making apple butter...

Part 2  Last night, before I went to bed, I dumped the apples and cider in my good old crock pot and left them to cook on low all night long.  By this morning the magic had happened.  The apples were soft and mushy, ready to be processed and they smelled wonderful.  One of the nice things about this recipe is that you don't need to peel the apples.  When they are thoroughly cooked, the recipe says run them through a food processor.  I don't own a food processor but I do have an ancient blender (best guess - 50 years old, avacado green) which works very well.  I blended the apple butter in small batches so as not to overwhelm the blender and everything went very well except for once when I didn't get the lid on tight enough.  Don't worry.  The splatter wiped off the wall and floor pretty easily.  After all of the apple butter was blended, I put it back in the crock pot, added the sugar, cinnamon and cloves and let it cook for another hour.  Then it was done so I poured  it in little containers and popped them in the freezer.  I don't do canning.  Then, and this is the best part, I used bread to mop up the residue in the crock pot. Yumm!!