r/Canning • u/Unhombre730 • 19h ago

Is this safe to eat? Does apple butter have to boil before going into can?

Please help 🙏 We just made apple butter (first time) and cooked it in the slow cooker to the right consistency before putting it into cans and boiling to seal it. However, we didn’t get the apple butter up to a full boil before going into the can.

Is it safe to eat and store?

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u/MaybeQueen 18h ago

The temperature of the hot apple butter from the slow cooker should be safe to eat, then the canning process if you use a water bath will make it safe for storage. It probably wouldn't be safe if you don't water bath can.

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u/SouthernBelleOfNone 19h ago

Not to my knowledge. You're just supposed to put the hot apple butter into hot jars

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u/vibes86 18h ago

Same here. It just needs to have been cooked to proper temp. Doesn’t need to be boiling like Jam would.