Apple Pie Preserves

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/2 lbs firm apples, preferably pippin,peeled,cored,cut into â¼ inch thick slices
• 3 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons calvados or 4 tablespoons other apple brandy
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon allspice

Recipe

• 1 combine water and lemon juice in heavy medium saucepan.
• 2 add apples and stir to coat with liquid.
• 3 cover pan and bring to boil.
• 4 reduce heat and simmer mixture for 3 minutes.
• 5 mix sugar, calvados and spices into apple mixture.
• 6 bring to boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• 7 reduce heat and simmer about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 8 check the preserves at this point.
• 9 drop 1 tbsp of preserves onto a chilled saucer and put in freezer.
• 10 if preserve wrinkles when pushed after 2 minutes of cooling, then it's done.
• 11 spoon hot preserves into hot, sterilized jars and wipe rim clean.
• 12 seal tightly.
• 13 cool.
• 14 refrigerate up to 3 months.