Pear Butter

• 4 cups Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Cinnamon, Or To Taste
• 1 Tablespoon Ground Cloves, Or To Taste
• 10 pounds Fresh Pears, Peeled, Cored, And Roughly Chopped

1. Place pears in a large crock pot and cook on low for about 12 hours, or until very soft (i.e.
2. you can easily mash them with a fork or large spoon.)
3. The low and slow cooking of the crock pot allows the pears to cook without added water.
4. To cook on a stove top, add water and decrease cooking time as needed.
5. When pears are done, drain them (the pears have a very high water content and even though there was no water added to the crock pot, a lot will cook out of the pears).
6. Add sugar and spices and cook for an additional 1 to 2 hours.
7. Mash to desired consistency before packing into half-pint jars (this recipe will make about 8 half-pints).
8. Process in a boiling water canner for 20 minutes.

sugar, cinnamon, ground, fresh pears

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/slow-cooker/pear-butter-3/ (may not work)