Place apples in a large nonreactive pot; cover with water. Bring to a simmer; cook until apples are soft. Puree apples with a food mill or immersion blender. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Stir sugar, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and salt into pureed apples. Transfer to a nonreactive roasting pan. Cook in oven for about 5 hours. Be patient and stir often. Cook until a spoonful of apple butter stands dry on a cool plate, with no liquid weeping from the mound of apple butter. Transfer to sterile pint jars; seal with lids and rings and process for 10 minutes in a hot-water bath. Refrigerate jars after opening. Yielda about 3 quarts.
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Formatted for MasterCook by Susan Wolfe - vwmv81a@prodigy. Com