Crockpot Apple Butter
One of the ways that I save money is that I make all my jams & jellies at home, and can them. Just this past week, I made 3 quarts of Lemon Blueberry Jelly, which is by far my family’s favorite jelly ever. You would think that 3 quarts would last a long, long time – but you would be thinking wrong! We eat it on everything from peanut butter & jelly sandwiches to biscuits.
Another of our favorites is Apple Butter. For those of you that haven’t heard of apple butter before, it’s not actually a butter. It’s like a spiced, sauce-like textured, jelly. I prepare a big batch of it in my crockpot, & use some immediately on fresh on hot biscuits – and then can the rest for future use. My daughters actually like to eat it like applesauce because they enjoy it so much.
Pour in the 2 48oz jars of all natural applesauce.
Add in all of the spices & the sugar.
Pour in the apple juice.
Cover, & cook on low for 10 hours. Your house will smell DIVINE while this is cooking!!
After the 10 hours, uncover – and it will look like this:
Using a whisk, give it a good stirring, and it will look like this.
Serve on hot biscuits, &Â can the rest
. Makes about 8 pints.
Crockpot Apple Butter
Ingredients
- 3 pound bag of granny smith apples – peeled cored, & diced
- 2 46oz jars of All Natural Applesauce
- 4 cups sugar
- 1 cup apple juice
- 2-3 tbsp cinnamon depending on how ‘spiced’ you want it
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- Put the peeled & diced apples in a large crockpot. Cook on low for 10 hours. Stir well with a whisk to smooth out at the end of the cooking cycle.
I love apple butter although I have only used store bought. In fact, I buy different kinds of fruit butters when I can.
Yours does not look hard to make and I see, I should be doing this. I would enjoy it.
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That looks like a delicious spread. I can only imagine that anything you put it on because twice as good.
Thank you for this! I’m always looking to make more homemade stuff. I make all of my own bread, biscuits and rolls, now I have apple butter to accompany them.
Oh I AM going to make this! I was just reading a recipe this weekend that called for Apple Butter. Thanks for the easy-to-follow instructions.
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This looks yummy. I make applesauce in the Crockpot all of the time, but have never tried apple butter. I will now. Thanks!
Looks so yummy…I bet they’re tasty in many different dishes!
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yummmmm! This is one of those things I have never actually tried making- now might be the time! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
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Looks and sounds delish ~ I can almost smell the spices! Do you have one of those apple peeler/corer deals…cannot think of the name of them. I have always wondered if they were worth the $$.
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That is beautiful apple butter. It is my favorite spread on toast.
I want to try this and the blueberry lemon jelly. They sound delicious. I sold all my canning stuff when we moved and I really want to get some more so I can make things like this!
I just found your blog…I love it! And this looks simply divine! Yum, yum , yum!
this looks amazing! i made pear butter with the pears from our garden….but i haven’t done it with apples. don’t you just love the crockpot! thank you for sharing with tuesday night supper club!
Oh my god I cannot wait to try this! Not only do I have a hard time finding apple butter since moving, this will give me a use for my crockpot beyond pork and sauerkraut!
Thanks so much for the recipe. It was really good. So easy and smelled wonderful while it was cooking.
It looks great. Please give directions for canning.
Here’s how my grandmother cans – place the jars, rings, & lids into boiling water. Once it has boiled for a few minutes, remove with tongs & potholders. Pour the apple butter into the hot jars, and using your pot holder as protection, seal the jars with the lids & seals. Then turn upside down for 10-15 minutes, and then flip the jars right side up and let sit for at least 30 minutes or until completely cooled. They will seal on their own 🙂
It’s OK to can it even though the original applesauce was already canned? I’m a novice…:)
Yes, it’s perfectly fine – I’ve done it for years!
Does it have to be refrigerated & how long will it keep? I have been wanting to try something like this & yr recipe makes me feel brave enough to do so.. thank u
It can be refrigerated without canning, and should last for a week.