Caramel Spice Apple Butter

Title:
Caramel Spice Apple Butter

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Preserves,
Jams




Ingredients:





     4 lb Rome apples


 4 1/2 lb Granny Smith apples


     1 c  Water


     4 c  Sugar


     1 ts Cinnamon


   1/2 ts Cloves


   1/4 ts Ginger


     2 tb Lemon juice






 Wash apples and cut into pieces; combine with water in a large covered


 sauce pot.  Cook until soft, about 30 minutes. Press through a food mill;


 measure 12 cups apple pulp; and return to sauce pot. Heat 2 cups sugar in
a


 saucepan, stirring until sugar melts and turns a rich golden brown.


 Carefully pour into apple pulp. Sugar will crackle and harden. Add


 remaining 2 cups of sugar and spices. Cook, uncovered, about 1 hour or


 until apple butter thickens, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.


 Stir in lemon juice. Pour hot into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space.


 Adjust caps.  Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath. Yield: 6 half


 pints.


 


 From: Ball Blue Book Shared By: Pat Stockett


 


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