Tezón Caramel Apple Pie Jam

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 6 cups apples (i used diced, peeled, cooking 5 granny smiths and 4 fuji apple)
• 1/2 cup apple cider
• 1 teaspoon fruit fresh (optional)
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 (1 3/4 ounce) package powdered fruit pectin
• 3 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup tequila (tezon or any smooth you enjoy)
• 1/4 cup butterscotch schnapps

Recipe

• 1 in an eight cup bowl add apple cider and fruit fresh.
• 2 as you dice add the apples stirring them in so they don`t discolor.
• 3 add them to a large pot, with the brown sugar, cinnamon and butter. cook and stir over low heat until apples are soft, the small dice they should only take 10 minutes.
• 4 stir in pectin and bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. add the sugar and return to a rolling boil. boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 5 turn heat off and add tequila and buttershots.
• 6 remove from the heat and skim off any foam. ladle hot jam into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. adjust caps. process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water bath.