These delectable sticky buns make a special dessert treat since they are soft, sticky, sweet, with a hint of salt, and have the crunch of pecans. My family adores these to the hilt.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 2 1/2 cups |
Ingredients
- 4 pounds tomatoes, seeded and diced
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- ¼ cup unsweetened apple juice
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper (Optional)
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon whole cloves
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- ½ cup lemon juice
Instructions
- Combine the tomatoes, onion, garlic, apple juice, and cayenne pepper in a soup pot. Bring to a boil. Place the bay leaf, cloves, celery seed and peppercorns into a spice bag or wrap in cheesecloth. Add to the pot and continue to boil, stirring frequently until the mixture has reduced by half.
- Remove the spice bag and stir in the lemon juice. Continue to boil for 10 more minutes, then remove from the heat. Pour into a container with a lid and refrigerate until using. Use or freeze within 1 week.
Reviews
I made it as the base for the sauce for meatloaf. It was amazing.
Fresh tomatoes are out of season so I used tomato sauce. This catsup is great. I like it because I can control the ingredients. I have a condition that causes many things to burn the tissue in my mouth. I don’t use a lot of catsup but, I miss it if I cannot use it. This recipe is tasty and simple. I was able to can several tiny jelly jars with this catsup.
I like this one too.. Holistic and Organic Recipe for healthy catsup
This recipe is a keeper in my book! I always been a Heinz only catsup lover and this beats it by far and so much better for you using all organic ingredients. However i did tweet the recipe to my liking. I used only Roma tomatoes, two large onions, 8 cloves of fresh garlic, 3/4 cup organic apple juice that i had already canned, tripled the cayenne pepper, organic apple cider vinegar, celery seed and peppercorns. I kept the whole cloves and bay leaf as is, as they can become overpowering imo. I added 1 cup of fresh homemade maple syrup from this years harvest. I Omitted the lemon juice. Cooked on the stove top for two hours then i put it in a large crock pot with the lid off overnight. It turned out thick and wonderful. Then transferred it to my food processor to smooth all the lumps out. I added 1/8 tsp canning salt to each 1/2 pint jar. Sealed and hot water bathed for 10 min. I will never buy store catsup again! Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe, can’t wait to make it again and again…
Wow! this recipe is great! I had a whole bunch of tomatoes from our garden that were going to go bad if I did not use them up fast. The only things I did different was I blended the whole tomatoes with the onion and garlic in my VitaMix, added another 1/4 cup of unsweetened apple juice and cut back on the lemon juice by half. Tastes like ketchup to me! I will be using this ketchup recipe from now on!
I was looking for a sugar-free alternative to ketchup and found this recipe. It’s actually pretty good. I think next time I make it, I’ll cut the lemon juice in half…it was just a little too bitter for me. The recipe suggests freezing if not using right away, but I actually canned it in jelly jars. I also have made a good sugar-free barbeque sauce out of this catsup, too. My recipe for that is: 1/3 C organic catsup 2 tsp Worcester sauce 1 1/2 tsp blackstrap molasses 1/4 tsp prepared mustard palmful of smoked paprika (you can use any smoke flavoring you want) 1/2 tsp baking cocoa Just cook it to barbeque sauce consistency. I was very happy with how this turned out. It stayed well on the chicken during grilling.