Homemade Apple Butter
This apple butter recipe only takes 5 minutes to prepare and is even more delicious than store-bought varieties. It's thick and silky smooth, sweetened with maple syrup and brown sugar, and perfectly spiced.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 4 hr
- Yield
- 48 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 5 pounds apples ((washed, cored and quartered))
- ¼ cup water
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon cloves
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1
Wash, core and quarter the apples (Since they are not peeled, make sure to wash them thoroughly before using in this recipe).
- 2
In the container of a slow cooker, whisk together water, maple syrup, light brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, sea salt and vanilla extract.
- 3
Then, put the apples in the container and stir to coat with the wet mixture.
- 4
Cook on high for 3 hours or until apples are soft.
- 5
Transfer mixture to a high-powered blender and blend until smooth (alternately, use an immersion blender to blend the ingredients in the crockpot).
- 6
Return the mixture back to the crockpot.
- 7
Cook on high, uncovered for 1 hour, stirring occasionally, or until thickened. (removing the lid allows water to evaporate out of the mixture and causes it to become thick).
- 8
Turn off the crockpot, leave the mixture in the container uncovered to cool completely, stirring occasionally.
- 9
Once cooled to room temperature, transfer it to glass jars and store in the refrigerator.