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Grandma Pearl’s Apple Butter
Ingredients
- 4 pounds apples
- 2 cups water or cider
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1½ teaspoons cloves
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- Sugar to taste (also written separately in the notebook)
Original notebook directions
- Stem and quarter apples.
- Cook in liquid until soft.
- Strain and mash, then add all ingredients.
- Cook over low heat, stirring, until mixture slides in sheets.
- Process in jars.
Family and notebook notes
The ingredient list writes both “½ c sugar” and “sugar to taste”; both are preserved.
The notebook does not give a tested processing time or procedure for the jars. Refer to current tested canning directions before attempting shelf-stable storage.