Recipe: Tasty Apple Butter - Slow Cooker

Apple Butter - Slow Cooker. Place the apples in a slow cooker. In a medium bowl, combine sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg cloves and salt. Pour the mixture over the apples and mix well.

Place apples and vinegar into a large slow cooker, and place lid on top. A good rule of thumb is to allow the apples to continue cooking for at least one hour after the liquid around the edges of the slow cooker has reached a strong, rolling simmer. If you want the apple butter thicker, you can continue to cook it on low with the lid of the slow cooker slightly ajar so that steam can escape. You can cook Apple Butter - Slow Cooker using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Apple Butter - Slow Cooker

1. It's 1.5 lbs of apples (about 4 medium or 3 large).
2. It's 1/4 cup of brown sugar (could also use maple syrup or honey).
3. Prepare 1 tsp. of ground cinnamon.
4. Prepare 1/4 tsp. of ground cloves.
5. It's 1/4 tsp. of ground nutmeg.
6. You need 1/8 tsp. of ground allspice.
7. You need 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract.
8. It's pinch of salt.

Combine apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, salt, and cloves in a slow cooker. Puree apple mixture with an immersion blender until smooth. The key to a thick and hearty apple butter actually starts with the cooking method. Apples are cooked low and slow until the sugar in the apples caramelizes.

Apple Butter - Slow Cooker step by step

1. Core and roughly chop the apples. You can peel them if you'd like, but I don't feel it's necessary, considering everything will be blended at the end. Place them in a lightly greased slow cooker..
2. Sprinkle the brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and allspice over the apples and stir to incorporate. Place the lid on and cook on low heat for 6 or so hours..
3. After the 6 or so hours, the apples should be all broken down and very tender. It will resemble a chunky, rustic applesauce in texture, but it should be thicker and darker than applesauce..
4. Use an immersion blender to blend it right in the slow cooker bowl or transfer it to a food processor and pulse until smooth. Once its pureed, stir in the vanilla and salt..
5. Place it into a large shallow bowl so it can cool off. Allow it to cool completely, then place it in an airtight container (I like to use a mason jar) and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks..

This technique is what gives apple butter its rich color and dense spreadable texture. Our Slow-Cooker Apple Butter recipe uses brown sugar to get a jump start on the caramelization process! Place the apples in a slow cooker. In a medium bowl, mix the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Pour the mixture over the apples in the slow cooker and mix well.