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Spirited Apple Butter
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- SERVES
- 24
- COOK TIME
- 8 Hr
This Spirited Apple Butter has all of the tastes of the holiday season, but you can eat it whenever you'd like and make it the "most wonderful time of year" year-round! It's perfect for slathering over toast or on biscuits.
What You'll Need
- 3 pounds Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons brandy (see note)
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
What to Do
- Combine all ingredients in a 3- or 3-1/2-quart slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on LOW setting 8 hours, or until apples are falling apart. Mash apple mixture; cool. Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight.
Notes
- Craving apple butter even sooner? Set your slow cooker to HIGH and cook for 3 hours, or until apples are falling apart.
- This apple butter can be stored in the refrigerator up to 1 week.
- If you'd prefer not to use brandy, then substitute 2 tablespoons apple cider.
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joanofark06 7130382
Oct 30, 2015
About how many apples would make 3 pds?
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Test Kitchen Team
Nov 02, 2015
3 pounds of apples is roughly about 5 to 6 apples, depending on the size of the apples. Enjoy!
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carolynwilkerson 9649024
Mar 03, 2013
Can this be canned by using the water bath canning process? I'd like to can so I could store on a shelf and have it later on. Or does it have to be canned in a pressure cooker.
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RonG333
Aug 09, 2013
We make slow cooker apple sauce and butter when ever we need it and it's better than anything you could find at your local grocer. We bought some cheap plastic pint containers and froze the apple butter & sauce. Just as good as canning and way less trouble.
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JudyTrudy
Oct 03, 2012
this is okay for an apple butter but it's still better cooked outdoors in a cast iron pot over an open fire the way ti was meant to be made.
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seedixie
Dec 22, 2012
How long should I cook this when cooking it outside?
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seedixie
Dec 22, 2012
How long should I cook this when cooking it outside?
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RonG333
Aug 09, 2013
The benefits of cooking this outside in a copper or cast iron kettle, besides the trouble and cost of these items, are far diminished by the outcome of cooking the same thing in a slow cooker. Try the slow cooker method and then see if you need to go to any further trouble and expense ..... bet'ch won't. ')
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RonG333
Aug 09, 2013
Try the #1 recipes for apple butter and sauce from allrecipes.com. Yummmmy !
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