Frozen spiced crab apples

1 pint

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
16 smalls Crab apples, ripe
½ cup Sugar
½ cup Cold water
6 Whole cloves
⅛ teaspoon Salt
3 Strips lemon peel

Directions

Use firm crab apples. Wash and remove the blossom ends but leave stems on.

Combine ingredients in saucepan; mix thoroughly. Prick apple in several places and put upright in saucepan and cover loosely. Place over low heat and cook 10 minutes. Do not stir. (Low heat prevents apples from overcooking.)

Remove from heat and set in a cool place until cold. Do not disturb apples.

Pick up apples by the stems and pack in freezer containers (air tight). Stagger them so that the second layer fits between the stems of the first layer. Strain juice in pan over apples, seal and freeze. Let thaw 1-2 hours before serving.

From the Farm Journal's Country Cookbook, 1972 edition.

**JJ** 102495.1340

Submitted By JJ JUDKINS On 10-24-95

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