Old Fashioned Apple Butter - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 to 14 apples (Jonathan or Winesap)
2 c. apple juice
sugar
cinnamon
allspice
cloves

Preparation

Wash, core and quarter apples (do not peel).
Combine apples and apple juice in lightly oiled crock-pot.
Cover and cook on low for 10 to 18 hours (high setting, 2 to 4 hours).
When fruit is tender, put through a food mill to remove peel.
Measure cooked fruit and return to crock-pot.
For each pint of fruit, add 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon allspice and 1/2 teaspoon cloves; stir well.
Cover and cook on high 6 to 8 hours.
Stir every 2 hours.
Remove cover after 3 hours to allow to cook down. Makes 5 (1/2-pint) jars.