Apple Butter - Slow Cooker. Slow Cooker Apple Butter will make your entire house smell like Autumn. You can even customize your Slow Cooker Apple butter by using apple pie spice or even pumpkin pie spice instead of the blend I have here, and you could try Mexican vanilla instead of Madagascar. This easy Apple Butter recipe made in the slow cooker is the perfect way to use apples if you're planning on going apple picking in the fall!

Friends have told me it is THE BEST ever! We name ours 'Panther Butter' for our local high school football team! I used some fairly tart, but juicy, Paula red apples. You can have Apple Butter - Slow Cooker using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Apple Butter - Slow Cooker

1. You need 1.5 lbs of apples (about 4 medium or 3 large).
2. It's 1/4 cup of brown sugar (could also use maple syrup or honey).
3. It's 1 tsp. of ground cinnamon.
4. Prepare 1/4 tsp. of ground cloves.
5. Prepare 1/4 tsp. of ground nutmeg.
6. It's 1/8 tsp. of ground allspice.
7. It's 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract.
8. It's pinch of salt.

This apple butter recipe is festive, super easy to put together, and almost completely hands-off, making it the perfect gift to DIY during this busy holiday season. The best thing about this recipe is how easy it is to make in a slow cooker. The whole batch cooks up either in one afternoon (with minimal. Make a big batch of Slow Cooker Apple Butter for a fraction of what it costs at the store.

Apple Butter - Slow Cooker instructions

1. Core and roughly chop the apples. You can peel them if you'd like, but I don't feel it's necessary, considering everything will be blended at the end. Place them in a lightly greased slow cooker..
2. Sprinkle the brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and allspice over the apples and stir to incorporate. Place the lid on and cook on low heat for 6 or so hours..
3. After the 6 or so hours, the apples should be all broken down and very tender. It will resemble a chunky, rustic applesauce in texture, but it should be thicker and darker than applesauce..
4. Use an immersion blender to blend it right in the slow cooker bowl or transfer it to a food processor and pulse until smooth. Once its pureed, stir in the vanilla and salt..
5. Place it into a large shallow bowl so it can cool off. Allow it to cool completely, then place it in an airtight container (I like to use a mason jar) and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks..

When the cooking time is up, place the apple butter into a blender, place on the lid. This slow cooker apple butter is the perfect recipe to use after you've gone apple picking! Slow cooker apple butter rules on so many levels. No babysitting the pot, no constant stirring and no having to keep the stove on all day. I don't know what took me so long to give slow cooker apple butter a try.