Apple Butter
This easy recipe makes the best apple butter and fills your house with the most amazing autumnal smells.
Equipment
- Crock Pot
Ingredients
- 6 pounds apples about 15 apples
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp cloves
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Peel and core your apples then slice into wedges.
- Combine the granulated and brown sugars along with the salt and spices in a medium bowl then mix together and set aside.
- Add the apples to your slow cooker then pour the sugar mixture over and mix to coat the apples. Cover and set slow cooker to 10 hours.
- After 10 hours pour in your vanilla and mix then set to two hours, cooking uncovered to evaporate some liquid.
- If you like chunky apple butter use a potato masher to break the apples down. For a totally smooth apple butter pulse in a food processor or immersion blender until desired consistency is reached.
Notes
- Taste your apples before adding them to your slow cooker. If they're super sweet you can decrease the sugar by 1/4 cup. If they're very flat you can add a squeeze of lemon juice.
- You can simmer the apple butter in a pot over low heat to reduce excess water if you want to have total control over consistency.
- To make this on your stove instead of a slow cooker add the ingredients to a large pot over medium-low heat and cook while stirring frequently for about an hour until the apples are softened then process the apples into a puree and continue to cook at medium low until they caramelize and thicken.
- Make sure to refrigerate containers if you aren't going through the canning process.
Nutrition
Serving: 4tbsp Calories: 77kcal Carbohydrates: 20g Protein: 1g Fat: 1g Saturated Fat: 1g Sodium: 39mg Potassium: 98mg Fiber: 2g Sugar: 17g Vitamin A: 46IU Vitamin C: 4mg Calcium: 12mg Iron: 1mg