Apple Butter - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 to 14 cooking apples (16 c. chopped)
1 1/2 c. water
1/2 c. vinegar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cloves
1 c. sugar

Preparation

Cook apples, water and vinegar in crock-pot 10 to 12 hours (cored and chopped apples, not peeled), until they are mushy. Cook on low heat for 3 more hours, then mix cinnamon, cloves and sugar.
Puree in strainer and return apples to crock-pot.
Add spices and sugar.
Cook 2 hours, uncovered, in crock-pot.
Pour into hot jars and seal.