Crock Pot Apple Butter
AmericanVegetarianIntermediate480 min
Ingredients
Servings
5
- 12 to 14 cooking apples, about 16 c.
- 5 gallon cider, water maybe substituted
- 2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 0.3 tsp nutmeg
- 0.3 tsp ground cloves, optional
- 0.3 tsp allspice, optional
Instructions
- 1
Peel, core, chop apples and add to cider in a large pan on stove. Cook like
- 2
applesauce (until they become mushy). Pour apple sauce into slow cooking crock
- 3
pot with lid cracked open using wooden spoon. Cook on low for 12 hours. Stir
- 4
every 2 hours. During last hour of cooking add sugar and then stir every 10
- 5
minutes. During last 1/2 hour of cooking add spices. Will keep several weeks
- 6
in refrigerator. May be frozen. Makes 5 to 8 cups of apple butter.
Tags
crockpotamerican
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