Canning Apple Butter Food

EASY APPLE BUTTER RECIPE FOR CANNING

Steps:

• Core, peel and quarter your apples
• Place apples and water into a large pot and simmer until soft.
• Puree apple mixture with a food mill or immersion blender.
• Add sugar and spices and cook at a gentle boil over medium heat (stirring frequently) until it is thick enough to mound on a spoon.
• Ladle hot apple butter into sterilized canning jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles, wipe the rim and tighten on the lids.
• Process in a hot water bath for 15 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and let the jars stand for 5 minutes. Remove jars and let cool 12-24 hours.

AMAZING APPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine apples and apple juice in a stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook at a simmer until apples are soft and mushy, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Spoon apples into a food mill and process into puree while discarding the cores and peels remaining in the mill. Transfer process apples to a slow cooker.
• Cook on High with the lid off until the moisture evaporates and the volume reduces by about half, overnight to 24 hours.
• Stir sugar, apple cider vinegar, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice through the apple puree.
• Continue cooking on High until mixture mounds on a chilled plate without any water separating from the edges, another 2 to 6 hours.
• Sterilize the jars and lids in boiling water for at least 5 minutes. Pack the apple butter into the hot, sterilized jars, filling the jars to within 1/4 inch of the top. Run a knife or a thin spatula around the insides of the jars after they have been filled to remove any air bubbles. Wipe the rims of the jars with a moist paper towel to remove any food residue. Top with lids, and screw on rings.
• Place a rack in the bottom of a large stockpot and fill halfway with water. Bring to a boil and lower jars into the boiling water using a holder. Leave a 2-inch space between the jars. Pour in more boiling water if necessary to bring the water level to at least 1 inch above the tops of the jars. Bring the water to a rolling boil, cover the pot, and process 5 to 10 minutes.
• Remove the jars from the stockpot and place onto a cloth-covered or wood surface, several inches apart, until cool. Once cool, press the top of each lid with a finger, ensuring that the seal is tight (lid does not move up or down at all). Store in a cool, dark area.

APPLE BUTTER RECIPE

Steps:

• Once the fruit butter is made, you will need to start by preparing jars and getting water in the canner heating. You want the canner hot, but not boiling, when the jars are ready to be processed. See full water bath canning instructions here.
• Peel, core, and quarter apples. Simmer in 2 cups water until apples are soft.
• Puree and measure out 2 quarts pulp.
• Add sugar to taste. Suggestion is 4 cups sugar to 2 quarts pulp.
• Add spices to taste. A suggestion is 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. ground cloves, 1/4 tsp. salt.
• Stir well and continue to cook on low, stirring occasionally until sauce is the consistency you like. Butter will round up on spoon. Leave lid off or ajar to allow steam to escape.
• Process in a water bath canner.

CRANBERRY APPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine the apples, cranberries and liquid in a large stock pot. Place a lid on the pot and bring it to a boil. Once it is bubbling away nicely, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes, until the apples soften and the cranberries burst.
• Once the fruit is very tender, remove the pot from the heat and let it cool to lukewarm.
• Work the cooked apples and cranberries through a food mill to separate out the skins and seeds.
• Pour the milled fruit into a slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours with the lid cocked to allow the steam to escape. Stir occasionally.
• When the first round of cooking is done, stir the fruit and cook for another 8 hours. If your slow cooker runs hot, use a shorter length of time.
• The fruit butter is done when it is quite thick and has reduced by about half.
• Scrape the finished butter into a smaller pot and use an immersion blender to puree it smooth. Add the sugar to taste (this butter naturally has enough sugar and acid to be safe to can without the additional sugar. It's simply there to help smooth out the cranberries).
• Prepare a boiling water bath and enough jars to hold 8 half pints.
• Funnel the finished butter into the jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Use a chopstick to work out the air bubbles that will get trapped (and with a butter this thick, you will have trapped air bubbles).
• Wipe the rims, apply the lids and rings, and process in a boiling water bath canner for 15 minutes.
• When the time is up, slide the pot off the heat and remove the lid. Let the jars cool slowly for ten minutes in the water. When that time is up, remove the jars and set them on a folded kitchen towel to cool. When the jars have cooled enough that you can comfortably handle them, check the seals. Sealed jars can be stored at room temperature for up to a year. Any unsealed jars should be refrigerated and used promptly.

