Old-Fashioned Apple Butter
This flavorful, homemade apple butter requires little effort to make and tastes like you worked all day. Cooking it in the crock pot is the secret.
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- Serves: 16 persons
Ingredients
- 12to 14 apples (sweet-tart, like a Winesap )
- 2cups apple cider (or juice)
- 2cups sugar
- 2teaspoons cinnamon
- 1teaspoon allspice
- 1teaspoon ground cloves
- 1teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
Step 1
Gather the ingredients.Step 2
Lightly oil a crock pot.Step 3
Don’t peel, but wash, core, and quarter the apples. Put in the crock pot. Stir in cider or juice.Step 4
Cover and cook on low for 10 to 18 hours (or high for 2 to 4 hours).Step 5
Put soft fruit in a food mill to remove skins. Measure fruit back into the crock pot. For each pint (2 cups) of fruit, add 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon allspice, 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves, and 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg.Step 6
Stir well. Cover and cook on high for 6 to 8 hours. Stir every 2 hours.Step 7
Remove cover after 3 hours to allow fruit and juice to cook down.Step 8
Spoon into hot canning jars and process according to canning jar directions. Or spoon into freezer containers.Step 9
Allow apple butter to cool and then store in the freezer.Step 10
Enjoy.