I made apple butter today.
I had a few apples left over from the crop we got this year, other half had gone and rescued them from the tree. I figured as they weren’t good enough for straight eating I’d make something.
I had made apple butter last year and it was a big hit, in fact we are still eating it and down to the last tub this week. I was feeling decidedly lazy and jam was not on my creative agenda today so I went ahead and made some more apple butter.
I can’t remember what recipe I used before so I sort of winged it as they say here, it turned out good.
My recipe.
Around 4lbs of apples, washed, sliced and cored.
1/2 cup brown sugar.
1/2 cup white sugar.
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground ginger
Around 1/2 teaspoon salt.
I mixed everything together in the slow cooker.
I cooked mine on high for four hours, I stirred it every hour or so.
Then turned it to low once it had turned a rich caramely brown colour.
I cooked on low another 3/4 hour then turned off the heat.
I let it cool and transferred into 4 jars.
This is not something we ever see where I live, it’s typically not a Northern Irish thing. However my other half does enjoy a spoonful of this in his breakfast porridge each morning.
I love it but have not tried to make. Actually cook very little except good ole fried southern cooking!
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I am going to have to try this. Thanks for the recipe.
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It’s really quite approximate too, just don’t focus on the weights and timings. Icould tell when it was ready when I stirred it firmly and the apples were all dissolved into the caramel colour sauce.
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My recipe for my apple pie filling is similar to your apple butter recipe..Mine has apples, maple syrup, apple sauce, cinnamon, vanilla, and the juice of 1/2 an orange. No ginger.
Now I am hungry!
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I like the idea of maple syrup in the apple sauce, might try that next time. Thankyou.
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I don’t like pies that are too sugary. the maple syrup and the apple sauce plus the sweet red orange are a good sub for cane sugar and they give the filling a unique flavor.
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I make it in the slow cooker too.
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Easiest way, last year I made it in a big pot but I’m kind of lazy at times.
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We all get that way sometimes. We’re only human and life happens. We get busy and we don’t always want to be in the kitchen cooking all day long.
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yummy
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Thankyou 😉
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