APPLE BUTTER RECIPE

Steps:

• Wash the Apples in cool water.
• Slice apples into quarters or smaller pieces if using very large apples.
• Add 3 cups of Water to a large sauce pot, place on Medium-High Heat, bring to a rolling boil.
• Add Apple Cider Vinegar.
• Add the sliced apples.
• Cover pot, reduce heat and let apples simmer for about 30 minutes or until soft.
• Firmer apples will need more cooking time. Stir apples as needed as they cook down.
• Use a spoon to remove apples from liquid, place apples in a food mill or sieve.
• Force the pulp through sieve and place in separate bowl below.
• Measure the amount of puree you now have as you place it back into the sauce pot.
• Add ½ cup Sugar to each cup of apple puree, adjusting amount as needed... starting with ½ cup as Brown Sugar and the remainder as White Sugar. You'll need 1/2 cup Sugar for each cup of puree.
• Stir sugar until it dissolves.
• Add Cinnamon
• Add Ground Cloves
• Add Ground Allspice
• Add Lemon, zest and juice only.
• Add Vanilla Extract
• Add pinch of Salt
• Stir well to incorporate all flavors.
• Place sauce pot over very low heat and let simmer for about 6 hours, stirring as needed to keep from burning. Mixture will thicken over time and splatter if not watched carefully.
• As it thickens, place a spoonful on a saucer that has been kept in the freezer.
• Swipe your finger through the butter to see if it will leave a trail or if it runs back together.
• When done, ladle into hot jars leaving ¼ inch headspace.
• Remove air bubbles, clean rim, apply lid, apply band, tighten finger tight.
• Process 10 minutes using the water bath method.

HOMEMADE APPLE BUTTER FOR CANNING

Steps:

• Wash all of your apples. Then, they need to be peeled, cored, and sliced. Put them into your slow cooker and turn it on low, adding in the water.
• Let the apples cook slowly, for 6-8 hours, in your slow cooker. Make sure you turn and stir frequently, letting heat move through the apples at an even rate.
• After the apples are slowly cooked, add in the sugar and spices. Taste the mixture and let it continue to simmer.
• If needed, adjust the spices. It's always best to start with adding a small amount of seasoning and continuing to add a bit more at a time until you find what is your preference. The amount of sugar and spices needed vary based on the tartness of the apples you used.
• Once the taste you preferred is reached, use a blender or an immersion blender to puree the apple butter to the desired consistency. It should be similar to apple sauce with a smooth texture and no chunks visible.
• Start your water bath canner, and let your apple butter continue to simmer and stay warm as you wash and sterilize your jars, rims, and lids.
• Fill your jars with the hot apple butter, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe off the edges of the jar, place the lids and rims on, and put them on the wire rack used inside of the water bath canner.
• Process half-pints for 15 minutes and pints for 25 minutes. Let them sit on your counter for 12-24 hours resting after you can them before putting into storage.

APPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Wash, core, and quarter apples. In an 8- or 10-quart heavy pot combine apples and cider or apple juice. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until apples are very tender, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching.
• Place a food mill or sieve over a large bowl. Ladle the cooked apples and the cooking liquid into the food mill and press the mixture into the bowl. If you don't have a food mill, place a large sieve over a large bowl. Use the back of the spoon to press the mixture into the bowl. Measure 7-1/2 cups of this mixture. If you have leftover apple mixture, simply chill and serve as applesauce.
• Return the apple mixture to the pot. Stir in the sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Bring this mixture to boiling then reduce the heat. Cook, uncovered, over very low heat, about 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours or until the mixture is very thick. The mixture should be the consistency of very thick applesauce. Stir often to prevent the mixture from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
• To fill the jars, place a wide-mouth plastic funnel in a hot, clean jar. Ladle apple butter into the hot jar, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Remove the funnel; wipe off the jar rim with a clean, damp towel. (Any food left on the rim will prevent a perfect seal.) Position the prepared lid and screw band on the jar and tighten according to the manufacturer's directions.
• Place each jar into boiling water in hot-water canner as it is filled. Place the jars so they do not touch one another. Cover the canner. Begin processing time when the water returns to boiling. Process in a boiling-water canner for 5 minutes (start timing when water returns to boiling). Remove jars from canner; cool on wire racks. Makes 6 half-pints.

GRANDMA'S APPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Place apples in crock pot; cook on high for 4-1/2 hours (covered).
• After 4-1/2 hours stir and add remaining ingredients. Cook for another 4-1/2 hours with NO lid.
• Stir and seal in jars.
• *Can seal in hot water bath or top with paraffin.

