Old-Fashioned Apple Butter

Name: Old-Fashioned Apple Butter
Yield: Yield: Approximately 5 Pints.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 cups fresh apple cider; 6 pounds apples, unpeeled but cut into eighths; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 5 cups sugar, approximately

Preparation info

Yield: Approximately
5 Pints
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

6 pounds apples, unpeeled but cut into eighths
2 cups fresh apple cider
5

Americas
United States
Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put the cut-up apples in a large heavy kettle. Add the cider and cover, cooking over low heat until the apples are very tender. Stir occasionally and watch carefully so that they do not burn.
Cool slightly and run through a food mill or sieve.
Measure the apple mixture and combine with half as much sugar. Stir in the spices and simmer over low heat until