Cider Apple Butter

5 lb Apples; cooking apples
1 Lemon; juice & grated peel
1 Orange; juice & grated peel
2 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Allspice
1/4 ts Cloves
1/4 ts Nutmeg
1 1/2 c Apple cider
3 c Brown sugar

Core and quarter apples, but do not peel. Place in slow cooker with apple cider. Cook on high until very soft, about 1 1/2 hours. Put cooked apples in blender or food processor, and puree. Measure, (there should be about 6 cups). For every cup fruit pulp, allow 1/2 cup brown sugar. Return to slow cooker. Stir in lemon and orange peel and juice, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg. Cover. Cook on high until thick and dark, about 4 hours. At this point you can put it into hot sterilized glasses and seal, freeze it in batches or refrigerate and use within a couple of weeks.

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