so its on yet still! firswt time making apple butter, the dry run went amazing so wer eoff and running with a 50 gallon garbage can we got off....craigslist! everyone is willing to give unwanted apples (can you say deer bait too lol)
wash
peel
fill a LARGE pot with cut up pieces, stop 3" from the top
add 4-6 cups of water (2" below the apples
simmer for few hours, or until its broken down like apple sauceoccasionally mashing up to break them down faster
let it cook down, as it starts to break down to apple sauce, when it looks like apple sauce its ready to can
add 4-6 cups of sugar,
2 table spoons of cinnamon
2 table spoons of butter
and a thickening agent if you want it more jelly like, or it will be runny
bring to a rolling boil for 1 minute
now, can it

for a extra treat of apple cider, while cooking add an extra quart of water, when its half cooked remove 1 qt, add 3 TBSP of sugar, cool, you got kick ass cider

add 3-4 shots of whiskey and you got HARD CIDER
YUMMMMMY!

we will end up with about 50 jars for under $20