Apple Butter - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 bushel apples
2 1/2 c. sugar
2 sticks cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. star anise

Preparation

Peel and core apples to make 2 1/2 cups cooked applesauce. Put through colander and put in crock-pot.
Mix in the rest of ingredients; do not cover.
Cook in crock-pot for 36 hours on low. Place in pint jars or freeze.