Crockpot Applebutter

The Fuji Apples will be here soon. We are almost out of Applebutter, and ready to mix up more when the apples arrive.

Old-Fashioned Apple Butter

• 12 – 14 sweet-tart apples (like a Winesap, or Fuji)
• 2 cups apple cider or juice
• sugar
• ground cinnamon
• ground allspice
• ground cloves
• freshly ground nutmeg

Crockpot Preparation:

• Lightly oil crockpot. Don’t peel, but wash, core and quarter apples. Put in crockpot. Stir in cider. Cover and cook on low for 10 – 18 hours (or high for 2 – 4 hours). Put soft fruit in food mill to remove skins. Measure fruit back into crockpot.

For each pint (2 cups) of fruit add:

• 1 cup sugar (If apples are sweet decrease sugar accordingly)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (Siagon perferred)
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Stir well. Cover and cook on high for 6 to 8 hours. Stir every 2 hours. Remove cover after 3 hours to allow fruit and juice to cook down. Spoon into hot canning jars and proceed according to canning jar directions. Or spoon into freezer containers. Allow apple butter to cool and then store in freezer. Oven Preperation: Preheat oven 325 F. Cook applebutter uncovered in oven until thick about 3 to 4 hours. Makes about 5 cups.