5.0 from 6 votes
Apple Butter Recipe
This homemade Apple Butter is smooth, creamy, and velvety. Super healthy, delicious, and perfect for spreading on toast, muffins, pancakes, and for PBJ's.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
12 hrs
Total Time
12 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 40
Calories: 68 kcal
Course:
Snacks
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 6 lbs apples peeled, cored, and sliced
- 1 ½ cup light brown sugar lightly packed
- 1 TB ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp table salt
- 1 TB pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Whisk to combine. Place apples into slow cooker and toss with spice mixture. Cook on low for 10 hours, stirring occasionally, until mixture is thickened and dark brown.
- Uncover and stir in vanilla. Continue cooking, uncovered, for 2 more hours on low.
- Either use an immersion blender or transfer apple butter to a blender. Puree just until smooth and creamy. Transfer to clean jars, cover, and keep chilled for several weeks.
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- Mix and match apple varieties for a more complex and balanced flavor in your apple butter. We love Honeycrisp, Fuji, Golden Delicious, McIntosh, or Braeburn.
- Servings are an estimate; this recipe makes roughly 4-5 cups. The amount of servings vary, depending on how you choose to use it.
- Use apple butter on toast, English muffins, fluffy pancakes, or stirred into steel cut oatmeal.
- Apple butter will keep in the fridge for several weeks in an airtight container, such as a mason jar.
Nutrition Information
Calories
68kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
18g
(6%)
Protein
0.2g
(0%)
Fat
0.1g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.03g
(0%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.04g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.01g
Sodium
18mg
(1%)
Potassium
85mg
(2%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
37IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
0.2mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 40Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 68
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 68kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Protein | 0.2g | 0% |
| Fat | 0.1g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.03g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Sodium | 18mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 85mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 37IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.