spiced whiskey apple butter
This apple butter is warm and spicy and enhanced with the flavor of your favorite whiskey. (Bourbon works just fine, too). Of course, it's great on toast, muffins, and bagels and anywhere else that you would use apple butter. But I have found that I love this recipe so much that I use it as my streusel base for things like cinnamon rolls and cinnamon swirly bread (in place of the butter those recipes call for in the fillings).
Blue Ribbon Recipe
The hardest part of this fabulous apple butter recipe is peeling all the apples... but the end product makes it so worth it. Do not be scared of the whiskey. The harsh alcohol flavor is cooked out before it goes into the slow cooker. Whiskey (or bourbon if you want to use that) pairs really well with the sweet apples. Add in the cinnamon and spices flavor and this is apple butter brilliance. After blending, we could eat this by the spoonful it was that good. Perfect on biscuits, toast, oatmeal or even to use in baking.
Ingredients
- 8 pounds red apples
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup whiskey
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon, ground
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 pinch salt
How To Make spiced whiskey apple butter
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Step 1Peel, core, and cut your apples into chunks. -
Step 2In a separate bowl, mix together everything but the apples and the whiskey.
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Step 3In a small saucepan, bring the whiskey up to a boil over medium heat. Continue to boil while stirring until its volume is reduced by almost half.
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Step 4In your slow cooker, layer the apple chunks with the spices (like a spicy apple lasagna).
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Step 5After the last layer of apples, pour in the reduced whiskey.
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Step 6Sprinkle the remaining sugar and spice mixture over the apples.
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Step 7Cover and cook on low for 10 hours.
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Step 8Once done, transfer all the apples to your blender. The amount of leftover juice that you transfer with the apples will depend on how thick or thin you would like the apple butter to be.
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Step 9Once the apple butter is blended thoroughly, you can store or can it.
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Step 10Make sure you follow your canner's safety instructions if canning.
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