This Easy Crockpot Apple Butter is so simple and cooks overnight in your crockpot! It’s creamy and sweet and a healthier alternative to jams and jellies.
There is just something about the taste of apple butter that screams fall to me. Fall is my favorite season. I love the cool crisp air, flannel shirts, football and home cooked food. I am sharing a recipe that is sure to make your mouth water and your family will be begging for more. My Easy Homemade Apple Butter recipe is a hit in our home!
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HOW TO MAKE APPLE BUTTER IN THE CROCKPOT
This apple butter recipe is so easy to make! Start by chopping a 5 pound bag of apples. The best apples to use for this recipe are Red Delicious, Gala, Fuji, McIntosh or Winesap as they are softer, meatier apples. You can also use Granny Smith for a more tart flavor like we did, or yellow delicious for a more mild sweetness. The best part about this recipe, is that there is no apple peeling needed. Yes, you read that correctly. You will leave the apple peel on. Peeling apples is usually why most people don’t even want to bother with making homemade apple butter. But not this recipe. Because the skin is the most nutritional part of the apple, keeping it on is a win win.
Since this crockpot apple butter needs about 10 hours on low for cooking (I don’t recommend the high setting as the sugars can burn), the apple butter cooks overnight in your slow cooker so your entire house is filled with the smell of apples and cinnamon when you wake up. YUM!
WHAT IS APPLE BUTTER USED FOR?
Apple butter is basically a condensed applesauce that is thick and spreadable and so delicious. It’s perfect for spreading on toast or English muffins, or any other type of bread or cracker. Since it can be stored for a while in the fridge, apple butter also makes a great holiday gift. You can also make these as cute gifts for friends and family any time of the year because everyone will love them. This batch of apple butter will fill about four half pint jars. Perfect size for sharing. And trust me this is gift anyone would love to receive!
For more delicious apple recipes, try these:
- Classic Apple Pie Recipe
- Slow Cooker Apple Pie Filling
- Apple Crumble Recipe
- Caramel Apple Pie Cheesecake Dip
- Apple Cinnamon Oven Pancake
- Pumpkin Apple Bread
- Caramel Apple Nachos
For all recipes, go HERE. I hope you love this apple butter recipe as much as I do! Enjoy!
Easy Homemade Apple Butter
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- 10 - 12 Medium Apples approximately 5 pounds, cored and chopped. (Leave the skins on the apples)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add chopped apples to a crockpot.
- In a medium size bowl combine sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, ground cloves, salt, ground nutmeg, vanilla extract.
- Pour the sugar mixture over the chopped apples in the crockpot and stir until well coated.
- Cover with lid and cook on low for 10 hours.
- Puree the apple mixture with an immersion blender or a in counter-top blender until smooth.
- Once the apple butter is smooth and cool, store in mason jars or an air tight jar. Store in refrigerator for up to one month or freezer for up to one year.
- Serve chilled or at room temperature on rolls, biscuits, engligh muffins, toast or crackers!
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I am unable to eat the skins because of my health problems, . Is there a reason why you specifically mention to keep skins on? Can I peel them?
They are nutrient rich, and to save time. You can peel them if you like.
I’m going to make this later, the reason I love it without even trying it, is that I have arthritis in my right thumb, for some reason it has come on VERY quickly than my left, which has taken years and will never be more painful than my right! Not that I’m complaining, there is always someone worse off! Not needing to peel the apples is just fantastic! I’m so looking forward to making this, and I’m going to give some of it to my daughter to use instead of apple sauce on the New Year’s Day roast pork dinner. Thank you very much for this and your other slow cooker apple recipes. Just out of interest, have you made apple sauce in the microwave? That works a treat! I just put as many chopped apples as I need into a microwave safe container and cook them for 5 mins, then test, if not done cook for a minute at a time, testing as you go, when done add sugar to taste, and that’s it ?
Oh that sounds awesome!
I made this and it turned out really good. I added extra cinnamon and cut back on the granulated sugar and replaced it with honey.
Thank you, I love that you were able to make it work for you!
What size slow cooker? Thanks.
I use my 6-quart.
Thank you for posting this recipe. I have tried a few other recipes for apple butter and so far, this is sooo much better and easier. Flavor is right up there. Great comfort food. Two thumbs up.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
So glad you enjoyed it!
My husband and I made this on a Saturday when it was done we had some for breakfast. My husband ask if we could make more. So, Saturday evening we made more. We are new to canning and fell in love with doing it together. We made a different recipe the first time. This one is our favorite! This recipe is so easy. I love that I don’t have to peel the apples. This one is going into my book of favorites.
So glad you enjoyed it!
So happy that you and your family loved this recipe!
Thank you for stopping by!
Hi. How do you seal cooled apple butter in mason jars?
Just screw on the lid. Since you’re not canning there isn’t a sealing process. Just screw on the lid and keep in the fridge.
I’m making the apple butter in my crock pot. Still about 2 hours to go. IRS really soupy. Is this normal? Making this for someone special.
Once you finish and stir and puree it will be amazing!
Recently went apple picking and I would love to make this apple butter. Can I just use brown sugar instead? I don’t use white granulated sugar.also trying to watch my sugar intake. Can I use less sugar then recipe says?
Using less sugar will alter the taste and make the recipe more tart, but yes, you can alter it. I haven’t tried it with brown sugar.