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Slow Cooker Apple Butter

Slow Cooker Apple Butter- only a handful of ingredients needed to make this thick and flavorful fall favorite.

Prep15 min
Cook5 hr
Total5 hr 15 min
Serves16

Slow Cooker Apple Butter- only a handful of ingredients needed to make this thick and flavorful fall favorite.

This homemade, fresh apple butter makes a large batch and costs only a fraction of what store-bought apple butter costs. It’s wonderfully tangy and sweet with lots of cinnamon flavor.

I love the rich, dark flavor of this apple butter. It’s richly flavored with lots of fall spices- cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Your house will smell magnificent with the apples slow cooking in the crock pot all day.

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Apple Butter in slow cooker with spoon scooping it.

How To Make This Recipe

You’ll need to start with about 5 pounds of apples. You can use a variety of apples or one kind. Gala, Honeycrisp, and Fuji all work well.

Peel, core, and chop the apples. Add them to a 6-quart slow cooker along with the sugar, spices, and salt. Stir to coat the apples evenly.

Cook on HIGH for 5 hours or on LOW for 8 to 10 hours. Open the crock pot and let the mixture cool slightly. Then transfer everything to a blender and blend until smooth. If you are lucky enough to have an immersion blender, you can blend it right in the slow cooker.

How To Thicken Slow Cooker Apple Butter

Apple Butter is best when it has a nice thick consistency. To thicken it, after you blend it in the blender, cook it in the slow cooker on HIGH uncovered for about 1 hour, stirring it every so often. It will thicken more as it cools.

How To Store

Can be refrigerated for 1 week or frozen for later use.

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Ingredients

Equipment 6-quart slow cooker, Blender

Steps

1
Combine apple chunks, granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt in a 6-quart slow cooker.
2
Cover and cook on HIGH for 5 hours or on LOW for 8 to 10 hours.
3
Let cool slightly and transfer to a blender. Blend until smooth.
4
Note: if apple butter is too thin, return to slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 1 hour uncovered, stirring occasionally. Keep in mind it will thicken some as it cools.