How To Can Apple Butter
Have you tried this? Homemade delicious apple butter using soft apples. Enjoy canning apple butter from your own or store bought apples.
Servings: 6 pints
Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 medium size soft apples, peeled and quartered
- 2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 4 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground clove
Instructions
- In a large pot, add the water lemon juice and apples.
- Cook on medium heat and stir so that all the apples soften.
- When you are able to cut apples with your ladle/spoon they are soft. They also look more translucent.
- Add the apples into a blender and blend until they look like apple sauce.
- Put back into the pan, and add the sugar, cinnamon and ground cloves)Stir to incorporate into the apples and continue cooking.
- Allow to come to a slow bubble, continue to stir. When you it stays on your spoon in a mound without running everywhere, it's time to put into the jars.
- Leave 1/4" headroom from the top of the jars.
- Add the seal and band.
- Put it water bath for 15 minutes (15 minutes starts once water comes to a boil)Remove and allow jars to seal.
- Write the date and what it is on the seal or use fancy labels.