Apple Butter
- 5 pounds local apples-mixed varieties
- ½ cup local honey
- ¼ cup apple cider (or Vermont Boiled Cider if you can get your hands on it)
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground mace
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Roughly peel and chop apples. They don't need to be perfect.
- Combine all ingredients in a heavy dutch oven and stir over low heat until it begins to simmer.
- Put on the lid and place in oven for 4 hours.
- Turn the oven off but leave the pot untouched overnight.
- In the morning, return to stove and mash with potato masher (or use a stick blender) and simmer to desired thickness, about ten minutes.
- Store in the refrigerator for short term use, or freeze for winter baking.
Recipe by at https://www.littleflour.com/apple-butter/
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