Apple Butter

Name: Apple Butter
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 kilograms good cooking apples (we use Granny Smith or Gravenstein); 237 milliliters apple cider vinegar; 473 milliliters water; 946 milliliters Sugar (about , see cooking instructions); 1 serving Salt; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoons allspice; 1 Zest and juice of lemon

You can never have too many condiment recipes, so give Apple Butter a try. One serving contains 137 calories, 0g of protein, and 0g of fat. This gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan recipe serves 30. 5498 people found this recipe to be tasty and satisfying. This recipe from Simply Recipes requires ground cloves, allspice, water, and sugar. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Preparing the Fruit

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Fruit

Cut the apples into quarters, without peeling or coring them. (Much of the pectin is in the cores and flavor in the peels).

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Apple

Pectin

Cut out damaged parts.

First Stage of Cooking

2 Cook the apples:

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Apple

Put the quartered apples into large pot, add the vinegar and water, cover, bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer, cook until apples are soft, about 20 minutes.

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Vinegar

Apple

Water

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Remove from heat.

Purée apples and add the sugar and spices

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Spices

Sugar

3 Purée the apples through a food mill or chinois: Ladle apple mixture (cooked apples and liquid) into a chinois sieve (or food mill) and using a pestle force pulp from the chinois into a large bowl below.

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Apple

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Ladle

Sieve

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Add sugar, spices, lemon zest, and juice: Measure resulting puree.

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Lemon Zest

Spices

Juice

Sugar

Add 1/2 cup of sugar for each cup of apple pulp. Stir to dissolve sugar.

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Apple

Sugar

Add a dash of salt, and the cinnamon, ground cloves, allspice, lemon rind and juice. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.

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Ground Clove

Lemon Peel

Seasoning

Allspice

Cinnamon

Juice

Salt

Second Stage of Cooking

5 Cook the apple mixture, stirring often: Cook the apple sugar mixture uncovered in a large, wide, thick-bottomed pot on medium low heat, stirring often to prevent burning. Scrape the bottom of the pot while you stir to make sure a crust is not forming at the bottom.

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Apple

Crust

Sugar

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Pot

Cook until thick and smooth (about 1 to 2 hours). A small bit spooned onto a chilled (in the freezer) plate will be thick, not runny.

You can also cook the purée on low heat, stirring only occasionally, but this will take much longer as stirring encourages evaporation. (Note the wider the pan the better, as there is more surface for evaporation.)

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Frying Pan

As an alternative to stovetop cooking you can cook the purée uncovered in a microwave, on medium heat setting to simmer, for around 30 minutes. If you do this, monitor the cooking every 5 or 10 minutes. Microwaves vary in their power.

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Canning

6 Sterilize canning jars: There are several ways to sterilize your jars for canning.

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You can run them through a short cycle on your dishwasher.

You can place them in a large pot (12 quart) of water on top of a steaming rack (so they don't touch the bottom of the pan), and bring the water to a boil for 10 minutes.

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Water

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Pot

Or you can rinse out the jars, dry them, and place them, without lids, in a 200°F oven for 10 minutes.

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Pour the apple butter into hot, sterilized jars and seal. If you plan to store the apple butter un-refrigerated, make sure to follow proper canning procedures.

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Apple Butter

Before applying the lids, sterilize the lids by placing them in a bowl and pouring boiling water over them. Wipe the rims of the jars clean before applying the lids.

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Water

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Bowl

I use a hot water bath for 10 minutes to ensure a good seal.

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Water

As the jars cool, you should hear the lids "popping" as they seal the jars.