Description
This tasty apple butter is a real slow cooker, but well worth the wait. Depending on the sweetness of the apples used, the amount of sugar may be adjusted to taste.
Ingredients
- 5 ½ pounds apples – peeled, cored and finely chopped
- 4 cups white sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place apples in a slow cooker. Mix sugar
- cinnamon
- cloves
- and salt in a medium bowl; pour over apples and mix well.
- Cover and cook on High for 1 hour.
- Reduce heat to Low and cook
- stirring occasionally
- until mixture is thickened and dark brown
- 9 to 11 hours.
- Uncover and continue cooking on Low for 1 hour. Stir with a whisk to increase smoothness if desired.
- Spoon mixture into sterile containers
- cover
- and refrigerate or freeze.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 11 hrs
Total Time: 11 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 128