Old-Fashioned Apple Butter Recipe
This Old-fashioned Apple Butter recipe tastes soo superb that I have been trying to find where exactly the secret lies. Old-fashioned Apple Butter makes a yummy Dessert. Use the freshest of Apple available to get a delicious Old-fashioned Apple Butter. Do let me know how you've liked my Old-fashioned Apple Butter. Feedback keeps me mobilized and motivates me to try out novel ways.
Ingredients
12 to 14 apples (preferably Jonathan or Winesap)
2 cups apple juice
Sugar
Cinnamon
All spice
Cloves
1/2 cup sauterne (optional)
Directions
Wash, core and quarter apples (do not peel).
Combine apples and apple juice in lightly oiled crock pot.
Cover and cook on low setting for 10 to 18 hours (on high setting for 2 to 4 hours).
When fruit is tender, put through a food mill to remove peel.
Measure cooked fruit and return to crock pot.
For each pint of sieved cooked fruit, add 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon allspice and 1/2 teaspoon cloves; stir well.
Cover and cook on high setting for 6 to 8 hours, stirring about every 2 hours.
Remove cover after 3 hours to allow fruit and juice to cook down.
Add sauterne for the last hour of cooking.
Spoon into hot sterilized jars and process according to standard canning methods.
Combine apples and apple juice in lightly oiled crock pot.
Cover and cook on low setting for 10 to 18 hours (on high setting for 2 to 4 hours).
When fruit is tender, put through a food mill to remove peel.
Measure cooked fruit and return to crock pot.
For each pint of sieved cooked fruit, add 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon allspice and 1/2 teaspoon cloves; stir well.
Cover and cook on high setting for 6 to 8 hours, stirring about every 2 hours.
Remove cover after 3 hours to allow fruit and juice to cook down.
Add sauterne for the last hour of cooking.
Spoon into hot sterilized jars and process according to standard canning methods.
