Wash, remove blossom end, and quarter 4 lbs. apples.  Add 2 cups water and simmer until apples are soft and will mush with spoon.  Put through sieve or colander or food mill.  For each cup of pulp, add 1/2 cup sugar.  Return to kettle and add:

     2 TBLS lemon juice

     3 tsp apple pie spice

Heat to boiling and boil (stirring frequently) until thick and right consistency.  Put in clean, sterilized jars and seal.

Yield:  6 to 7 cups

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Taken from Gram-Ma Darlene's Favorite Recipes (Darlene Olson)

NOTE:  In conversation with Mom on 5/16/2009, she advises you may "cheat" on this and start with apple sauce.  If you do so, subsitute "pulp: with unsweetened apple sauce at the sentence starting
"For Each cup of pulp,..." then continue recipe from that point. VKO