Old Pappies Crock Pot Apple Butter

Wash, core and quarter apples (don't peel). Combine apples and apple juice in lightly oiled crock pot. Cook on low (10 to 18 hours) or high (2 to 4 hours) until tender.

Put fruit through food mill to remove peel

Measure fruit and return to crock pot.

For each pint of sieved, cooked fruit add 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon allspice and 1/2 teaspoon cloves.

Stir and cook on high for 6 to 8 hours, stirring every 2 hours.

Remove cover after first 3 hours to let it cook down. Add sauterne for last hour of cooking.

Spoon into hot sterilized jars. Can in boiling hot water bath for 10 minutes.

Makes approximately 5 -1/2 pint jars ( jelly jars under canning supplies in most supermarkets) .