Spiced crab apples

9 Pints

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
5 pounds Crab apples
4½ cup Apple vinegar (5%)
3¾ cup Water
7½ cup Sugar
4 teaspoons Whole cloves
4 Cinnamon sticks
6 1/2\" cubes ginger root (fresh)
1,001 - 3,000 ft: 25 min.
3,001 - 6,000 ft: 30 min.
Above 6,000 ft: 35 min.

Directions

Yield: About 9 pints

Procedure: Remove blossom petals and wash apples, but leave stems attached. Puncture the skin of each apple four times with an ice pick or toothpick. Mix vinegar, water, and sugar and bring to a boil. Add spices tied in a spice bag or cheesecloth. Using a blancher basket or sieve, immerse ⅓ of the apples at a time in the boiling vinegar/syrup solution for 2 minutes. Place cooked apples and spice bag in a clean 1- or 2-gallon crock and add hot syrup. Cover and let stand overnight. Remove spice bag, drain syrup into a large saucepan, and reheat to boiling. Fill pint jars with apples and hot syrup, leaving ½-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process according to the recommendations in Table 1.

Table 1. Recommended process time for Spiced Crab Apples in a boiling-water canner.

Style of Pack: Hot. Jar Size: Pints. Process Time at Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 20 min.

======================================================= ===== * USDA Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994) * Meal-Master format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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