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The Perfect Cheese Plate and Caramel Apple Butter

bakedbree
5 from 1 vote

Ingredients
  

  • 4 1/2 pounds tart apples I used Golden Delicious, not tart but what I like
  • 3 cups apple juice
  • 1 vanilla bean split and seeded (optional)
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Peel and chop apples. Add to a large Dutch oven or 8 quart pot with apple juice. Add the vanilla seeds and pod to the pot.
  • Bring to a boil, and reduce heat.
  • Simmer, covered, for 30 to 35 minutes or until very tender.
  • Take the vanilla bean out, but save it. Run the apples through a food mill, blender, or food processor.
  • Measure 7 1/2 cups and put it back into the pot. (You may have some leftover.)
  • Add brown sugar, sugar. lemon juice, lemon juice, and cinnamon.
  • Bring to a boil, and reduce heat. Cook, uncovered for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours, or until the mixture is very thick and the liquid has been cooked out.
  • Transfer into 6 half pint jars. You can can this recipe but adding the butter to hot sterilized canning jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Process in boiling water canner for 5 minutes.
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