The Best Apple Butter Recipe (No Peeling!)
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The Best Apple Butter Recipe (No Peeling!)
Description
The Best Apple Butter Recipe starts by chopping cored apples into small pieces without peeling and placing them in a slow cooker. Brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, cloves, salt, and vanilla (from a bean or extract) are mixed in. The mixture cooks on low for ten hours, softening the apples fully. An immersion blender purées the mixture until smooth and lump-free. Then, the cooker runs uncovered for an additional two hours to thicken the apple butter while occasional stirring prevents sticking.
The result is a creamy, spiced apple butter balancing sweetness and warm autumn spices, perfect for toast, biscuits, or as a baking ingredient. The method eliminates peeling, saving time and preserving the pectin and nutrients in the apple skins.
Recommended apple varieties are soft, sweet types like Golden Delicious or Fuji. Avoid tart, firm apples such as Granny Smith. The apple butter stores in the refrigerator for about two weeks or can be frozen for several months.
Ingredients
- 5.5 .5 lbs apple Cored and chopped into small pieces, about ¼", soft, sweet
- 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon cloves ground
- 1 vanilla bean (may substitute 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract)
Instructions
- Slice apples into small pieces (about ¼") and dispose of cores (you do not need to peel the apples).
- Place apples in the basin of large slow cooker
- In a medium-sized bowl stir together sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and cloves until well-combined.
- Pour sugar mixture over apple pieces and stir until well combined.
- Place lid on crockpot and cook on low heat for 10 hours.
- Once 10 hours has elapsed, use an immersion blender to puree apples until smooth and no chunks remain (see note 2 if you do not have an immersion blender).
- Scrape the inside of the vanilla bean into your apple puree (or add vanilla extract).
- Turn crockpot on to low heat and cook another 2 hours uncovered, stirring occasionally.
- Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container, where it will keep about 2 weeks.
Notes
- Use soft, sweet apple varieties like Golden Delicious, McIntosh, Fuji, or Gala for best texture and flavor; avoid tart Granny Smith apples.
- Do not peel apples; coring and chopping into small pieces is sufficient and preserves pectin.
- If an immersion blender is unavailable, use a countertop blender in batches to puree the apples until smooth, then return to the slow cooker.
- Store finished apple butter in airtight containers in the refrigerator for up to two weeks or freeze for several months.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 3pints
Amount Per Serving
Calories 75 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0.25cup | |
| Calories | 75kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Sodium | 36mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 23mg | 0% |
| Sugar | 17g | 34% |
| Calcium | 10mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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