Nutmeg Apple Preserves

Gather

Ingredients

• 6 cups peeled, cored, sliced apples
• 1 cup water
• 1 tbsp bottled lemon juice
• 1 package powdered pectin
• ½ lemon, thinly sliced (optional)
• 4 cups sugar
• 2 tsp ground nutmeg

Preserve

Instructions

1. 01

   Pre-sterilize the jars, then cover the pan and simmer the apples with the water and lemon juice for 10 minutes.

2. 02

   Mix in the pectin and heat the mixture to a rolling boil. Add the optional lemon and sugar; bring it back to a rolling boil and boil hard for 1 minute.

3. 03

   Remove from heat, stir in nutmeg, and fill jars with ¼-inch headspace.

4. 04

   In a boiling-water canner, process hot half-pint or pint jars for 5 minutes (base time).
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