Oh my. This stuff is the best ever. If you ever had that jarred muck in the store, and thought it was gross, try this. It's like apple pie and applesauce had a child. Great on toast or applesauce bread. My kids love it in peanut butter sandwiches.
A fruit butter is fruit cooked down slowly with sugar to make a spread. Butters use less sugar than jams or jellies and so would be somewhat healthier. With the really sweet fruits, butters can taste better because of the less sugar; peach butter is divine, but I find peach jam too sweet.
Slowcooker Apple Butter
5 1/2 lbs apples - cored and finely chopped
4 cups sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
Place the apples in the slowcooker. In a medium bowl mix the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Pour mixture over the apples in the slow cooker and mix well. I have a hard time getting all of this to fit in my 4 quart slowcooker, the lid won't fit tightly. After it cooks down some though, it works well.
Cover and cook on high 1 hour.
Reduce heat to low and cook 9-11 hours, stirring occasionally until the mixture is thickened and dark brown. (If you don't want it to be dark brown, you can add some lemon juice from what I have heard. But then it won't look like apple butter.
Uncover and cook on low for 1 hour to thicken. Stir with a whisk, if desired to increase smoothness.
Spoon mixture into sterile containers, cover and refrigerate or freeze. Jars can also be processed in a water bath and then stored on the shelf.
The smell of cooking apples will make your house smell wonderful. This makes alot and is really yummy.
A fruit butter is fruit cooked down slowly with sugar to make a spread. Butters use less sugar than jams or jellies and so would be somewhat healthier. With the really sweet fruits, butters can taste better because of the less sugar; peach butter is divine, but I find peach jam too sweet.
Slowcooker Apple Butter
5 1/2 lbs apples - cored and finely chopped
4 cups sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
Place the apples in the slowcooker. In a medium bowl mix the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Pour mixture over the apples in the slow cooker and mix well. I have a hard time getting all of this to fit in my 4 quart slowcooker, the lid won't fit tightly. After it cooks down some though, it works well.
Cover and cook on high 1 hour.
Reduce heat to low and cook 9-11 hours, stirring occasionally until the mixture is thickened and dark brown. (If you don't want it to be dark brown, you can add some lemon juice from what I have heard. But then it won't look like apple butter.
Uncover and cook on low for 1 hour to thicken. Stir with a whisk, if desired to increase smoothness.
Spoon mixture into sterile containers, cover and refrigerate or freeze. Jars can also be processed in a water bath and then stored on the shelf.
The smell of cooking apples will make your house smell wonderful. This makes alot and is really yummy.
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