All-Day Apple Butter
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This tasty apple butter is a real slow cooker, but well worth the wait. Depending on the sweetness of the apples used, the amount of sugar may be adjusted to taste.
Servings per recipe: 128
Calories per serving: 34
Preparation time: 30m
Total cooking time: 11h 30m
Ingredients:
- 5 1/2 pounds apples - peeled, cored and finely chopped
- 4 cups white sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions:
- 1 Place the apples in a slow cooker. In a medium bowl, mix the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Pour the mixture over the apples in the slow cooker and mix well.
- 2 Cover and cook on high 1 hour.
- 3 Reduce heat to low and cook 9 to 11 hours, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is thickened and dark brown.
- 4 Uncover and continue cooking on low 1 hour. Stir with a whisk, if desired, to increase smoothness.
- 5 Spoon the mixture into sterile containers, cover and refrigerate or freeze.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 0g | |
| Saturated Fat | 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 0mg | |
| Sodium | 5mg | |
| Potassium | 21mg | |
| Total Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.5g | 2% |
| Protein | 0.1g | |
| Sugars | 8g | |
| Vitamin A | 11IU | |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | |
| Calcium | 2mg | |
| Iron | 0mg | |
| Thiamin | 0mg | |
| Niacin | 0mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
| Magnesium | 1mg | |
| Folate | 1mcg |
