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Canned Porter Apples

Wipe, quarter, core, and pare Porter apples, then weigh.

Wipe, quarter, core, and pare Porter apples, then weigh. Make a syrup by boiling for ten minutes one-third their weight in sugar with water, allowing two and one-half cups to each pound of sugar. Cook apples in syrup until soft, doing a few at a time. Fill jars, following Directions for Canning.

Ingredients

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  • Porter apples
  • 0.333 apple weight sugar
  • 2.5 cups per pound of sugar water

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Required Gear

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Saucepan or pot For boiling syrup and cooking apples
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Jars for preserving

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Wipe, quarter, core, and pare Porter apples, then weigh.

  2. 2

    Make a syrup by boiling for ten minutes one-third their weight in sugar with water, allowing two and one-half cups to each pound of sugar.

  3. 3

    Cook apples in syrup until soft, doing a few at a time.

  4. 4

    Fill jars, following Directions for Canning.

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