Apple Butter

[Too Tall]

Lay it on me. I need your best Apple Butter recipe for crockpot cooking.

In a few weeks I'm going to have access to a unlimited supply of apples. The trees were planted at our trailer camp by the good folks who created the place around 1970. There are two varieties, neither are for hand eating. From past results I'd say one is for pies and the other cider. Regardless, both will make for fine apple butter.

I've got my trusty White Mountain apple corer peeler and access to about 6 large crockpots.

The basic plan is to round up some people, pick apples and process them directly into the crockpots. I'll get my helpers to do a very quick rough chop as each apple gets added to the vessels.

This is for refrigerated use, no canning I do not have access to a indoor kitchen or the gumption to boil water ;) LOL I figure there will be enough sugar in these to ward off evil spirits.

This is the recipe I'm starting with:

6 1/2 pounds apples - peeled, cored and sliced
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract (added after heat is turned off)

[jmgorman]

That's about what we used last year to great effect. I would add 2T apple cider vinegar or lemon juice to brighten it up. We did one batch with ginger and anise instead of nutmeg and cloves and it was weird but awesome.

[ours were all hand-eatin' apples, though, so don't be bashful with that sugar!]

[JoB]

agreed on the cider vinegar. i also add a lemon per crockpot. The rest just depends on how long/dark you cook it and in a crock pot that isn't easy - take the lid off and let it go dark IMHO.

That's about what we used last year to great effect. I would add 2T apple cider vinegar or lemon juice to brighten it up. We did one batch with ginger and anise instead of nutmeg and cloves and it was weird but awesome.

[ours were all hand-eatin' apples, though, so don't be bashful with that sugar!]

[Will Neide]

Warm fresh bread and apple butter.....yummmmm!

[Too Tall]

Cider Vinegar and a lemon in every pot. Double check.

[RichTheRoadie]

Apple butter?? Never heard of it - now I'm intrigued...