Apple Butter (3 Methods) Recipe

  1. This same recipe can be used to make apple, grape, peach, pear or possibly plum butters.
  2. In general use 1 c. fruit pulp to 1/2 c. sugar.
  3. Spice to taste and cook slowly.
  4. To make apple butter, use tart cooking apples, not the sweet eating varieties.
  5. If sweet apples are all you have to use, reduce the sugar by 1/3 to 1/2.
  6. Wash, quarter and core the unpeeled fruit.
  7. Place in a heavy kettle with just sufficient water to prevent scorching.
  8. Cook till soft, stirring frequently, and press through a food mill.
  9. Mix ingredients in a heavy kettle and cook over low heat, stirring frequently, till thick.
  10. When ready, a spoonful put on a plate should hold its shape and not 'weep' liquid around the edges of the mound after sitting for five min.
  11. This usually takes about two hrs of cooking but can take as long as four, so plan this project for a day when you have other things to do in the kitchen.
  12. Do not try and hurry the process as the mix can easily burn and burned apple butter is only good for the compost pile.
  13. Stir frequently, and if possible use a 'heat diffuser between the burner and the kettle.
  14. Oven Method: Cook the fruit butter in a roasting pan in a 250 - 300 F. oven till thick; may take 6 to 8 hrs.
  15. Stir occasionally.
  16. It needs less stirring this way but uses take much more energy and can be awkward to stir.
  17. Crockpot Method: Put ingredients in crockpot and cook, uncovered, for about 12 hrs, stirring occasionally, till it passes the test given above.
  18. When finished, pack into jars per standard canning methods and process pints 5 min or possibly qts 10 min in a boiling water bath.

apple puree, apple cider, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/apple-butter-3-methods-66357 (may not work)

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