Crockpot Apple Butter

Crockpot Apple Butter

 

Ingredients:
 

12-15 apples, medium to large size.
1/2 cup water
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 Tsp allspice
1/2 Tsp cloves (optional)

 
Directions:

• Peel, core and slice apples into quarters. 

• Place in crockpot and add sugar and spices. Mix to stir. 

• Cook on low 8-10 hours. 

• Use a potato masher and mash up the mixture. 

• Cook for another 2 hours or so. 

• Mixture should be brown and thickened. 

• Turn off crockpot and cool for 1-2 hours. 

• Run mixture through the blender. 

• Pour into jars or freezer containers.

NOTES: If after 12 hours, your apple butter is soupy, it's not apple butter. If this happens, remove the lid from the crockpot to allow liquid to escape and cook another 1-2 hours until mixture thickens. How quickly your apple butter becomes dense has a lot to do with the moisture content of your apples. Some types of apples have less moisture than others. 

You can store this in jars or freezer containers for about 3 weeks in your refrigerator. You can freeze it for about 6 months. You can also put in canning jars and do a water bath canning and it will last about a year.
I used a 7 qt crockpot and 16 apples. If your crockpot is smaller you want to use about 12 apples. I got about 6 cups of apple butter.