Apple Butter Crock Pot Style

Ingredients:

*9-12 medium Variety of Apples, I used Macintosh and Envy

*2 cups Apple Juice

*1/2 cup Sugar

*3 tablespoons bottled Lemon Juice

*1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

*1/4 teaspoon Ground Allspice

*1/4 teaspoon Ground Ginger

*1/8 teaspoon Ground Cloves

*Pinch Ground Nutmeg

*1/8 teaspoon Kosher Salt

*1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions:

Wash and peel apples, cored and cut with apple slicer and then cut slices in half.  Place apples in a crock pot.  

Add to the apples:  Sugar, apple juice bottled lemon juice, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and salt.

Turn crock pot on low for 4 hours or until apples are tender/soft.  Then with an emulsion blender, blend apple mixture until smooth in the crock pot.

Then on low in crock pot allow the apple sauce/butter to thicken another 4-6 hours stirring every so often making sure it doesn’t burn. Cook until mixture thickens and add vanilla.

Cool Apple Butter Completely.  Keep Apple Butter in the fridge for a few weeks in jars with lids or place in small canning jars and store in the freezer.

Lindy