Apple Butter

This homemade Apple Butter recipe is velvety, rich, and tastes like apple pie. Perfect on top of a homemade biscuit or roll, a slice of toast, or even by the spoonful, you'll love the spiced apple flavour, with just enough sweetness of this homemade apple butter to keep you coming back for more. You may be wondering about how to make apple butter on the stove, and this is one of the best apple butter recipes and can be made in about an hour or hour and a half. That may seem like a long cooking time, but a lot of it is hands off.

3 lbs sweet apples (fuji, braeburn, red delicious, golden delicious, etc)
⅔ cup light brown sugar packed
½ cup granulated sugar
2 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
¾ tsp. ground nutmeg
½ tsp. ground allspice
½ tsp. ground cloves
1 Tbsp. lemon juice, freshly squeezed
¾ cup apple juice or cider

Peel, core and chop apples. Add all ingredients to a large dutch oven or heavy bottomed pot. Stir well, then heat over medium heat until apples are soft, about 20 minutes.

Use an immersion blender to purée the mixture. Alternatively, transfer the mixture to a regular blender and purée, then pour back into the same pot.

Cook over low heat for approximately 45 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent spattering, until apple butter has thickened to desired consistency.

Cool completely and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Apple butter can be frozen as well.

Makes 3-3½ cups.

Slow-Cooker Method:
To make crockpot apple butter, fill 6 qt or larger slow cooker with all ingredients (except the apple juice) and stir well.

Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours (overnight works well for this). Purée with immersion blender or transfer to a blender to purée.

To thicken, add apple butter back to slow cooker and cook on low, uncovered, until apple butter thickens to your liking. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking and scorching on the bottom of the slow cooker.