Spiced Pear Butter

• Ingre­di­ents:
• 6 lb. ripe pears, peeled and cored
• 2 tbsp. cider vinegar
• 2 cup light brown sugar
• ²⁄₃ cup honey
• 2 tsp. grat­ed lemon rind
• ¹⁄₄ cup lemon juice
• ¹⁄₂ tsp. allspice

Wash half pint can­ning jars, bands, lids in hot soapy water. Rinse place jars, bands, and lids in pot of hot water. Brong to a boil, keep sim­mer­ing until needed.

Work in batch­es, puree pears in blender or food proces­sor. Trans­fer puree to dutch oven. Stir in vine­gar, sug­ar, hon­ey, lemon rind, lemon juice, and allspice.

Bring to a boil, cook uncov­ered, for 25 min­utes stir­ring occas­sion­al­ly. (may cov­er pot par­tial­ly to pre­vent spat­ter­ing.) Reduce heat to medi­um; gen­tly boil 40–45 min­utes more until jam­like con­sis­ten­cy. Stir more fre­quent­ly as mix­ture thick­ens. But­ter is cooked when path is made by wood­en spoon pulled through takes about 5 sec­onds to close.

Ladle but­ter into ster­il­ized half pint bot­tles from step one, leav­ing ¹⁄₈ inch head­space. Cov­er with hot, clean lids; screw on bands firm­ly. Process in boil­ing water bath for 5 min­utes. Cool jars on wire racks. Test seals, label, date, and store in cool, dark place for up to one year.