Slow Cooker Apple Butter (No Sugar Added)
- Yield: 5 cups 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 5 pounds apples (my favorites: macintosh, golden delicious, braeburn, even granny smith will work)
- 1/2 cup pure apple cider
- 3 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- (optional) 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar OR the juice of 1/2 lemon
Instructions
- Core all apples but don’t peel.
- Put apples plus all other ingredients into a slow cooker and mix with a large spoon or your hands, coating all the apples. It’ll be VERY full.
- Put the lid on and cook at LOW for 10 hours.
- Let the apples cool off a little, then use a blender or food processor to grind up the apple butter evenly. You should not have to add more liquid.
- Store in jars or plastic containers up to a month in the fridge or freeze (in same containers) for 6 months.