SLOW COOKER SPICED APPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Place the apples and cider in a 5 qt Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot along with 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium and boil, stirring occasionally, until the apples have broken down, about 30 minutes.
• Remove the pot from heat and use an immersion blender to carefully puree the apples in the pot (this step can be done one day ahead, simply cover and chill the puree overnight before proceeding).
• Use a measuring cup to measure the amount of puree you have as you transfer the apple puree, cup by cup, into a 6-qt slow cooker. For each cup of puree that you have, add one tablespoon of white sugar and one tablespoon of brown sugar. Stir the sugar and the spices into the puree. Place the lid slightly ajar on the slow cooker and cook on LOW for 8-10 hours, stirring every 2 hours, until the puree is dark and thick enough to where a spoonful mounds up on a plate and liquid seeps out around the mound.
• During the last 30 minutes of slow-cooking, fill your large canning pot with water and bring it to a boil. Once the desired thickness is reached, place the slow cooker on HIGH to bring the apple butter to a boil while you prepare for water bath canning.
• Sterilize canning jars by placing them in a boiling water bath (I do this in my canning pot) for ten minutes. Keep them warm in the water until ready to use. Place the lids in a heatproof bowl and ladle a few spoonfuls of boiling water on top. Keep them warm in the bowl until ready to use. For more information on hot water bath canning, see this article.
• Using a jar lifter, carefully remove the jars from the hot water canning bath and place them upright on a towel. Remove the lids from the bowl of water and pat them dry.
• Ladle the hot apple butter into the sterilized jars, leaving ¼ inch of headspace at the top. Remove air bubbles with an offset spatula as needed. Use a damp paper towel or cloth to wipe the rims of the jars clean. Place the lid on top, followed by the jar ring, and adjust the ring until it is finger-tight (do not force it).
• Return the jars to the water bath, being sure that each is covered by at least 1 inch of water. Bring the water to a boil and boil for a full 10 minutes. Use the jar lifter to carefully remove the jars from the water and transfer them to a towel. Do not disturb the jars for 12 hours.
• After one hour of resting, make sure the jar lids have sealed by pressing down on the center of the lid. If the center can be pressed down, the lid has not sealed and the contents of the jar should be refrigerated immediately for use within 1-2 weeks.
• Label the sealed jars and store in a dark, cool, dry place for up to 1 year.

SLOW COOKER APPLE BUTTER FOR CANNING

Steps:

• Wash, peel, core apples.
• Slice them as thin as possible.
• Place apples and sugar into crockpot.
• Place crockpot on low and cook for 8-12 hours (I do overnight).
• Using a whisk, thoroughly mix apples until they become smooth. Or use a blender if apples were not sliced thinly enough.

APPLE BUTTER FOR CANNING

Steps:

• Core and thickly slice apples. (should have 30 cups of sliced apples).
• Place in a 10 quart Dutch Oven. Add water or cider. Bring to a boil,.
• reduce heat. Cover and cook until apples are soft, about 30 minutes.
• Stir occasionally. Press through food mill or sieve, and return to.
• dutch oven. Boil mixture gently uncovered for 30 minutes, stirring.
• frequently with long handled spoon until mixture is of desired thickness.
• about 1 3/4 hour. Stir in spices, cook and stir for 15 minutes more.
• Pour into 11-12 hot half pint jars (or 6 pint jars) Adjust lids and.
• process pints 5 minute quarts 10 minute in a boiling water bath canner.

APPLE BUTTER RECIPE FOR CANNING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325.
• Fill the sink with water and a splash of apple cider vinegar.
• Let the apple soak for a few minutes to get the waxy coating off.
• Rub each apple with a towel as you pull it out of the sink.
• Now core and quarter the apples.
• Toss them in a roasting pan with 7 ½ cups of apple juice and 1 ½ cups of apple cider vinegar.
• Put the lid on the roasting pan and put the apple in the oven for about an hour and a half. The apple should be squishy when they are done.
• Next ladle the squishy apple and all the juices into a food mill. .
• Squish everything through the food mill. Occasionally pause and remove the leftovers from the bottom. This will help the new stuff to go through. When you can't get any more good stuff to come out, it's time to remove the stuff in the mill.
• After you are done, put all of the apple butter back into the roasting pan
• Then add 3 cups of white sugar, 3 cups of brown sugar, 1 ½ teaspoons of allspice, 1 ½ teaspoons of ground cloves, and 3 teaspoons of cinnamon to the apple butter. Mix it all together.
• Now it goes back in the oven uncovered for about 3 hours or until it is the consistency that you want. Remember to stir it occasionally.
• Now you can eat, can, or freeze the apple butter.