Breakfast
Slow Cooker Apple Butter
This Slow Cooker Apple Butter is a deliciously sweet spread made from your favorite apples, perfect for gifting during the holidays.
Written byJenn Bare
Method
Step by step
- 01
Place the apples in the slow cooker.
- 02
Sprinkle lemon juice over top apples.
- 03
Combine the sugar, cinnamon, and cloves in a small bowl. Mix well.
- 04
Add the sugar mixture into the slow cooker and stir.
- 05
Cover. Cook on high 1 hour.
- 06
Reduce heat to low and cook 9 to 11 hours, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is thickened and dark brown.
- 07
Uncover and continue cooking on low 1 hour. Stir with a whisk, if desired, to increase smoothness.
- 08
If desired, use am immersion blender to puree the apple butter. (I prefer mine chunky though!)
- 09
Spoon the mixture into containers, cover and refrigerate or freeze.
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Originally published on getcrocked.com.
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Jenn Bare
Founder of GetCrocked and lifelong slow-cooker devotee. Jenn writes every recipe here with one goal: get families back around the table without the weeknight scramble.
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