Spiced Crab Apples

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Title: Spiced Crab Apples
Categories: Fruits, Canning
Yield: 9 pints

5 lb Crab apples
4 1/2 c Apple vinegar (5%)
3 3/4 c Water
7 1/2 c Sugar
4 ts Whole cloves
4 Cinnamon sticks
6 1/2" cubes ginger root
-(fresh)

Yield: About 9 pints

Procedure: Remove blossom petals and wash apples, but leave stems
attached. Puncture the skin of each apple four times with an ice pick or
toothpick. Mix vinegar, water, and sugar and bring to a boil. Add spices
tied in a spice bag or cheesecloth. Using a blancher basket or sieve,
immerse 1/3 of the apples at a time in the boiling vinegar/syrup
solution for 2 minutes. Place cooked apples and spice bag in a clean 1-
or 2-gallon crock and add hot syrup. Cover and let stand overnight.
Remove spice bag, drain syrup into a large saucepan, and reheat to
boiling. Fill pint jars with apples and hot syrup, leaving 1/2-inch
headspace. Adjust lids and process according to the recommendations in
Table 1.

Table 1. Recommended process time for Spiced Crab Apples in a
boiling-water canner.

Style of Pack: Hot. Jar Size: Pints.
Process Time at Altitudes of 0 - 1,000 ft: 20 min.
1,001 - 3,000 ft: 25 min.
3,001 - 6,000 ft: 30 min.
Above 6,000 ft: 35 min.

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* USDA Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994)
* Meal-Master format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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