Spiced Crabapples - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 1/2 cups white sugar
3 cups water
2 1/2 cups white vinegar
1 (4 inch) cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon whole allspice
1 teaspoon whole clove
8 cups washed, drained, and pricked once with a fork crabapples

Preparation

Combine sugar, water and vinegar in a large stainless or enamel saucpan.
Break up cinnamon and tie up with allspice and cloves in a large square of cheesecloth and add to pan.
Bring to a boil and boil for 10 minutes.
Add prepared crabapples and return pan to a boil, reduce heat and boil GENTLY for 10 to 15 minutes.
Remove spice bag.
Pack into clean hot jars to 3/4 inch from rim and add boiling syrup to cover, leaving 1/2 inch head space.
Do the jar thing.
Process in a boiling water bath for 20 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 feet.