Apple Butter #3

Crockpot apple butter #3

AmericanChickenIntermediate240 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
6
  • 4 lbs apples, cored and sliced (don't peel)
  • 1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup apple cider
  • grated zest and juice of one lemon
  • 3 TBS grated ginger

Instructions

  1. 1

    Combine apples, brown sugar, apple cider, zest, juice. Cover and cook 8-10 hours on low, till apples are very soft.

  2. 2

    Then stir in ginger, increase heat to high, uncover and cook (stirring now and then) till mixture is reduced to about 3 cups for 8 to 10 hours.

  3. 3

    Put the resulting mash through a food mill.

Tags

crockpotamericanslow-cooker