Slow Cooker Apple Butter Recipe

By pattie_d

Here is the recipe that I like to use. Of course adjust the measurements to fit your taste buds if needed. I think it has just the right amount of spices without being overkill. It is pretty sweet though. Yum!

Apple Butter should spread on like smooth butter.

Ingredients

• 12 About 12 apples, peeled, cored and diced (use a mixture of sweet and tart apples)
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup white sugar packed
• 2-4 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract (I use Mexican blend vanilla, it's stronger than regular)
• 2-3 Tablespoons fresh lime juice

Details

Servings 1
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from divascancook.com

Preparation

Step 1

Place all ingredients in crock pot on high. You can certainly speed up the cooking time by cooking on high or cooking with the lid off longer. This recipe is pretty much error proof when it comes to cooking it in your slow cooker. Your goal is to get it thicker however long that takes.

Apple Butter came out too thick? Just add a lil apple cider. Too thin? Just let it cook with the lid off longer.

Flavor: Apple butter should be sweet but not so sweet that it tastes flat like a jelly. It’s a comfort food spread so now it not the time to skim on sugar (unless you just really hate sweet spreads). I use two sugars to help give a lil balance. Using a variety of sweet apples and tart apples is a must in my book. Last, it needs to have the right balance of spices. Depending on the apples you use, all of the other ingredients will need and should be adjusted. The rule to making a good tasting apple butter is to taste, taste, taste!!! Trust your taste buds. TASTE and adjust.

Ok now about the consistancy: Now I know a few people will argue with me here (depending on where you’re from) but apple butter should be thick and spreadable. If it’s like applesauce then it’s just that, overly-sweetened, runny applesauce! It should spread on like smooth butter. Hence the name.