Apples- tried something new!

[Nuggetsowner:)]

My DH came home the other day with a garbage can full of apples he had gotten for free on a jobsite. I was not sure on the variety. They looked good and tasted great but they were a little tart. I started looking in my old cookbooks for recipes to try with these apples and found a great one!! I thought I would share it with you guys.

Caramel Apple Jam

6 cup apples - peeled.cored, and diced - this was the hardest part.
1/2 cup water
1 tsp butter
1 pkg powdered pectin
3 cups granulated sugar
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Put the apples in a large pot, add water and butter, cook on low to medium untill apples are soft but not mushy. (The mix is thick at this point and I thought it would not work out but it did.) Add the pectin and bring apples to a boil. Then add sugars and spices. Bring mixture back to a full boil stirring constantly. Boil one minute and then remove from heat. Place in hot jars, process in hot water bath for ten minutes. I got about 6 - 7 jelly jars out of each batch. The second time I made it I doubled the recipe and it turned out just fine. This is pretty sweet. I had one jar that was not quite full and we used it tonight over vanilla ice cream. It was VERY good. I have a feeling that is probably how we will use most of what I made because of how sweet it is.

 

[Ugly Cowboy]

Dang, that sounds pretty good! I'm gonna have to give that recipe to someone who knows how to cook it for me (last time I tried to cook pancakes on the stove, I caught 'em on fire. Now I'm banned from the stove, oven, and the microwave, cuz I left a fork in one time... Well, at least I still have my grill!)

 

[coopy]

How about some Candy Apple Jelly.
Candy Apple Jelly


4 cups apple juice
1/2 cup red-hot candies
1 (1.75 ounce) package powdered fruit pectin
4 1/2 cups sugar



1 DIRECTIONS
2 In a large kettle, combine apple juice, candies and pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar; return to a full rolling boil. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; skim off any foam and undissolved candies. Pour hot liquid into hot jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Adjust caps. Process for 5 minutes in a boiling-water bath.