Description
Embrace the flavors of fall with this easy Spiced Apple Butter recipe made in a slow cooker. Combining sweet and tart apples with aromatic spices, this velvety spread is perfect for toast, pancakes, or as a heartfelt gift. With minimal hands-on time, your kitchen will fill with the warm aroma of simmering apples and spices, making every jar a delightful taste of autumn.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 medium apples (mix of Granny Smith and Fuji), peeled, cored, and chopped
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Prepare your apples by washing, peeling, coring, and chopping them into chunks.
- In a slow cooker, combine apple chunks with brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and lemon juice.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 8 hours until apples are tender.
- Use an immersion blender to puree until smooth; alternatively, blend in batches using a regular blender.
- Cook on high for an additional hour without the lid to thicken the apple butter.
- Transfer to sterilized jars while warm and seal tightly for storage.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 hours
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 15g
- Calories: 40
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 0mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 11g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: <1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg