Slow Cooker Apple Butter

| Emily Caruso
Slow Cooker Apple Butter

The apples and spices in this recipe slow-cook for hours and fill your house with sweet, cozy comfort.

Ingredients

  • 5 lb apples (peeled, cored and thinly sliced)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp cloves
  • 1/2 tsp allspice

Directions

  1. Stir all ingredients together in slow cooker. Cook on high for 4 hours.
  2. Remove and reserve cinnamon stick.
  3. Place apple mixture into food processor and process until smooth.
  4. Return mixture and cinnamon stick back to the crock pot and cook uncovered on high for about 4 hours, or until mixture is thick and dark.
  5. Place in containers and store in refrigerator for up to 3 weeks, or freeze for up to 3 months.

Adapted from Martha Stewart. Read more from Jelly Toast.