Canned Apple Pickles

This is a great way to make use of small fruit or pieces leftover from other projects.

Start by sterilizing your jars, lids, rings, and tools by submerging them in boiling water for several minutes.

Add to a large pan one and a half cups water and two cups apple cider vinegar. Then add six cinnamon sticks and a teaspoon of cloves. Add five cups sugar. Mix all together and bring to a boil. Let simmer at least ten minutes.

I like the taste of the pickles with mint, but my wife doesn't like the mint ones on hamburgers. So depending on your preferences, you decide.

You'll need to peel, core, and slice your apples. Try to get your slices about as thick as a hamburger chip pickle would be. This is a great way to get rid of small apples.

Fish one of the cinnamon sticks out of the syrup. Place it in the jar with the apple slices. Ladle the syrup over, leaving about a third of an inch head space. A few of the cloves in the jar won't hurt, but a lot can get too strong.

Put a lid on the clean rim of your jar. Snug down a ring. Then submerge in the hot water bath.

After the water has resumed a rolling boil, process for thirty minutes. Then remove the jars.