Recipe and source notes

Old-fashioned Mincemeat

9 quarts Source yield

Ingredients

  • 4 pounds beef
  • 1 pound suet
  • 8 pounds apples
  • 4 pounds sugar
  • 2 pounds raisins
  • 1 cup white vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon salt

Make it step by step

  1. Cook beef until tender, then run through meat grinder with suet.
  2. Pare and quarter apples.
  3. Combine all ingredients and cook one hour, stirring occasionally.
  4. Remove from heat and seal in sterilized jars.

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