Apple Butter – Everything Apple Sauce Wishes It Could Be
Sure this apple butter recipe takes many hours to cook, but the recipe is quite easy (after you slice 5 pounds of apples), and once done, you have what is basically a spreadable apple pie filling, only better. Buttered toast sold separately. And, that's just the beginning of what you can do with this miraculous mixture.
It's perfect used as a garnish for cheese plates, especially alongside some nice sharp cheddar, or spread on some cheesy biscuits, which I believe we posted a recipe for last year. Other approved uses include spreading between the layers of a spice cake, filling seasonably appropriate thumbprint cookies, or even as a condiment for pork chops. Sorry, apple sauce.
This is quite a simple procedure using a slow cooker as seen herein, but if you don't have one you can certainly do it on top of the stove over low heat, as long as you use a nice thick-bottomed pot, and stir often. Another option would be to place the mixture in a large roasting pan, and cook it in a slow oven, stirring occasionally until dark and thick.
No matter what method used to cook this, your house will smell amazing, as in they wish they could make scented candles that smell even close to this good. So, for those reasons and more I really do hope you give this a try soon. Enjoy!
Ingredients for about 4 cups of Apple Butter:
- 5 pounds Granny Smith, cored, sliced
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- splash of water, about 1/2 cup