I was given 2 very large boxes of red apples. Does anyone know how to make apple sauce or apple butter?
Apple Butter Recipe 4 lbs of good cooking apples 1 cup apple cider vinegar 2 cups water Sugar (about 4 cups, see cooking instructions) Salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon allspice Grated rind and juice of 1 lemon Preparing the Fruit 1 Cut the apples into quarters, without peeling or coring them (much of the pectin is in the cores and flavor in the peels), cut out damaged parts. First Stage of Cooking 2 Put them into large pot, add the vinegar and water, cover, bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer, cook until apples are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Measure out the purée and add the sugar and spices 3 Ladle apple mixture into a chinois sieve (or foodmill) and using a pestle force pulp from the chinois into a large bowl below. Measure resulting puree. Add 1/2 cup of sugar for each cup of apple pulp. Stir to dissolve sugar. Add a dash of salt, and the cinnamon, ground cloves, allspice, lemon rind and juice. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessa
