Delicious preserves with chunks of tasty apple, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.
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To Make This Spiced Apple Preserves Recipe You Will Need:
- apples
- lemon juice
- water
- sugar
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- lemon
- powdered pectin
- large pot
- whisk
- large spoon (for stirring)
- water bath canner or steam canner
- canning tools (ladle, funnel, etc.)
- half pint jars with lids & rings
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Spiced Apple Preserves
Delicious apple preserves, with chunks of apple, and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. This recipe makes about 8 half pint jars of canned preserves.
Ingredients
- 4 c apples, peeled, sliced and cored (for this recipe, I use sweet, "eating" apples, like Fuji, Macintosh, Jonathan, Red Delicious, etc.)
- 1 c water
- 1 Tb bottled lemon juice
- 1.75 ounce powdered pectin
- 4 c sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced (seeds removed)
Instructions
- Combine the apples, water and lemon juice in a large pot.
- Bring it to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Whisk in the powdered pectin.
- Bring the mixture back to a boil.
- Add in the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon slices.
- Bring the mixture to a rolling boil, and boil for 1 minute – stirring constantly.
- Remove it from the heat and ladle into prepared half pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space.
- Wipe the jar rims with a damp rag, dipped in white vinegar.
- Close the jars with lids and rings and place the jars in your canner.
- Process the jars in a water bath canner for 10 minutes. (Adjust for elevation.)
- Allow to cool in a draft-free location for 12-24 hours.
- Test the seals, remove the rings, wiped down the jars, label and store in your pantry.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1TbCalories: 56kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 11mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 5IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 1mg
Nutritional information is auto-generated and the accuracy is not guaranteed.
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This recipe looks delicious! I have a 50 lb bag of Granny Smith to preserve. Will this recipe work for those? I am a newbie to canning.
What is the tool you are using to measure the head space?
Thanks!
Yes, Granny Smith apples would work. The tool is a bubble wand that has a measuring guide built into it :)
In the video you said 6 cups of apples but the recipe reads 4 cups…. I did 6 cups and it was perfect!
Hello, what an AWESOME recipe! Thanks a great deal. Quick question. Will it be ok to keep the apple preserves unrefrigerated? If so, approximately what’s the shelf life…as if they’d stay there over a week.
If you can/process the preserves, they do not have to be refrigerated. In that case they can stay in the pantry for up to a year or more.
Great news! Thanks for getting back to me. Happy [almost] Summer!
Just made my first batch. Didn’t have powdered pectin, but liquid worked great! Thank you for sharing the recipe it is wonderful!
Thank you!
Do you remove the thin lemon slices before canning? I’m looking forward to making this soon.
No, I left them in there.
Any special type of apple that is best for this recipe? this looks really good, I’d like to try it in my new steam canner!
Hi Cindy! I was actually just coming here to update that with information about the apples. I use sweet, “eating” apples, like Fuji, Jonathan, etc.