I slept until 9 this morning, but that didn't stop me from having apple butter assembled in the crock pot by 10.
The family starting peeling and chopping and we had the crock pot full of apple chunks.
My daughter scooped about a tablespoon of local raw honey into the pot with some cinnamon and ground cloves. I poured in some lemon juice. We set it on high, put the lid on, and stirred it every hour.
At 1 p.m. we had applesauce and I scooped it out to have with lunch.
The whole house smells like apples and the flavor was delightful but a tad tart. We used Jonagolds from a local farm.
By 4 p.m., the applesauce had turned a lovely caramel color and I removed the crockpot lid so more liquid can evaporate. As soon as the liquid boils off, I can process in a hot water bath.
After about seven hours, the last hour with the lid off, I loaded the dishwasher with my Ball jars and got the hot water bath ready.
It's been about eight hours now and the dishwasher is approaching the rinse cycle and the apple butter looks like this:
My daughter is getting so adept at filling jars, I couldn't keep up! She also ate the last jar-- you know the one that wasn't quite full enough to process?
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