{"id":7884,"slug":"spiced-or-pickled-apples","title":"Spiced or Pickled Apples","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["apples (Pound Sweets are best)","four pounds of white sugar to nine pounds of fruit","an ounce of cinnamon bark","half an ounce of cloves","a pint of water","vinegar"],"ingredients_norm":["apple","white sugar to pounds of fruit","cinnamon bark","clove","water","vinegar"],"steps":["Pare the apples, \"Pound Sweets\" are best; crab-apples may be pickled the same way, but do not pare.","Leave on the stems and put into a kettle with alternate layers of sugar; take four pounds of white sugar to nine pounds of fruit, and spice with an ounce of cinnamon bark and half an ounce of cloves, removing the heads.","Heat slowly to a boil with a pint of water; add the vinegar and spices, and boil until tender.","Take out the fruit with a perforated skimmer and spread upon dishes to cool.","Boil the syrup thick; pack the apples in jars and pour the syrup over them boiling hot.","Examine them in a week's time, and should they show signs of fermenting pour off the syrup and boil up for a few minutes, and pour over the fruit scalding, or set the jars (uncovered) in a kettle of cold water and heat until the contents are boiling, and then seal."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350","source_ref":"pg:12350:w104:1","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.9,"content_hash":"5ea2e2a5684c4461097651ede773c56c362fe5d0cdbc49a44faf5e710d5ab2b6","created_at":"2026-08-02T17:05:13Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe, reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/spiced-or-pickled-apples"}