Our Family Food Favorites: Crockpot Apple Butter

Oct 12, 2015

Crockpot Apple Butter

It's apple time! Time to make Apple Butter! Yum!

Crockpot Apple Butter

12 cups chopped, unpeeled apples

¾ cup apple cider

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. ground cloves

Combine apples and cider in 3 qt. crockpot. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours, until apples are soft. Puree apples and return to pot. Add sugar and spices. Cover and cook on low for 1-2 hours. To thicken, uncover and cook on high to desired thickness. Pour into jars. Process for 10 minutes in boiling water bath.

Fresh apple butter will keep several weeks in the refrigerator or it may be frozen.

Recipe shared by Robin.

"Saying Grace" by Norman Rockwell

This painting was created for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post’s 1951 Thanksgiving issue. It portrays a woman and a young boy saying grace in a crowded restaurant while the people around them glance in their direction. Rockwell was inspired to create this artwork by a reader of the magazine who saw a Mennonite family praying in a restaurant.

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