biscuits, right off the spoon 😂 apple butter cake all kinds of goodies.

Charlena Mettler

Hahaha right off the spoon … now we are taking!! Lol 

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