Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter
This dreamy sweet delicious Slow Cooker Old Fashioned Apple Butter Recipe is sure to please. Perfect on a biscuit, on vanilla ice cream, in a milkshake, or on a pork chop. Give this Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter a try.
Original Publish Date: October 31, 2019 | Updated November 2024
Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter
what You Will Love About This Slow Cooker Apple Butter Recipe
- Easy To Make
- Perfect for sharing
- Delicious
How Does Spiced Apple Butter Taste?
Rich and warm, this spiced apple butter recipe brings the feeling of fall to your soul.
Occasions serve Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Thanksgiving
- Friendsgiving
- Hostess Gift
Why Is a Crockpot | Slow Cooker Great For This Slow Cooker Old Fashioned Apple Butter Recipe
- It slow cooks the apples and helps prevent them from burning.
- Slow cooking apple butter breaks down the apples and helps them to thicken as they cook.
What Apples Are Best For Apple Butter?
Softer varieties of apples are best for apple butter. They produce a great texture and cook down faster.
Apple Varieties For Apple Butter
- Fuji
- Golden Delicious
- Jonogold
- Macintosh
Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter Recipe
Makes 6 – 1/2 pint jars
Note: I start these before bedtime and let them cook overnight. You will wake to a glorious smell!
Apple Butter Ingredients
- 12 medium apples (+/- 4 or 5 pounds) peeled, cored, and cut into small pieces
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 cups brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cinnamon sticks
TOOLS YOU’LL NEED
Slow Cooker Apple Butter Instructions
Place the apples in a slow cooker with the brown sugar, white sugar, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, lemon zest, cinnamon sticks, and salt. Gently toss with a large wooden spoon.
Cook on low for 10 hours on low until the mixture is thickened and dark brown. Use an immersion blender and puree the tender apples. Toss in the cinnamon sticks and on low and cook for two more hours.
Store in sterile jars for two weeks or freeze in ziplock bags for up to 6 months.
Easy Crockpot Spiced Apple Butter
Ingredients
- 12 medium apples +/- 4 or 5 pounds peeled, cored, and cut into small pieces
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 cups brown sugar lightly packed
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cinnamon sticks
Instructions
- NOTE! I prefer to cook overnight. You will wake to a glorious smell!
- Place the apples in a slow cooker with the brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, ground cloves, lemon zest, cinnamon sticks, and salt. Gently toss with a large wooden spoon.
- Cook on low for 10 hours until the mixture is thickened and dark brown.
- Use an immersion blender and puree the apple butter. Toss in the cinnamon sticks and on low for two more hours.
- Store in sterile jars for two weeks or freeze in zip lock bags for up to 6 months.
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