Crock Pot Apple Butter

AmericanChickenIntermediate480 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
5
  • 12 to 14 cooking apples, about 16 c.
  • 5 gallon cider, water maybe substituted
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 0.3 tsp nutmeg
  • 0.3 tsp ground cloves, optional
  • 0.3 tsp allspice, optional

Instructions

  1. 1

    Peel, core, chop apples and add to cider in a large pan on stove. Cook like

  2. 2

    applesauce (until they become mushy). Pour apple sauce into slow cooking crock

  3. 3

    pot with lid cracked open using wooden spoon. Cook on low for 12 hours. Stir

  4. 4

    every 2 hours. During last hour of cooking add sugar and then stir every 10

  5. 5

    minutes. During last 1/2 hour of cooking add spices. Will keep several weeks

  6. 6

    in refrigerator. May be frozen. Makes 5 to 8 cups of apple butter.

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Tags

crockpotamerican