Recipe#14101

Title: Apple Butter 02

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 From: Kristi Covert kac5@cornell.edu 
 Subject: Crock-pot Apple Butter 
 Message-ID: <36htkl$ge7@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> 
 Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 17:09:17 GMT 

5 lbs cooking apples
 1-1/2 cups apple cider
 brown sugar (about 3 cups)
 juice and grated peel of 1 each: lemon and orange
 2 tsp. cinnamon
 1 tsp. allspice
 1/4 tsp. cloves
 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
 Core and quater apples, but do not peel.  Place in crock pot with
 apple cider.  Cook on high until very soft, about 1-1/2 hrs.  Press
 cooked apples through food mill or sieve.  Measure.  (Should be
 about 6 cups.)  For every 1 cup fruit pulp, allow 1/2 cup brown
 sugar.  Return to crock pot.  Stir in lemon and orange peel and
 juice, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and nutmeg.  Cover.  Cook on
 high until dark and thick, about 4 hours.  Immediately pour into
 hot, sterilized glasses and seal.  Makes about 8 cups.