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Crock Pot Apple Butter & Phyllis Hoffman Celebrate Magazine Giveaway

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home grown apples

Last year I shared my easy no-fuss recipe for making apple butter in the crock pot and since so many apple varieties are beginning to be available, I thought I’d share it again. Also at the bottom is a  giveaway for Phyllis Hoffman’s Celebrate (Festive Fall Issue) Magazine.

 This is my basic recipe for Crock Pot Apple Butter.

  • 5/6 lbs of apples cored and sliced (I don’t peel mine because we don’t mind cooked peels but peel if it bothers you)
  • 4 Cups of sugar (but depends on the sweetness of the apples and how sweet you like things – so taste)
  • 2-3 Tsp. Cinnamon
  • 1/2 Tsp. Ground Cloves
  • 1/4 Tsp. Salt

Put all the apples in your crock pot. Combine all the other ingredients in a bowl and pour over the apples, stir. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour then reduce to low and cook about 8-10 hours. Stir occasionally and mash your apples with a potato masher to get a smooth consistency. Your apple butter should be dark brown and thick when done. Makes 3-4 quarts.

Your house will smell divine while this is cooking!

apple butter on homemade bread

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You can place this in hot sterilized jars and use the water bath method, but I just make one jar to use immediately and the rest I freeze. It’s supposed to keep for about 3 weeks in the fridge but honestly, it never keeps for longer than a week in my house because everyone eats it up!

 

Would you like a copy of Phyllis Hoffman’s Celebrate magazine?

This give away is closed

 

The Festive Fall Issue is 114 pages filled  with gorgeous photos and lots of great fall decorating & entertaining ideas. Plus great fall recipes like Candy Corn Cupcakes,  Individual Pumpkin Trifles, Ginger Pepita Brittle and Pumpkin Bread Pudding – YUMMO!

phyllis hoffman celebrate fall

To enter: Just leave a comment on this post. Please leave a way to contact you. The winner will be picked at random and announced on Friday. Sorry open to US residents only.

Comments

  1. Nadine says

    Yum…I think that I will give this a try this year, it seems much easier than cooking it on the stove top!
    Please enter me into the giveaway too! 🙂

    Blessings!
    ~Nadine

  6. Kendra :o) says

    Oh man I am soooo on this! We’re members of co-op and get tons of apples in the fall AND I’m always looking for a way to use my crock pot. This seems pretty straight forward….yay!!!!

    Thanks for sharing!

    Kendra aka “Domestic Princess in Training”

  8. kathleen grace says

    I tried crockpot apple butter a couple weeks ago and it is awesome! So easy and it turned out perfectly without a lot of stirring and watching a pot. I would love a copy of this magazine, sign me up for a chance:>)

  9. Pamela L says

    I’ve made crock pot apple butter before but never thought to leave the peels on so I’m going to try it this way. Thanks!

  11. Vee says

    This magazine is a new one to me. How interesting. I snagged this recipe last year and haven’t tried it yet. I think I’m worried about how much it makes. Wonder if I can make a half batch…

  13. stephanie says

    Yum! Sounds delicious. I will have to give this one a try.
    I’ve never heard of this magazine before, but sounds like it would be fun to look through and full of ideas too.

  14. HossBoss says

    My grandmother used a very similar recipe but she cooked it all day in a 200 degree oven. Her instructions said to stir and mash the apples every hour for 12 hours. At the end of 12 hours, the oven was turn off but the fruit butter remained overnight to cool and thicken.

    Keep in mind my grandmother was born in 1904. I’m not sure when crock pots were invented, but fruit butters were being made long before crock pots came along. When she shared the recipe with me, she was in her 90’s and living with me in San Antonio. I told her I was going to try it in the crock pot on the low setting. She was skeptical at first but was the first one to rave about the finished product. I’ve made apple, peach and pear butter so far. I like fruit butters better than most jams and jellies.

    : )

  15. Lorri says

    Love the recipe! I will try it out this weekend. I have started using my crock more lately and this looks perfect. Would love to win the magazine! have a great day.
    Lorri

  17. Megan says

    I’ve made apple sauce in the crockpot and then canned it with a water bath, but never thought of the freezer. Do you freeze it in glass jars or in plastic containers?
    Love the Celebrate magazines!

    • admin says

      I either use freezer bags or I have plastic jars made for freezing jams etc. I think they’re made by Ball or one of the other companies that makes canning jar. Got them at Kroger in the canning section.

  20. Rin says

    Again, I love reading your posts.

    This looks like so much fun to make (and easy!!). I can’t wait to try it. What apples do you recommend? fresh picked or store-bought? Gala, Red Delicious, granny smith, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady?

    Also, could you enter me into the drawing? Thank you!!

    • admin says

      I usually use my own apples which are like a granny smith. It depends on you. Just remember that if you use a sweeter apple you will more likely need less sugar.

  24. Kim says

    Manuela,

    I just made apple butter this past weekend and cooked down the apples in apple cider on top of the stove. Then I transferred it to the crockpot to cook down overnight. Yummy! By the way, when my Country Living Magazine came the other week and I saw the toile pumpkin on the cover I immediately thought of you!

    • admin says

      LOL! I know! I was decoupaging pumpkins back in 2009. CL is a little late – bloggers have been doing various things to pumpkins for years!

      Manuela

  25. tina leigh says

    Gosh this makes me want to make some just for the smell! Count me in for the give away! I keep all my Fall magazines. I would love to add this one to my collection.

  27. Lisa says

    I have 4 apple trees and love making apple butter in the fall. It goes great with my whole wheat bread. I love connecting to the past with such delicious food. And I really enjoy your blog- thanks for the visit~

  30. Debbie G. says

    I’m going to try the apple butter with honey granules instead of sugar. We’ll see what happens 🙂

    I would love the magazine. Please enter my name.

  31. Hope says

    Hi Manuela,
    This recipe sounds heavenly and most appealing to the senses! Fall is definitely in the air and the Celebrate Magazine would be ideal in my home right about now! Thanks for all your inspiration.

    Blessings,
    Hope

  34. Ruth says

    We have an apple tree we will be harvesting for the first time this year. I am so excited to try your recipe and I also want to try the canning. Sounds so simple I hope to give away as gifts.
    Please enter me in the give away.

    Thank you!

  40. Kelley says

    I remember well your crock-pot apple butter recipe post(s). We were on the road, so I shared your recipe with my daughters and they made it. They loved it!

    Then you have to go and put those scrumptious looking photos on there. Now my screen’s got taste marks all over it.

  42. Leah Buhman says

    The apple butter recipe sounds great.I’m sure it would be wonderful on fresh baked bread. Thank you for the chance of the give away. It’s very much appreciated.

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