apple butter (oven roasted)

Name: Apple Butter (Oven roasted)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 3 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 pound(s) apples, stems removed and quartered; 1 cup(s) cider vinegar (replace with water if you want it sweeter); 2 cup(s) light or dark brown sugar; 1 1/4 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon(s) ground allspice; 1/2 teaspoon(s) ground ginger; 1/4 teaspoon(s) ground cloves; 2 cup(s) water

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64 Pinches

Angel Slave

Hwd, FL

Updated on Dec 8, 2012

When I was a little girl, we had a yard full of fruit trees. There was a wonderful apple tree in our yard that gave us a grand yield every year. From this tree we made apple pies, apple turnovers, and an oven roasted apple butter that was just delicious beyond reason. I believe the buttery texture that this recipe yields comes from cooking the apples with the skins and seeds. The bonus is that the use of the oven shortens the cook time significantly (apple butter can take up to six hours)My favorite benefit from making this apple butter is how my house smells while it's cooking

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 3 Hr

method Canning/Preserving

yield will serve side dishes for family of 4 a few times

Ingredients

4 pounds apples, stems removed and quartered
1 cup cider vinegar (replace with water if you want it sweeter)
2 cups light or dark brown sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cups water

How To Make apple butter (oven roasted)

Step 1

Place apples and vinegar in large stainless stell pot with 2 cups water. Cover, and bring to a boil. reduce heat to medium, and cook 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until apples have applesauce-like consistency. Run mixture through food mill or press through sieve to separate pulp from skin and seeds; discard skin and seeds. transfer pulp (you should have about 5 cups) to large ovenproof dish or Dutch oven.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir remaining ingredients into apple pulp. Bake 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or until apple butter thickens to a spreadable consistency, stirring every 15 minutes.
Step 3

Meanwhile, sterilize jars and lids. Submerge jars in large pot filled halfway with simmering water, and lids in a small pot of simmering water. Keep jars and lids in hot water until ready to use
Step 4

Remove jars one at a time from hot water, and fill with jam, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Seal with Remove jars one at a time from hot water, and fill with jam, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Seal with lids. Place canning rack or cake rack in bottom of large pot, and return sealed jars to pot, adding extra water to cover jars by 1 inch, if necessary. Bring to a boil, and boil 10 minutes. Remove jars from water, and cool
Step 5

We discovered the oven method quite by accident one My dad discovered the oven method accidentally one year. He was planning to make apple butter and my mom had the stove tied up. When it came time to make the apple butter - my father shoved the pulp in the oven and was delighted to discover how quickly it cooked. We never made it stove-top again
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