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Crockpot Apple Butter
A long-time family apple butter recipe adapted for the slow cooker. Simple ingredients, simple to make!
Yield: 9-12 jars 1x
Prep: 15 minutesCook: 4 hoursTotal: 9 hours 15 minutes
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Ingredients
- 6 pounds Jonathan apples (I used Braeburn)
- 1 1/5 cups white sugar
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1 tbsp ground Cinnamon
- 2 Cinnamon sticks
- 1 whole star anise
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Instructions
- Peel and chop the apples into small pieces. (Use this apple peeler to speed up the process.)
- Add apples, sugar, apple cider, ground cinnamon, cinnamon sticks and whole star anise to the slow cooker. Stir until apples are coated in the ingredients.
- Cook for 4 hours on low.
- Remove the cinnamon sticks and star of anise
- Use an immersion blender to process the apples and smooth out the texture.
- Add the cinnamon sticks and whole star anise back in and cook for 5 more hours.
- Let cool, remove cinnamon sticks and star of anise.
- Store in mason jars.
Notes/Tips
You could easily freeze the apple butter in mason jars (leaving 1-inch headroom) or in a freezer bag.
If you can’t find Star of Anise, we’ve had readers say they didn’t use it and it turned out fine
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