Thread: Honey Apple Butter

I've bought and made many jars of Apple Butter, but this one is the absolute ultimate apple butter.

Honey Apple Butter

1/3 cup Splenda brown sugar blend
1/2 cup honey
12-15 apples-peeled, cored, and cut up
1/2 tsp butter
1/8-1/4 tsp ground cinnamon or 1 cinnamon stick
1/8 tsp ground cloves-to taste
pinch salt
1 (20-24 oz) jar unsweetened plain apple sauce
juice of 2 lemons

1. Add all ingredients into a heavy bottomed pot. Cook on med/low for about 4 hours; stirring every little while. ((Cover with a splatter guard screen))
2. Using either an immersion (stick) blender or a processor, puree until desired consistency.
3. Cook for 2 more hours on low; stirring every little while. When desired thickness is reached, remove from heat.
4. Pour into prepared sterilized jars. Wipe clean with a paper towel.
5. Apply 2 piece lids; tighten just to 'finger tip' tightness.
6. Process in a water bath for 10 minutes.
7. Remove from water and place on a towel on counter. Listen for the 'pings' of the sealing jars. Those not sealed needed to be refrigerated.

Regarding Splenda. It is derived from sugar in a chemical process. Their claims of being made from sugar is true, they just leave out the fact that they process it till it is nothing but a chemical.