Crabapple pickles
6 Pints
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | pounds | Crabapples |
| 7 | cups | Beet or cane sugar |
| 3 | cups | Vinegar |
| 2 | cups | ;Water |
| ½ | cup | Broken stick cinnamon |
| ¼ | cup | Whole cloves |
Directions
Steam hard crab apples a short time before dropping into the syrup.
Combine all other ingredients to make a syrup. Tie spices in a little cheesecloth bag and cook in the syrup for 5 minutes. Remove apples to clean jars and add another layer, continuing until all apples are cooked. Fill jars with syrup and seal.