Ingredients
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2 ½ pounds tart cooking apples, cored and quartered (about 7 medium)
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2 pounds ripe pears, cored and quartered (about 4 medium)
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3 cups apple cider or apple juice
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2 cups granulated sugar
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2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice, strained
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½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
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In an 8- to 10-qt. heavy pot or Dutch oven combine apples, pears, and cider. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Press apple mixture through a food mill or sieve. (You should have 7 1/2 to 8 cups.) Return pulp to pot; discard skins.
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Stir in sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cook, uncovered, over very low heat 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours or until thick enough that mixture mounds on a spoon, stirring often.
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Place pot of apple butter in a sink filled with ice water; stir to cool. Ladle into clean wide-mouth half-pint freezer containers, leaving a 1/2-inch headspace. Seal and label. Store in refrigerator up to 2 weeks or freeze up to 6 months. Apple butter may darken slightly on freezing. Makes 5 to 6 half-pints.
Classic Apple Butter
Prepare as directed, except omit pears and increase apples to 4 1/2 pounds.
Caramel Apple Butter
Prepare as directed, except omit pears, increase apples to 4 1/2 pounds, decrease granulated sugar to 1/2 cup and add 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar.
Water-Bath Canning
Prepare as directed through Step 2. Ladle hot apple butter into hot, sterilized half-pint canning jars, leaving a 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe jar rims with a clean cloth; adjust lids and screw bands. Process filled jars in a boiling-water canner, starting timing when water returns to boiling. Process apple butter 5 minutes. Remove jars from canner; cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| 31 | Calories |
| 0g | Fat |
| 8g | Carbs |
| 0g | Protein |
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Per Recipe 80 | |
| Calories 31 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 0g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat 0g | 0% |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 0.6mg | 0% |
| Total Carbohydrate 8g | 3% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.4g | 1% |
| Total Sugars 7.1g | |
| Protein 0.1g | 0% |
| Vitamin D 0mcg | 0% |
| Vitamin C 4.2mg | 5% |
| Calcium 2.1mg | 0% |
| Iron 0mg | 0% |
| Potassium 24.7mg | 1% |
| Fatty acids, total trans 0g | |
| Vitamin D 0IU | |
| Alanine 0g | |
| Arginine 0g | |
| Ash 0.1g | |
| Aspartic acid 0g | |
| Caffeine 0mg | |
| Carotene, alpha 0.1mcg | |
| Choline, total 0.8mg | |
| Copper, Cu 0mg | |
| Cystine 0g | |
| Energy 129.6kJ | |
| Fluoride, F 3.9mcg | |
| Folate, total 0.9mcg | |
| Glutamic acid 0g | |
| Glycine 0g | |
| Histidine 0g | |
| Isoleucine 0g | |
| Leucine 0g | |
| Lysine 0g | |
| Methionine 0g | |
| Magnesium, Mg 1.4mg | |
| Manganese, Mn 0mg | |
| Niacin 0mg | |
| Phosphorus, P 2.2mg | |
| Pantothenic acid 0mg | |
| Phenylalanine 0g | |
| Phytosterols 0.9mg | |
| Proline 0g | |
| Retinol 0mcg | |
| Selenium, Se 0.1mcg | |
| Serine 0g | |
| Starch 0g | |
| Theobromine 0mg | |
| Threonine 0g | |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0mg | |
| Tryptophan 0g | |
| Tyrosine 0g | |
| Valine 0g | |
| Vitamin A, IU 4.4IU | |
| Vitamin A, RAE 0.2mcg | |
| Vitamin B-12 0mcg | |
| Vitamin B-6 0mg | |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 0.5mcg | |
| Water 19.2g | |
| Zinc, Zn 0mg | |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.