Apple Butter - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 lb. apples
4 c. apple cider
1/2 c. sugar for each cup fruit
2 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. allspice
4 tsp. cinnamon

Preparation

Wash, stem and\tquarter apples.
Place cider in kettle. Add apples and\tcook
slowly
until
soft.
Put apples through strainer.
Measure apples and for each cup, add 1/2 cup sugar. Mix well.
Add\tspices.
Cook
slowly
over low heat, stirring until sugar is
dissolved,
then\tcook rapidly until butter is thick.