All-Day Apple Butter recipe

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Ingredients

5 ½ pounds apples - peeled, cored and finely chopped
4 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon salt

Nutrition Info

34.4 calories
carbohydrate: 9 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: : -
fiber: 0.5 g
protein: 0.1 g
saturatedFat: : -
servingSize: -
sodium: 4.8 mg
sugar: 8.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. 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.

  2. Cover and cook on high 1 hour.

  3. Reduce heat to low and cook 9 to 11 hours, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is thickened and dark brown.

  4. Uncover and continue cooking on low 1 hour. Stir with a whisk, if desired, to increase smoothness.

  5. Spoon the mixture into sterile containers, cover and refrigerate or freeze.

Recipe Yield

4 pints

Recipe Note

This tasty apple butter is a real slow cooker, but well worth the wait. Depending on the sweetness of the apples used, the amount of sugar may be adjusted to taste.

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