How to Make Apple Butter

If you are anything like me, then you probably enjoy the fall. I take it to the extreme! I buy too many apples, drink too much cider, and purchase too many sweaters! My family recently went to an orchard and pumpkin patch with my friend Amy's family. 

Naturally, I came home with a lot of apples. This year I set out to make apple butter. We picked Macintosh and Cameo apples, though I'm sure you can use any kind for this. Here's the recipe I used:

Apple Butter

10 medium apples

2 tsp cinnamon 

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 dash of salt

1 cup apple cider (not pictured)

1/4 brown sugar (optional)

Peel, core, and slice your apples. Add all ingredients to your crockpot and cook on low for 8-12hrs or until spreadable. Pour into jars and refrigerate for up to 6 weeks. The jars can be frozen for up to a year as well. 

Make sure to remove every trace of peel. Peel bits are to apple butter as egg shells are to scrambled eggs; not good!

Throw it all in the crockpot and give it a good stir.

Half way there! I kept the lid on for the first 8 hrs and then cracked the lid to allow it to thicken up a bit.

The end result was 24oz of eat-by-the-spoonful deliciousness! The recipe I received from a friend included a can of juice concentrate but at the last minute I used a cup of apple cider instead. I decided that the juice concentrate would be way too sweet! I added a bit of brown sugar but it turned out almost too sweet so wait till the end to see if you need it!

I wish that I could have bottled the smell of the apple butter cooking; divine!

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