Incredibly Easy & Tasty Crock Pot Apple Butter Based on other reviews, I reduced the amount of sugar and honey by about half which was wise. I didn't have any ground cloves so used whole cloves instead. I used a mixture of Red Delicious, Granny Smith and Fuji apples. I tossed the ingredients into the slow cooker after dinner on low and after 2 hours it seemed to be cooking quickly, so turned it down to the Warm setting all night. Woke up to a wonderfully scented kitchen. I mashed the cooked apples with a pastry cutter until they were in fine chunks. I wanted to avoid pressing the mixture thru a sieve, so used an immersion blender to achieve a creamy texture. It is so delicious - I'm sure we'll find many uses other than just spreading it on English muffins; perhaps a sauce for vanilla ice cream? spooned onto pork chops? blended into a smoothie? I'm also going to try freezing a portion of this batch to see how it holds up. Could be a good idea for easy home-made Christmas gifts
Overnight Apple Butter
Becky Luigart-Stayner; Cindy Barr
Slow-cookers make more than meaty dinner dishes. Make a sweet, rich apple butter spread that goes perfectly on a toasted English muffin or served over pork chops. One taste and you'll never believe it's fat free.
Yield: 4 cups (serving size: 1/4 cup)
Recipe from
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 132
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 0.0g
- Saturated fat: 0.0g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Protein: 0.1g
- Carbohydrate: 35.3g
- Fiber: 3.1g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 0.7mg
- Sodium: 6mg
- Calcium: 18mg
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/4 cup apple cider
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground mace
- 10 medium apples, peeled and cut into large chunks (about 2 1/2 pounds)
Preparation
- Combine all ingredients in a 5-quart electric slow cooker. Cover and cook on low 10 hours or until apples are very tender.
- Place a large fine-mesh sieve over a bowl; spoon one-third of apple mixture into sieve. Press mixture through sieve using the back of a spoon or ladle. Discard pulp. Repeat procedure with remaining apple mixture. Return apple mixture to slow cooker. Cook, uncovered, on high 1 1/2 hours or until mixture is thick, stirring occasionally. Spoon into a bowl; cover and chill up to a week.
- Stovetop variation: Combine all ingredients in a Dutch oven. Cover and cook over medium-low heat 1 hour or until apples are very tender, stirring occasionally. Strain through a sieve as recipe instructs in Step 2. Return mixture to pan. Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat 15 minutes or until thick, stirring frequently.
Note:
A mixture of apple varieties, rather than just one type, will produce apple butter with rich, complex flavor in this slow cooker recipe. Good choices include Esopus Spitzenburg, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Northern Spy, Rome, Stayman, Winesap, and York. Enjoy the apple butter over toast or English muffins, or serve it with pork chops or chicken.
Overnight Apple Butter Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Sauces/Condiments
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fruits
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Sodium, Low Saturated Fat
- COOKING METHOD: Slow Cook
- OCCASION: Autumn
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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