Slow Cooked Apple Butter

Slow Cooked Apple Butter (from here)

Notes: She might be a little biased, but grandma said it was that best she'd ever had...

I didn't measure my apples, and I used my onion chopper with the smallest insert to chop them. That made it a ton easier. I also didn't use as much sugar as the recipe called for. I think I used 1 cup (maybe two)...I forget.


5 1/2 pounds apples - peeled, cored and finely chopped
4 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Place apples in a slow cooker. In a medium bowl, mix the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and salt ( I didn't do this. I just dumped the spices in on top of the apples and stirred.) Pour mixture over the apples in the slow cooker and mix well.

2. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour (I cooked on high for longer than 1 hour..I did a lot of "estimating" with this recipe.)

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 (I let it cook uncovered for a couple of hours at this point.) Stir with a whisk, if desired, to increase smoothness (I put it in the blender after I was finished cooking it.)

5. Spoon the mixture into sterile containers, cover and refrigerate or freeze. (I froze mine.)