Homemade Apple Butter

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I just made homemade apple butter....wow, it is so easy and delicious, whoa!

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Apple butter truly is as easy as one, two, three using the slow cooker. Here's how:

Peel, core and dice the apples (which typically takes 15 minutes), and place them in the slow cooker with the sugar and cinnamon for 10 hours.

Uncover the pot for 2 more hours, stirring halfway through this last cooking phase.

Let the apple butter cool, and place it in airtight containers to refrigerate or freeze.

Apple butter is delicious on toast, biscuits, croissants or any other bread you'd enjoy with fruit preserves. The deep brown color comes from the sugar in the apples caramelizing during the slow-cooking process and also gives the spread its characteristic rich flavor.

With the holidays just around the corner, the extra batches in the freezer make for easy homemade hostess, teacher and neighbor gifts. Of course, there's plenty for the family, too.


AMAZING APPLE BUTTER

5 lbs. Granny Smith apples (about 10 large apples)

2 cups granulated sugar

1-1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Peel, core and coarsely dice the apples, placing them in the crock of a 6-quart slow cooker. Add sugar and cinnamon. Cover and cook on low for 10 hours.

Uncover and continue to cook on low heat for another 2 hours or until desired consistency is achieved. Most large chunks of the apple should dissolve and the overall effect will be like soft, slightly grainy butter. (Cook's note: If you have an automatic slow cooker, you'll need to reset the timer for 2 more hours on low. The ''warm'' setting is not sufficient to finish the apple butter.)

Allow the apple butter to cool before placing in airtight containers. Refrigerate or freeze until ready to use. It keeps covered and sealed in the refrigerator for up to a week, in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw frozen apple butter in the refrigerator before using. Makes 6 cups.
 
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