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Slow Cooker Apple Butter

Deliciously spiced, slow cooked apple butter spread.

Keyword apple butter
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 9 hours
Total Time 10 hours

Ingredients

  • 6 lbs Apples - peeled cored and thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1/2 Cup White Sugar
  • 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons Cinnamon
  • 1/8 Teaspoon Ground Cloves
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Allspice

Instructions

  1. Place thinly sliced apples and vinegar in a slow cooker.
  2. Cook on high for 4 hours, stirring and wiping lid and rim every once occasionally.
  3. Stir and cook 4 more hours in the slow cooker on low.
  4. Stir with a whisk.
  5. Add sugars and spices and mix well.
  6. Continue to cook on low 30 - 60 more minutes or to taste.
  7. Puree with an immersion blender (optional - but it makes for a wonderfully silky texture).
  8. Makes roughly 4 cups finished apple butter.
  9. Store in fridge in jars or pour into sterilized glass canning jars with fresh lids and seals.
  10. Can by fully submerging in a water bath of boiling water for 10 minutes.
  11. Remove and leave undisturbed on the counter for 24 hours to seal and become shelf stable. Any lids that have popped up, store in the fridge.