Description
Homemade slow cooker apple butter delivers pure autumn comfort straight from your kitchen. Rich cinnamon and warm spices blend perfectly with sweet local apples, creating a spreadable treasure sure to delight you.
Ingredients
Scale
Ingredients:
Fruits:
- 5 pounds (2.27 kilograms) apples (Gala, or any variety)
Sweeteners:
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
Spices and Seasonings:
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 dashes salt
Instructions
- Meticulously wash and prepare the orchard-fresh apples by carefully removing the skin, extracting the core, and slicing them into uniform, bite-sized segments.
- Transfer the precisely cut apple pieces into the spacious slow cooker vessel, creating a fragrant foundation for the upcoming culinary creation.
- Sprinkle the aromatic brown sugar across the apple landscape, then generously dust the surface with warming cinnamon, exotic nutmeg, pungent cloves, and a delicate whisper of salt.
- Gently fold the ingredients together, ensuring each apple slice becomes perfectly coated with the sweet and spicy seasoning blend.
- Secure the slow cooker lid and initiate the transformative cooking process. Select high temperature for approximately 5 hours or opt for a gentler low temperature setting for 8-10 hours, allowing the apples to surrender into a deeply caramelized, velvety consistency.
- Once the apples have surrendered to total tenderness, carefully transfer the entire contents – including any accumulated liquid – into a blending apparatus.
- Protect yourself from potential splattering by draping a thick kitchen towel over the blender lid, then purée the mixture until achieving a luxuriously smooth, spreadable texture.
- Alternatively, utilize an immersion blender directly within the slow cooker for a convenient and mess-free blending technique.
- Allow the transformed apple butter to cool completely, then lovingly transfer into pristine, airtight glass containers for preservation.
- Enjoy this luscious spread generously slathered on warm toast, rustic biscuits, or as an elegant filling for sophisticated dessert creations.
Notes
- Perfectly ripe, sweet apples create the most delicious and rich apple butter with deep caramelized flavors.
- Slow cooking transforms simple ingredients into a luxurious spread that develops complex, concentrated apple essence over several hours.
- Use a kitchen towel when blending hot mixtures to prevent steam burns and ensure safe, smooth processing.
- Refrigerated apple butter stays fresh for up to two weeks, making it an excellent make-ahead condiment for multiple meals.
- Experiment with different apple varieties like Honeycrisp, Gala, or Granny Smith to customize the butter’s sweetness and texture.
- Store in sterilized glass jars for longer preservation and gift-giving potential, creating a homemade treat everyone will love.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 hours
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 10
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 0.5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg