Great news! I expected to come home yesterday to a crockpot full of charred apple goo. What I did come home to was a perfect pot of apple butter! I guess the cleaning lady just didn't realize what it was and thought it was burning or something. Here's the recipe that I modified from one Allrecipes.com:
Crock Pot Apple Butter:
5 1/2 pounds apples, peeled and chopped
2 cups sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt
Place all ingredients in crockpot and cook on high for one hour. Then reduce temp to low and cook for 9 hours or until thick. Remove cover and cook additional hour on low. Allow to cool before placing in containers.
A few pointers: I halfed the recipe and it made 4 jars, which is way more reasonable for a family of 2 and a half. I also added a little allspice. This recipe will store in the freezer indefinately, and is good in the fridge for a few weeks.
This weekend I'm making a bunch of breakfast foods to put in the freezer and have throughout the month. This apple butter will go perfect with almost everything I'm making, and it's WAY healthier than syrup!
No comments:
Post a Comment