More Cooking Adventures

This weekend I really felt like cooking.  A lot.  I made: honey wheat bread, apple butter, pizza margehrita, and ginger honey glazed carrots.  The apple butter in particular was super good and really easy to make, it just takes a loooong time.  It'd be even easier if I had a crock-pot, I've been meaning to pick one of those up at the store for weeks!

Here is the recipe:

5.5 lbs apples (10-14 apples)
3 cups sugar
5 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt

1. Peel and dice apples very finely, and place into a really big pot/crockpot along with all other ingredients.
2. Cook on medium (stovetop) or high (crockpot) for one hour, then reduce heat to low and cook for 12 hours covered, stirring occasionally
3. Remove lid and cook on medium low for one hour, stirring with a whisk (if you don't have no, no big deal)
4. Puree in blender until smooth

Makes approx 6 cups

This is a very forgiving recipe, you can add whatever spices you like (for instance, I added a dash of nutmeg, just for kicks).  You can also use whatever kind of sugar you want, though I find that dark brown sugar provides the best flavour.  I would not recommend using honey or any other kind of liquid sweetener, it might make the apple butter too syrupy, plus 3 cups of honey is waaaay more expensive than three cups of sugar.  Other apple-esque fruits can be used in this recipe, but really, apple butter is superior ;)