This is one of my most requested recipes, I thought it was the perfect time to repost it in celebration of fall approaching and apple season coming our way! Enjoy!
Have you ever tried a Crockpot Apple Butter Recipe? After trying my hand at Crockpot Applesauce, I wanted to give this Crockpot apple butter recipe a try as well. I will just tell you right now, this is wonderful! This apple treat filled our home with a delicious scent, and tastes so good, taking me right back to my childhood. This apple butter recipe is so easy, and will be a keeper in our household!
Ingredients For Crockpot Apple Butter Recipe
- Apples, peeled, cored, and cut into large sections. (enough to fill your Crockpot to the top)
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 2 tsp lemon juice
How To Cook Crockpot Apple Butter
- Fill Crockpot with prepared apples.
- In separate bowl combine and stir, 1 cup of granulated sugar, 1 cup of brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. (reserve the rest of the sugar for later)
- Pour sugar and spice mixture over apples.
- Turn Crockpot onto low and cook apples for 10 hours. After first 1-2 hours gently stir in the sugar mixture to coat the apples.
- Leave it and forget it now. At this point I let mine cook overnight
- After 10 hours take lid off and stir. Your mixture will be very dark and cooked down by about half the capacity of your Crockpot.
- Stir in lemon juice, and vanilla.
- At this point taste your apple butter for sweetness. I had tart firm apples and they needed more sugar, so I then added the additional 1/2 cup of granulated and 1/2 cup of packed brown sugar. You can adjust accordingly to your taste and the apples you are using.
- Let apple butter continue to cook for 1-2 hours with lid off to absorb more liquid and make apple butter thicken more.
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