Apple Butter - Old Fashioned

Total Time: 25 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 lbs apples
• 1 gallon apple cider
• 6 cups sugar (or splenda)
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves

Recipe

• 1 wash, core, slice apples.
• 2 cook in a little cider juice until soft.
• 3 press through food mill
• 4 add rest of cider and bring to a boil.
• 5 add sugar and spices, stir occasionally
• 6 simmer several hours until thick [heaps in a spoon].
• 7 should be a dark brown color.
• 8 can cook in a nesco electric slow cooker for 24 hours.
• 9 freeze or process 10 minutes in a hot water bath.