Categories: pickles
Ingredients
- 4 quarts crab apples
- 2 cups vinegar
- 5 cups brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp. whole cloves
- 2 sticks cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp. whole allspice
Directions
- Wash crab apples and remove blossom end. Do not pare. Combine remaining ingredients and simmer together 20 minutes. Add apples a few at a time and simmer until tender. Pack apples in hot sterilized jars adding syrup to cover apples. Seal.
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makes 6 pints
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If a spicier apple is desired, add 1 blade of mace and 1 small piece of ginger root to syrup with other spices.