Some apples washed and ready to be made into apple butter.

My wonderful apple peeler, corer, slicer. Without this, I don't know if I would have been willing to make all this apple stuff.

In action!

All the resulting slices in the crockpot with sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, and a bit of salt.

I loved making this in the crockpot since I could let it cook overnight and then get up in the morning to a great smell. All I needed to do at this point was mash it a bit with my potato masher, put it in jars, and waterbath the jars. I was done with plenty of time to get to Disneyland just after opening.

Finished jars.

I do like how the apple butter turned out, but I think I will cut down on the sugar next time. It is a little too sweet for my taste. I also made some applesauce, but that is basically the same thing, only with almost no sugar (I used a quarter cup with about 4lbs of apples), and some cinnamon. I love applesauce, so I didn't bother to jar it. I just put individual amounts in freezer containers and froze them. That way, I can pull one out and pop it in the fridge in the morning and have applesauce with lunch. I do still have some apples left and should use them within the next couple days. I think tonight will feature apple crumble for dessert!
2 comments:
Your apple butter looks good. I made chunky applesauce this year... been eatin it mixed in my oatmeal, yummy.
Looks delicious! I want one of those apple slicer things! I have a little gadget that peels them but I need the slicer too, sure makes life easier plus the kids think the apples look cool and they are more inclined to eat them!
If you need a taste tester, gimme a holla!!
:)
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