Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter
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Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter
How Does Spiced Apple Butter Taste?
Rich and warm, this spiced apple butter recipe brings the feeling of fall to your soul.
When To serve Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Thanksgiving
- Friendsgiving
What Pairs with Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter?
Why Is a Crockpot | Slow Cooker Great For Apple Butter?
- It slow cooks the apples and helps prevent them from burning.
- Slow cooking apple butter breaks down the apples and helps them to thicken as they cook.
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What Apples Are Best For Apple Butter?
Softer varieties of apples are best for apple butter. They produce a great texture and cook down faster.
Apple Varieties For Apple Butter
- Fuji
- Golden Delicious
- Jonogold
- Macintosh
Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter
Note: I start these before bedtime and let them cook overnight. You will wake to a glorious smell!
Ingredients
- 8 cups apple peeled, cored, and cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cinnamon sticks
Instructions
Place the apples in a slow cooker with the brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, ground cloves, lemon zest, cinnamon sticks, and salt. Gently toss with a large wooden spoon.
Cook on low for 10 hours until the mixture is thickened and dark brown. Use an immersion blender and puree the apple butter. Toss in the cinnamon sticks and on low for two more hours.
Store in sterile jars for two weeks or freeze in ziplock bags for up to 6 months.
Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter
Ingredients
- 8 cups apple peeled cored, and cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar lightly packed
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cinnamon sticks
Instructions
- NOTE! I prefer to cook overnight. You will wake to a glorious smell!
- Place the apples in a slow cooker with the brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, ground cloves, lemon zest, cinnamon sticks, and salt. Gently toss with a large wooden spoon.
- Cook on low for 10 hours until the mixture is thickened and dark brown.
- Use an immersion blender and puree the apple butter. Toss in the cinnamon sticks and on low for two more hours.
- Store in sterile jars for two weeks or freeze in zip lock bags for up to 6 months.
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