Old-Fashioned Apple Butter - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 qt. sweet cider
1 peck apples
6 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1/2 Tbsp. cloves

Preparation

Wash and slice apples; add cider and cook until soft, then press through a sieve.
Boil the strained pulp until it is thick enough to heap on a spoon, then add sugar mixed with spices and continue boiling until so thick that no liquid runs from the butter when tested on a cold plate.
Pour while hot into hot jars and seal.
Process 10 minutes in hot water bath.