Apple Butter

You remember my food of the month post, where I mentioned that I needed a lot of apples for something? Well this is it!

Yes, apple butter! Now, the recipe I used came from Ball's Blue Book, and it was supposed to make 3 pints worth, but it actually only wound up filling 2 pint jars, plus enough for this small one, just to keep in the fridge, having only sealed the pints. I suspect I ended up loosing too much apple when I cored it. The recipe I followed went:


Apple Butter
4 pounds apple (Peeled, cored, quartered, simmered in 2 cups water, and pureed. You should get 2 quarts apple pulp, according to the book)
4 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves

But since I wound up with less than 2 quarts apple pulp, I only added 3 cups sugar, a teaspoon and a half cinnamon, and a pinch of cloves. Still, the end product is SUPER sweet, so I would be careful if you plan to use it in say cakes.

This was just a quick little update, I'll have a better recipe up later.

-Lots and lots of love!
Kat