Post by Loupy on Feb 1, 2018 14:13:40 GMT -7
Crock-pot Apple Butter
author sonja @ practical-stewardship.com/2014/09/03/crock-pot-apple-butter/
This recipe is really as easy as throwing in the peeled and cored apples into the crock, cooking, stirring, cooking some more, adding the spices, cooking some more, and then you are set. Super simple. Super scrumptious. You could make this even easier with using pre-made apple sauce and start at step #4 in the instructions. But making apple sauce is so easy, so you may as well use homemade. Unless you don’t have access to fresh apples. Then definitely use apple sauce.
Apple butter makes a great homemade gift. I freeze apple butter in a jar with about one inch of room at the top for expansion.
Ingredients
approximately 8 cups of apples
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg
optional, sugar 1 tablespoon at a time to taste (we use organic evaporated cane juice or coconut sugar)
Instructions
Place peeled, cored, and sliced into a 2-4 quart crock-pot.
Cover and cook on low for about 3-4 hours, stirring about every hour (don't worry if you are gone and can't get to it).
At this point you have apple sauce, and feel free to steal a taste.
Continue cooking for another 8 hours or so with the lid slightly ajar (about an inch-I use a wooden spoon in-between the lid and crock to keep it slightly ajar) to allow moisture to escape.
Stir every hour or two until you reach the desired thickness (I've let it go overnight without stirring before).
Add the cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and taste.
Add more spices if desired. Add sugar at this time, if desired.
Cover and cook another 30 minutes, and enjoy!
author sonja @ practical-stewardship.com/2014/09/03/crock-pot-apple-butter/
This recipe is really as easy as throwing in the peeled and cored apples into the crock, cooking, stirring, cooking some more, adding the spices, cooking some more, and then you are set. Super simple. Super scrumptious. You could make this even easier with using pre-made apple sauce and start at step #4 in the instructions. But making apple sauce is so easy, so you may as well use homemade. Unless you don’t have access to fresh apples. Then definitely use apple sauce.
Apple butter makes a great homemade gift. I freeze apple butter in a jar with about one inch of room at the top for expansion.
Ingredients
approximately 8 cups of apples
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg
optional, sugar 1 tablespoon at a time to taste (we use organic evaporated cane juice or coconut sugar)
Instructions
Place peeled, cored, and sliced into a 2-4 quart crock-pot.
Cover and cook on low for about 3-4 hours, stirring about every hour (don't worry if you are gone and can't get to it).
At this point you have apple sauce, and feel free to steal a taste.
Continue cooking for another 8 hours or so with the lid slightly ajar (about an inch-I use a wooden spoon in-between the lid and crock to keep it slightly ajar) to allow moisture to escape.
Stir every hour or two until you reach the desired thickness (I've let it go overnight without stirring before).
Add the cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and taste.
Add more spices if desired. Add sugar at this time, if desired.
Cover and cook another 30 minutes, and enjoy!
