Crock Pot Apple Butter in DA HOUSE!!!

It's that time of year again...time to go Apple Picking!!!   Well G (my daughter) and I got soooo many apples that I was trying to find recipes to go with them all.  

 Okay time for a backstory......When I was growing up my Mother Gloria was a true Indian woman.  She would can and preserve everything from tomatoes, okra, peaches, pickles, dry her own corn, beets, jams, jellies and my absolute favorite APPLE BUTTER!!!   Oh how I loved her apple butter, it was like heaven on toast!  Since I live here in New Jersey we drive over to Lancaster, PA every once in a while and buy certain delicious things from the Amish women there.   Apple Butter is always on my list!  

Okay, now since you know my love of Apple Butter, I decided I'll make some.  It can't be THAT hard, so I found this a-m-a-z-i-n-g recipe for it.    It's cooked all night in a crock pot....I love anything that is cooked in a crock pot!   I gathered all my ingrediants and made a quick dash out to Wally World for jelly jars.   

Peeled, cored and sliced a little over 3 lbs. of apples

Approximately 3 lb. apples
3 cups sugar

(I used 1.5 c of organic sugar and 1.5 c of Nuvella)
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. cloves
Dash of salt
3/4 cup water or fresh apple cider

(I used apple cider)

 

Mix well and make sure evenly coated.

Cover and Cook overnight on LOW

*Enjoy how lovely your house will smell*

 (G woke up extra early to see how the apples turned out.)

The mixture was a bit liquidy and the apples were super soft.  As soon as I started stirring them they started breaking up.

 

My Sister told me it looked like chili, but I don't think so.  To me it looks like deliciousness!!!

 

So I took the lid off (remember it was liquidy) and changed the setting to HIGH.  Let it cook for a few more hours LID OFF. (Remember to Stir Often to prevent scorching)

 

Before I knew it the APPLE BUTTER had thickened up and was ready to be canned!!  Yay!!!

 

Followed the instructions on how to sterilize the jelly jars.

 

I filled the hot Apple Butter into warm jars and canned using the Water Bath method.

 

 

I feel that I have offically accomplished canning...bring on the Apocalypse!!!

 

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1612,156179-245203,00.html

For the official instructions I posted the link above.  

Enjoy!!!