Crockpot Apple Butter

You’ll love making this heavenly homemade slow cooker apple butter! Incredible on toast, biscuits, in oatmeal and on cookies.

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While homemade apple butter is by far the most classic fruit butter recipe, I also love blueberry butter, peach butter (this recipe is ridiculously good) and pear butter.

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What Is Apple Butter?

Apple butter is made by cooking down and reducing fresh apples for a long time in a slow cooker with brown sugar, cinnamon and vanilla until it turns into thick, concentrated apple spread.

There is no actual ‘butter’ in apple butter! Apple butter had been around for hundreds of years, but the name that was popularized by Jerome Monroe Smucker when apple butter started getting sold commercially in 1897.

(You may also like: Strawberry Butter)

Apple Butter Ingredients

• Sugar: Both brown sugar and white sugar are necessary for a smooth, sticky texture and flavor!
• Salt: Kosher salt preferred.
• Cinnamon: Ground cinnamon is incredibly important, with Vietnamese cinnamon being the best (however any good quality ground cinnamon will work).
• Sweet Apples: The best apples for crockpot butter are orchard-fresh apples (if possible – the fresher the better!). Ideally McIntosh, Golden Delicious, Cortland (my personal favorite) and Jonagold.

How to Make Slow Cooker Apple Butter

1. Combine Ingredients. Place the chopped apples, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt into the slow cooker and stir until the apples are coated.
   
2. Cook and Blend. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, stirring occasionally. Blend with an immersion blender until smooth, then cook uncovered for 1-2 more hours until thickened.
   
3. Finish and Store. Stir in vanilla extract, let cool slightly, then transfer to a sterilized jar. Refrigerate for up to 2 weeks or freeze for longer storage.

(You may also like: Homemade Applesauce)

Storage and Freezing Instructions

To Store: Store the apple butter in a sterilized jar in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Ensure the jar is sealed tightly.

To Freeze: Freeze the apple butter in airtight containers for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight before using.

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Crockpot Apple Butter

Cozy and easy crockpot apple butter recipe that's incredible on toast and makes a great homemade gift for any occasion.

Prep Time: 10 minutes mins

Cook Time: 10 hours hrs

Total Time: 10 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Servings: 2 8oz jars

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Ingredients 

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• ▢ 5.5 pounds sweet apples, cored and chopped
• ▢ 1 cup brown sugar
• ▢ ¾ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• ▢ pinch of salt
• ▢ 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract

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Instructions 

• Place the chopped apples into the slow cooker.
• Add brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt.
• Stir everything together until the apples are evenly coated.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, stirring occasionally, until the apples are very soft and darkened in color.
• Remove the lid and blend the mixture with an immersion blender until smooth (or carefully transfer to a blender in batches).
• Continue cooking uncovered on low for another 1 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally, until thick and spreadable.
• Stir in the vanilla extract at the end of cooking.
• Let cool slightly, then transfer to sterilized jar.
• Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, or freeze for longer storage.

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