Spiced Crabapples

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 cups water
• 2 1/2 cups 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

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, water and vinegar in a large stainless or enamel saucpan.
• 2 break up cinnamon and tie up with allspice and cloves in a large square of cheesecloth and add to pan.
• 3 bring to a boil and boil for 10 minutes.
• 4 add prepared crabapples and return pan to a boil, reduce heat and boil gently for 10 to 15 minutes.
• 5 remove spice bag.
• 6 pack into clean hot jars to 3/4 inch from rim and add boiling syrup to cover, leaving 1/2 inch head space.
• 7 do the jar thing.
• 8 process in a boiling water bath for 20 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 feet.