Categories: Pickles 
      Yield: 6 pints 
  
      7 lb Crabapples 
      7 c  Beet or cane sugar 
      3 c  Vinegar 
      2 c  ;Water 
    1/2 c  Broken stick cinnamon 
    1/4 c  Whole cloves 
  
  Steam hard crab apples a short time before dropping into the syrup. 
  Combine all other ingredients to make a syrup.  Tie spices in a 
  little cheesecloth bag and cook in the syrup for 5 minutes.  Remove 
  apples to clean jars and add another layer, continuing until all 
  apples are cooked. Fill jars with syrup and seal.