Slow Cooker Apple Butter

Name: Slow Cooker Apple Butter
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 7 h 40 min
Yield: 4 half-pints
Ingredients: 12 cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced (14 cups); 2 cups sugar; 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon; ½ teaspoon ground cloves; ½ teaspoon ground allspice

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Use your slow cooker to make this apple butter. Serve it on toast for breakfast or use as a spread on turkey or ham sandwiches.

Source: Midwest Living

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Recipe Summary

prep:

40 mins

cool:

1 hr

cook:

6 hrs

total:

7 hrs 40 mins

Yield:

4 half-pints

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

12 cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced (14 cups)
2 cups sugar
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground allspice

Directions

Step 1
Place apple slices in a 5- or 6-quart slow cooker. Stir in sugar, cinnamon, cloves and allspice.

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Step 2
Cover; cook on high-heat setting for 4 hours. Stir. Uncover and cook on high-heat setting 2 to 2-1/2 hours more or until apples are very tender and most of the liquid has evaporated. Cool mixture at least 1 hour or cover and chill overnight. Process with an immersion blender or run mixture through a food mill*.
Step 3
Ladle apple butter into half-pint freezer containers, leaving a 1/2-inch head space. Seal and label. Store 3 weeks in refrigerator or for 1 year in freezer. Makes 4 half-pints.

Tips

Mixture may also be processed, 1/2 at a time, in a blender or food processor. Mixture processed this way will be slightly lighter in color and thinner in consistency.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

70 calories; carbohydrates 18g; insoluble fiber 1g; sugars 17g; vitamin c 1.2mg; potassium 40mg.

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