Spiced apple rings
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | pounds | Tart apples (maximum of 2 1/2 inch diameter) |
| 12 | cups | Sugar |
| 6 | cups | Water |
| 1¼ | cup | Of 5% white vinegar |
| 3 | tablespoons | Whole cloves |
| ¾ | cup | Red hot cinnamon candies OR 8 cinnamon sticks and 1 |
| teaspoon | Red food coloring optional | |
| Ascorbic acid solution see below | ||
Directions
Wash apples. To prevent discoloration, peel and slice one apple at a time. Immediately cut crosswise into ½ inch slices, remove core area with a melon baller and immerse in ascorbic acid solution. To make flavored syrup, combine sugar, water, vinegar, cloves, cinnamon candies or cinnamon sticks and food coloring in a 6 quart saucepan.
Stir, heat to boil and simmer 3 minutes. Drain apples, add to hot syrup and cook 5 minutes. Fill 8-9 1-pint wide mouth jars with apple rings and hot flavored syrup, leaving ½ inch headspace. Adjust lids and process 10 minutes in boiling water canner.NOTE: Ascorbic acid solution is 1 teaspoon pure powdered ascorbic acid with 1 gallon of water or commercially prepared mixes of ascorbic and citric acid.
Submitted By IAN HOARE On 10-17-94