Delicious and Easy Slow Cooker Apple Butter Recipe

This slow cooker apple butter recipe is perfect for fall, as it captures the flavors of fresh apples in a sweet and smooth spread. The slow cooking process allows the apples to break down and caramelize, resulting in a rich and flavorful apple butter that is great on toast, biscuits, or as a topping for oatmeal.

Ingredients

• 5 lbs apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Place the sliced apples in a slow cooker.
2. Add the sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and vanilla extract to the slow cooker.
3. Stir everything together until the apples are evenly coated.
4. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours, stirring occasionally.
5. After 4 hours, use an immersion blender to blend the apples until smooth.
6. Continue cooking on low for an additional 2 hours, or until the apple butter is thickened to your liking.
7. Transfer the apple butter to jars and let cool before refrigerating.

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