Apple Butter

Name: Apple Butter
Prep time: 4 h 35 min
Cook time: 4 h 35 min
Total time: 4 h 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters apple cider or juice; 237 milliliters apple cider vinegar; 2 kilograms apples; 355 milliliters brown sugar, tightly packed; 0 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 2 Tbsps maple syrup; 1 pinch Pinch salt

Apple Butter is Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, apples, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours and 35 minutes.

Instructions

Special equipment: slow cooker

Equipment you will use

Slow Cooker

Thoroughly wash apples. If they seem waxy, scrub with a produce brush. Organic apples are recommendedsince you will be cooking them with the skins on. Quarter the apples and add them to your slow cooker.

Ingredients you will need

Apple

Equipment you will use

Slow Cooker

Add apple cider vinegar and cider or juice. Cook, covered, until the apples are soft.

Ingredients you will need

Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple

Cider

Juice

Mash the apples with a potato masher until thoroughly pulped. Run the pulp through a food mill to catch the skins and seeds, passing a puree. If you do not have a food mill, press the pulp through a sieve.

Ingredients you will need

Apple

Potato

Seeds

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Potato Masher

Sieve

Add dark brown sugar, maple syrup, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching, until the apple butter darkens and it mounds on a spoon. Adjust sweetness and seasonings to taste. Store in the refrigerator for a monthor water bath can for 15 minutes and store in a cool, dark place for up to a year.

Ingredients you will need

Dark Brown Sugar