Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 600 Minutes |
Ready In: 620 Minutes Servings: 32 |
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This is my version of all day apple butter using more apples, less sugar, and a wider range of spices. It earned me a permanent supply of free apples from my local farmer friend, and I promise it will make you some new friends too! Ingredients:
10 pounds apples - peeled, cored, and chopped |
1/2 cup white sugar |
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
1 teaspoon ground cloves |
1 teaspoon ground allspice |
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
1/4 cup sugar-free butter-flavored syrup |
1/4 cup honey |
1 tablespoon maple syrup |
1 tablespoon mexican vanilla extract |
2 teaspoons lemon juice |
1/2 teaspoon molasses |
Directions:
1. Place apples in a slow cooker. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours.
2. Stir butter-flavored syrup, honey, maple syrup, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and molasses into the apple mixture; mash apples with a potato masher or fork.
3. Reduce heat to Low, cover, and continue cooking apple mixture until thickened and dark brown, 9 to 11 hours, whisking frequently. Remove cover and cook for 1 to 2 more hours.
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