Slow Cooker Apple Butter
This slow cooker apple butter is warm, spiced, and perfect for fall! Made with fresh apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. It cooks low and slow until smooth and spreadable. Delicious on toast, rolls and biscuits.
Servings: 3 cups
Calories: 821kcal
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 5 pounds apples before peeling, cored and diced in to small pieces
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar lightly packed
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
Instructions
- Peeled, cored and sliced. Add apples to slow cooker.
- In a mixing bowl, mix together remaining ingredients.
- Pour over apples and stir to combine.
- Place lid on slow cooker and cook.
- Cook on high 4-5 hours, or on low for 10-12 hours, depending on texture/flavor preference. See blog post for examples of different cook times.
- When apples are tender, you can leave as is for a chunkier apple butter, or you can use an immersion blender to smooth out. See blog post for different examples of textures.
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Notes
You can change the amount of sugar, depending on how sweet your apples are.
The longer the apple butter cooks, the more concentrated it can become. You may prefer to stop the cooking process after 10 hours, or you may prefer a thicker apple butter, cooking it all the way up to 12 hours.
If desired, allow apple butter to cool and then chill before serving. However, it's delicious warm as well.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tablespoon | Calories: 821kcal | Carbohydrates: 212g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 126mg | Potassium: 928mg | Fiber: 20g | Sugar: 184g | Vitamin A: 417IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 135mg | Iron: 2mg
