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.

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.

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.

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.

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.