Crabapple Pickles

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Course : Pickles
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

7 pound Crabapples
7 Cup Beet or cane sugar
3 Cup Vinegar
2 Cup water
1/2 Cup Broken stick cinnamon
1/4 Cup Whole cloves
 

Preparation:

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.