Apple Butter - Old Fashioned - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 lbs apples
1 gallon apple cider
6 cups sugar (or splenda)
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves

Preparation

wash, core, slice apples.
cook in a little cider juice until soft.
press through food mill
add rest of cider and bring to a boil.
add sugar and spices, stir occasionally
simmer several hours until thick [heaps in a spoon].
should be a dark brown color.
can cook in a nesco electric slow cooker for 24 hours.
freeze or process 10 minutes in a hot water bath.