π Apple Butter π
Ingredients:
* 6 lbs apples, peeled, cored, and
sliced* 1 cup apple cider or apple
juice* 1 cup brown sugar* Β½ cup
granulated sugar* 2 tsp ground
cinnamon* Β½ tsp ground nutmeg* ΒΌ
tsp ground cloves* ΒΌ tsp salt* 1 tbsp
lemon juice* 1 tsp vanilla
extract
Method:
1. Place the sliced apples in a slow
cooker.
2. Add apple cider, brown sugar,
granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg,
cloves, salt, and lemon juice.
Stir well.
3. Cover and cook on LOW for 8β10
hours, stirring occasionally, until the
apples are very soft and dark.
4. Remove the lid and cook for
another 1β2 hours until thick.
5. Stir in the vanilla extract.
6. Blend until completely smooth.
7. Continue cooking uncovered if
needed until thick and spreadable.
8. Cool and refrigerate in clean jars.