Apple jack around here is simply hard cider, or scrumpy with no further efforts at increasing the alcoholic level. You can buy hard cider at any package store, or many markets who carry alcoholic drinks. I guess apple brandy is sometimes called Apple Jack too, saw that when I googled it, but that's a new one on me. It doesn't make any difference how you raise the proof in the end run, it accomplishes the same thing and if I were going to look for the closest equivalent it would be apple brandy.

I'd ask what proof Applejack you sister is using and sub an apple brandy of a similar proof.

A lot of the alcohol is going to burn off in the cooking so buy as good a quality as your purse will allow.

For example, when I make my Bourbon-Fig-Pecan Bundt cake, I splurge and use Maker's Mark Bourbon. It just tastes a lot better than the cheaper stuff -- straight up or cooked.

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I guess I'm in disagreement with most of you.... there is no substitute for Applejack! The end product is never the same. I didn't know how it was made so that was interesting.

There use to be an Italian market out of Chicago where you could order different liquors and they'd ship to you. Have you tried googling "Applejack to buy"? I bet you'd get a few sources.

Well, all applejacks aren't created equal, and some commercial applejacks are made simply of apple brandy laced with grain alcohol.