Apple Butter Festivals reign supreme throughout the USA from September through the end of October. Washington state to Virginia, everyone is getting in the swing for mouth-watering comfort apple-butter. Maybe your great-great-grandma made apple-butter in a copper kettle over an outdoor fire or your great grandma made it in the oven and the whole house was apple fragrant for a week. We can now adays pretty much achieve the same quality and flavor cooking a batch of this smooth and creamy apple preserve in a crock pot. Its so simple. Once the apples are peeled, cored and chopped the crock pot does all the work. Sterilize jars and heat lids to preserve your finished product or fill freezer-safe containers. Nothing is as welcomed as a basket of homemade preserves for the holidays. If you are fortunate to have apple trees in your yard, make several batches and have a fundraiser for school or church. Your good neighbors will snap up every jar that you make. Note: use windfallen apples and be sure to compost the peels and cores.
Apple butter is perfect on toast, muffins, corn bread, crepes and makes a fabulous glaze for pork or ham roasts.
Ingredients for 5 quart Crock Pot:
- 3 quarts of apples, peeled cored and chopped
- 2 Tbsp of ground cinnamon
- 3 cups brown sugar, packed
- 1 tsp sea salt or canning salt
Method:
- Place all ingredients in crock pot. Turn to high and cook until bubbly.
- Turn temperature to low and cook until thick and creamy smooth, about 10 hours.
- Taste from time to time for more cinnamon or sugar.
- Fill sterilized jars within 1/4-inch of rim and seal.
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Sounds good. One suggestion – don’t peel and core the apples. Quater, then put them in a large heavy bottomed kettle with just enough water or apple juice to keep from sticking, and simmer until soft, then put through food mill. This method retains the nice pink color from the peels, plus all those nutrients lying next to the peel and the core.
With sausages and chips, delish. Well done
Try my recent posted recipe for fresh fig and walnut butter. Too yummy.
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