In the supermarket, apple butter is one of those specialty items that often goes for a premium. But it’s quite easy to make at home, particularly with a slow cooker. All it takes is some apples, brown sugar, lemon juice, and some spices to taste. Remove the cores from the apples, chop them up, and toss them in the slow cooker with the rest of the recipe. Six to eight hours of low and slow cooking later and you’ve got yourself some delicious apple butter.
Key Takeaways:
“A lot of people might not know the difference between applesauce and apple butter. Apple butter is a highly concentrated form of applesauce that is cooked until the sugar in the apples caramelize giving it a darker brown color. It is thick and smooth with delicious spices like cinnamon and cloves.”