Oven Apple Butter
  8 Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced 1 cup apple juice 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  Cook diced apple and juice in a Dutch oven over medium heat 30 minutes or until apple is tender. Stir until apple is mashed. Stir in sugar and cinnamon. Pour apple mixture into a lightly greased 11- x 7-inch baking dish.
  Bake at 275° for 4 1/2 hours, stirring every hour, or until spreading consistency. Cover and chill.
  For Spiced Oven Apple Butter: Increase cinnamon to 2 teaspoons and add 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves and 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice. Yield:  3 cups  |