Apple butter is one of the most comforting, delicious treats for the fall. It is a great quick breakfast on a biscuit, English muffin, or toast. This apple butter is too easy to make. All you have to do is throw the ingredients into your crock pot and let it cook all day. This recipe calls for sweet apples and a smaller amount of sugar than most recipes. The apple butter is spiced with allspice, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. The warm spices will delight your senses. This recipe is the best home fragrance. The aroma will fill your home with delicious apple and spice smells that will comfort your soul. Be sure to make a big batch of this, so you can jar the leftovers for later. This also makes the perfect gift, in a crystal jelly jar, tied with a pretty bow. If you have never canned before, its very easy. You just have to make sure everything is very clean. I have included instructions below. For this recipe, I used 4 Gala apples and 4 Macintosh apples, and I got 3 pint sized jars. In retrospect, I should have used enough apples to fill the crock pot, because we finished off half a jar this morning. Measuring is not crucial in this recipe. You fill your crock pot with sweet apples, add cider about 2/3 way up the apples, about 2 tablespoons of brown sugar per apple, or to taste, and spices to taste. Finish with a touch of salt to help bring out the flavors.
Ingredients
- 8 sweet apples, of any variety, peeled, cored, and chopped or sliced
- 2 cups apple cider, or apple juice
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Method
- Peel and core apples. Add to crock pot. Add cider, sugar and spices. Turn crock pot to high and bring to a bubble. Turn on low and cook for 6-8 hours. Stir the apples about every hour or two. Apple butter is done when it has a deep color, apples are cooked to pieces, and it has thickened.
- You can jar the apple butter by purchasing canning jars, sterilizing them, and running them in a water bath.
Click here for a basic canning tutorial.
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wowow….such a healthy way to eat “butter”!!!
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Sounds very cool…I have yet had anything like this.
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Wow, that is awesome. We usually buy fuji apples but something from the States wouldn’t hurt our agriculture and the environment. That sounds comforting, sweet, homey, almost like Christmas-sy to me.
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OMG! Thank you for this recipe! I can’t wait to try it. I’ve been looking for an apple butter recipe and you just can’t get any easier than the crock pot!
I think I’ll try it with agave and see how it turns out. If you mix 1/4 molasses with 3/4 agave, it tastes just like brown sugar!
I’ll let you know how it turns out.
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this looks so easy and delicious – i love how i learn things on blogs that I would have never thought to do! I have so many apples that I don’t know what to do with – this would be perfect! thanks
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This looks absolutely delicious! I love how easy it is to make, using a crock-pot is a great idea!
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oh my gosh, apple butter reminds me of my aunt and my grandmother. It’s been years since I’ve had any. They used to make it themselves and the store bought stuff just isn’t the same. I think I may have to try this.
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Mmm.. Apple butter sounds so good! A terrific recipe – I love all the spices you use here!
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yum! that sounds so good
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Thank you for this marvelous recipe! My mother-in-law showed me how to can applesauce for the first time a couple of weeks ago and now I’m excited to continue. She told me how to cook the applesauce longer to get apple butter, but honestly, I like the sound of this crockpot version! Printing and saving this post right now . . . ! 8-D
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Oh Yeah I found it. I never imagined how similar and simple, just like apple sauce! I must be very ‘apple sheltered’ lol Haven’t ever jarred on my own but I do remember grandma doing it. Thank you for the step by step instructions on that too!
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Ahh apples… how I love thee