Project Apple Butter: How to...

It's been a while.  I was too tired to blog.  I hate leaving things unfinished so I'm typing up my how to blog tonight while watching MI-5 aka Spooks (BBC).  I didn't take as many pictures of apple butter as I did on PPR (Project Pot Roast) but there are still quite a few.  Here we go

Ingredients  

Cook the apples in apple cider and a little lemon juice.

Lots of apples in lots of pots.

I put the cooked apples through the food mill.

The food mill will remove the skins and mush up the apples to a smooth consistency.

All the apple pulp is in the crock pot with the spices.

I used the spoon to prop the lid open so the excess liquid could evaporate.  The pot was full to the rim  so you can see it worked.  On to the canning.

I ladled the hot apple butter into pre-heated jars and boiled them for about 10 minutes to seal them.  It worked most of the time but I had to re-process a few of them.

Finished apple butter army all properly canned.  No refrigeration needed until after they are opened.

The mess in the kitchen...

spills over into 2 pictures.

Thanks for reading Project Apple Butter.  I encourage you to blog your own Food Project.  If you don't have a blog I'll publish it for you.  Any suggestions for my next project?