Tomato Butter

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 8 lbs tomatoes (try a mixture of big boy, better boy, and roma)
• 1 1/2 lbs cooking apples (about 3 large)
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 peel, quarter and seed tomatoes.
• 2 you should have about 8 cups.
• 3 quarter and seed apples.
• 4 toss tomatoes and apples into a large kettle and heat until the juice boils.
• 5 reduce to simmer and continue to cook for 40 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 6 reduce heat to low and cook for two hours more, or until mixture is thick and most of the moisture has evaporated.
• 7 add cinnamon and puree in a processor or blender.
• 8 to can, pour hot tomato butter (at least 160*f.) into clean half-pint jars.
• 9 process in boiling water for 35 minutes.
• 10 butter can also be frozen.
• 11 to serve, defrost in the refrigerator overnight.
• 12 yield: 3 to 6 cups, depending on tomato variety.