Slow Cooker Apple Butter Recipe

Learn how to make apple butter the old fashioned way. This easy apple butter recipe is made in the slow cooker!

Table of Contents

1. How to Make Old-Fashioned Slow Cooker Apple Butter!
2. Homemade Apple Butter Tips and Tricks
3. Slow Cooker Apple Butter

 

It’s that time of the year y’all! It’s time to put all those apples that are just sitting around to use. Usually, when I want to get rid of apples, I whip up a nice homemade apple pie, apple cider, or a fresh apple cake, but in this post, we’re going to make a good old-fashioned slow cooker apple butter recipe!

How to Make Old-Fashioned Slow Cooker Apple Butter!

This is a super easy apple butter recipe. We simply peel and slice the apples and then toss them into the crockpot.

This homemade apple butter recipe is made with brown sugar, granulated sugar, a dash of maple syrup, cinnamon and nutmeg.

I used Granny Smith Apples for this recipe, but feel free to use other apples if you have them on hand.

Homemade Apple Butter Tips and Tricks

If you have a ton of apples that you want to put to use before they go bad, and you’re afraid of making too much of this slow cooker apple butter recipe, keep in mind that this crockpot apple butter can be used for canning; therefore, you can save it for a later date.

Also keep in mind that you can freeze this slow cooker apple butter recipe!

This is seriously the best apple butter recipe. Once you make this, you will never want to buy apple butter from the store again!

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Slow Cooker Apple Butter

This apple butter makes a perfect breakfast spread for anything from toast to biscuits, waffles and more. Can a large batch to enjoy later! 

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Course Breakfast, Slow Cooker

Cuisine American

Keyword apple butter, Homemade Apple Butter, slow cooker apple butter, slow cooker recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 hours hours

Total Time 10 hours hours 15 minutes minutes

Servings 10 servings

Ingredients

• 3 Pounds of Granny Smith Apples peeled & sliced
• 1 Cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup 100% maple syrup
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp of round cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 tbsp of vanilla

Instructions

• Spray your slow cooker with nonstick spray.
• Toss the apple into the slow cooker
• Add the white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, maple syrup, lemon juice, and vanilla.
• Toss the apples until completely coated.
• Set the slow cooker on low, and cook for 10 hours.
• After 10 hours, the apple butter will be dark and thickened.
• Whisk to make it a bit more smooth.
• Let cool.
• Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

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