Ingredients
5 lb apples, cooking type
1 lemon, juice & grated peel
1 orange, juice & grated peel
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 cup apple cider
3 cup brown sugar
Directions
Core and quarter apples, but do not peel. Place in crockpot with
apple cider. Cook on high until very soft, about 1 1/2 hours. Put
cooked apples in blender or food processor, and puree. Measure,
(there should be about 6 cups). For every cup fruit pulp, allow 1/2
cup brown sugar. Return to crock pot. Stir in lemon and orange peel
and juice, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg. Cover. Cook on
high until thick and dark, about 4 hours. At this point you can put
it into hot sterilzed glasses and seal, freeze it it batches or
refrigerate and use within a couple of weeks. We usually refrigerate
since it goes quick around here.
Servings: 1 servings
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