Ingredients
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6 cups apples (I used diced, peeled, cooking 5 granny smiths and 4 Fuji apple)
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1/2 cup apple cider
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1 teaspoon fruit fresh
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1 teaspoon butter
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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2 cups brown sugar, packed
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1 (1 3/4 ounce) package powdered fruit pectin
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3 cups sugar
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1/4 cup tequila (Tezon or any smooth white you enjoy)
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1/4 cup butterscotch schnapps
Instructions
- In an eight cup bowl add apple cider and fruit fresh.
- As you dice add the apples stirring them in so they don`t discolor.
- Add them to a large pot, with the brown sugar, cinnamon and butter. Cook and stir over low heat until apples are soft, the small dice they should only take 10 minutes.
- Stir in pectin and bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. Add the white sugar and return to a rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Turn heat off and add tequila and buttershots.
- Remove from the heat and skim off any foam. Ladle hot jam into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Adjust caps. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water bath.