Pressure Cooker Apple Butter

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 16 apples
• 1/2 cup cider vinegar
• 2 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Recipe

• 1 core and slice apples.
• 2 place in 4 qt electric pressure cooker.
• 3 cook for 1 1/2 hours.
• 4 once steam has escaped through steam valve and remove lid.
• 5 carefully transfer apples to blender or food processor and process until smooth.
• 6 transfer back to pressure cooker pot and add brown sugar and spices.
• 7 cook for an additional 30 minutes.
• 8 release pressure and stir. (this will seem to be watery but it does thicken).
• 9 transfer into 2 qt jars with lids.
• 10 cover jars with paper towel while they cool.
• 11 after apple butter is cooled, cover with lids and proceed as directed.
• 12 you can either refrigerate, freeze, or can according to canning directions.
• 13 **you can also peel and core the apples and use a potato masher instead of a blender. this produces a chunkier apple butter.