I've had so much fun making these and canning them in the past weeks.
I did have a little issue with the applesauce "siphoning" when I tried to can it -- somehow the seal failed and it oozed down the sides of the ostensibly sealed and processed jars. I took a little sauce out, used new lids, and reprocessed with no ill effects. Phew.
The apple butter is really wonderful -- made with cider, a little cinnamon, and some sugar -- spread on pumpkin bread, it is amazing.
I'm looking forward to giving it to friends for the holidays.
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And I see some of your applesauce separated a bit, like some of mine did (liquid on the bottom). It looks wonderful and yummy!
You know, Susan, I meant to mention that! It was really weird -- it must have happened during the processing, because the jar that I half-filled with the leftovers and threw in the fridge did not separate. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with this problem!
It happened with some of mine--I wondered whether it was b/c I let it process too long? I haven't opened any of those jars yet but i assume it'll all be OK once it's stirred.
I bet that's it, Susan -- I let mine process an extra-long time after the issue I'd had with it the first time. I was worried it wasn't hot enough to start with (since I didn't re-heat the applesauce and re-fill the jars, but just put them back into the canner), so I think I doubled the processing time.
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