After I canned all that soup, I had two pint jars left over. I had some extra time on my hands today and some extra apples laying around so I decided to make apple butter. Really, it was just an excuse for me to make my house smell awesome! Here's the recipe I used:
8 apples, peeled, cored, and grated
2 T ground cinnimon
1 t vanilla
1 t apple cider vinegar
1 c sugar in the raw
Combine ingredients in a small crock pot. Cook on high about 6 hours stirring about once an hour with a fork. Vent the lid to allow steam to boil out.
Since this was a smaller batch, I was able to use my small crock pot. I sterilized my jars and lids the same as I did with the chicken vegetable soup canning project. I probably cooked this a little longer than necessary, but that doesn't really matter. It just smelled amazing and I didn't want it to stop! I ended up only getting about 1 1/4 pints. I filled up one jar and put the rest in the refrigerator.
After researching how to can apple butter, I saw that it needed a water bath for 5 minutes instead of an hour in a pressure cooker :). As I prepared the jar, I put a deep pot of water on to boil and put a cooling rack on the bottom so that the jar wouldn't get jostled around by all the bubbles. The water had to cover at least an inch above the lid of the jar. Once the jar of apple butter went in the water, I put the lid on the pot and let it roll boil for 5 minutes. Then I took it out and it's sitting on a wooden cutting board right now cooling off and finishing the sealing process. I'll go tomorrow and make sure the button on the lid was popped in.
I didn't take any pictures of the apple butter, but I'll try to take some of the finished jar and post it later.
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