Easy Crock Pot Apple Butter

Watkinslady30's Note:

This is the first recipe I ever used to can apple butter. Recipe starts out with applesauce, great for any time of year. It was my first time canning and it turned out great! This would make great Christmas gifts. I gave a lot of mine away earlier this year and everybody loved it. Their only complaint: put it into bigger jars! This recipe make a dark, spicy, and sweet apple butter. Makes a great sandwich with PB. Note: 3 quarts is equal to 12 cups or 96 ounces applesauce.

• Total Time: 10 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 6 pints

• 3 quarts unsweetened applesauce
• 4 cups white sugar
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1⁄3; cup apple cider or 1⁄3; cup apple juice or 1⁄3; cup water
• ¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• ¾ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Directions:

1. Add applesauce, sugars, and cider together in crock pot.
2. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours.
3. Add spices and cook on low, covered, for 3 more hours.
4. Uncover and continue cooking on low for 1-4 hours or until sufficiently thickened. May take longer, depends on how thick you like it and your crock pot.
5. Ladle hot apple butter into 1/2 pint or pint size canning jars and process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
6. Makes about 6 pints.
7. If you're not into canning, this would probably freeze very well.

Reviews

[Kyrashallen]

Very easy and yummy, I'll definitely be making this again next year. I used homemade applesauce made from Wolf River apples, which are pretty tart, so used the full amount of sugar called for. I also put the spices in right away at the beginning of cooking. Makes 5-6 pints, depending on how thick you cook it down.

[chef glory]

my parents felt this was made the old fashion way. so easy to make and can

[writeratwork]

Because so many of the reviews commented about how sweet this turned out, I only used half the amount of sugar called for and my end result is perfect for me. This is easy and delicious and I plan to make more and use it for Christmas gifts.