How to Make Apple Butter with Spice!

Fall is around the corner and the Apple crop is at its peak! Grab a bag of Apples and make a Spicy Apple Butter. Fill the house with the fragrance of Fall!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Apples
• Apple Cider
• Granulated Sugar
• Cinnamon
• Cloves
• Allspice

1. Quarter and remove stem from 4 pounds of apples.

2. Place apples and 1 cup of apple cider in a slow cooker for 10 hours or overnight on High.

3. Sift the apples through a food mill and return pulp to slow cooker.

4. Add 2 1/2 cups of granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon cloves, and 1/2 teaspoon allspice and cook for another hour. If there is too much liquid leave the lid off for this hour.

5. If you want to preserve:
   Ladle apple butter into hot, sterilized pint jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Process in boiling-water canner for approximately 10 minutes.

[goldiec]

on 8/20/2009 Great article how to make Apple Butter with Spice! I love apple butter. 5*

[yeddish]

on 8/28/2007 This sounds so delicious! I am definitely going to try to make this during this fall.
Thanks!