Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter recipe

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Ingredients

10 pounds apples - peeled, cored, and chopped
½ cup white sugar
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground allspice
¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup sugar-free butter-flavored syrup
¼ cup honey
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1 tablespoon Mexican vanilla extract
2 teaspoons lemon juice
½ teaspoon molasses

Nutrition Info

102.2 calories
carbohydrate: 26.8 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 0.3 g
fiber: 3.6 g
protein: 0.4 g
saturatedFat: 0.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 24.7 mg
sugar: 21.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place apples in a slow cooker. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours.

  2. Stir butter-flavored syrup, honey, maple syrup, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and molasses into the apple mixture, mash apples with a potato masher or fork.

  3. Reduce heat to Low, cover, and continue cooking apple mixture until thickened and dark brown, 9 to 11 hours, whisking frequently. Remove cover and cook for 1 to 2 more hours.

Recipe Yield

32 ounces

Recipe Note

This is my version of all day apple butter using more apples, less sugar, and a wider range of spices. It earned me a permanent supply of free apples from my local farmer friend, and I promise it will make you some new friends too!

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