Author Notes: All the ingredients are the same (almost) as those in apple pie. Why not a jam that can be used as a topping on toast, muffins and pancakes to name a few places? —dymnyno
Makes: 8 pints
Prep time: 1 hrs
Cook time: 1 hrs
Ingredients
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8
cups apples, peeled, cored and chopped
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4 1/2
cups apple juice
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3
tablespoons lemon juice
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3
teaspoons ground cinnamon
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2
teaspoons ground ginger
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1/4
teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/4
teaspoon ground cloves
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1
cup golden raisins, chopped
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1/2
cup rum
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10
cups sugar
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2
boxes pectin (6 ounces liquid pectin)
Directions
- Peel, core and chop the apples
- Put the apples and the apple juice plus all the lemon juice and spices in a large pot and pour the pectin over it and stir together.
- Put the raisins in the rum and set aside to plump up.
- Bring the apples to a rolling boil and keep stirring.
- Add the raisins (discard the rum) and sugar and keep stirring. Bring back to a rolling boil for a few minutes, and remove from the flame.
- Ladle into pint jars and process.
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