morning surprise apple butter!

Name: Morning Surprise Apple Butter!
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 12 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5-6 pound(s) apples, fuji is my favorite, but any will work, just adjust sugar to your preference; 2-4 cup(s) sugar, i use 2 cups w/fuji because it's a sweet apple, you may need more depending on the apple you choose; 2 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon(s) ground cloves; 1/8 teaspoon(s) ground nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt

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Seaside, AZ

Updated on Mar 10, 2014

Fuji, Jonathan,and MacIntosh apples.

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prep time 1 Hr

cook time 12 Hr

method Slow Cooker Crock Pot

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Ingredients

5-6 pounds apples, fuji is my favorite, but any will work, just adjust sugar to your preference
2-4 cups sugar, i use 2 cups w/fuji because it's a sweet apple, you may need more depending on the apple you choose
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt

How To Make morning surprise apple butter!

Step 1

Peel, core, and slice apples, the thinner you slice the apple the faster it will cook down. Place all slices in a huge bowl! One large enough that after you sprinkle the spices and sugar on you will be able to toss all together to combine.

Step 2

Combine all spices, sugar and salt in a bowl. Sprinkle over apple slices and toss.
Step 3

Place apples in a crock pot (I used 2 crock pots for faster cooking) and cook on high for 1-2 hours. Lid off! Stir occasionally.
Step 4

Place lid on and turn crock pot to low setting. Cook for 9-10 hours. Stirring occasionally will help with making it thick by letting steam out of the crock pot. Test for consistency by dropping 1/2 teaspoon apple butter on a plate. Wait 2 minutes and if there is a water ring around the apple butter cook 1 hour longer WITH LID OFF. Test again. You do not want watery apple butter! Do this until there is no water ring. Some of the apples I had to cook much longer because they had a higher water content. Keep a close eye on it after 11 hours though because you don't want to scorch it. Stir at edges will help with this.
Step 5

The Fuji apples get a very deep, rich, brown color that I like the best. I couldn't get Jonathans and MacIntosh to get to that same deep color. But the taste was just as delicious! I found an immersion blender helpful to get the smooth consistency that I wanted. (warning: keep it on the bottom of the crock pot while blending) Mine is a Braun.
Step 6

If you do not "can" the apple butter keep it in the refrigerator. I canned several batches and got 3-4 quarts from every batch. If you'd like to can or (put up) the apple butter for storing in the pantry send me a message and I'll tell you how I do it the SUPER EASY way with the microwave! ;-)
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