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Homemade applesauce or apple butter is so easy to make in the slow cooker. For just a few minutes of your time, you get a tasty as well as healthy treat.

Slow Cooker Applesauce and Apple Butter Recipes

Jamerrill Stewart
Need a frugal snack for your large family? Slow cooker applesauce and apple butter is easy, tasty and frugal. 
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Ingredients
  

  • 20 lbs apples
  • 8 cinnamon sticks
  • 8 TBsp Lemon Juice
  • 2 cup sugar or sweetener of your choice
  • 2 slow cookers

Apple Butter:

  • 1 tsp cloves

Instructions
 

  • Peel, core, and slice apples
  • Divide apples in half and place in individual slow cookers
  • Divide & add remaining ingredients to each slow cooker
  • Cook for 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high
  • Turn off slow cooker
  • Remove cinnamon sticks
  • Using immersion blender, blend well

Extra Steps for Apple Butter:

  • Fill slow cooker halfway with blended apples
  • Add 1 tsp cloves
  • Put on low for 8 hours
  • Remove lid and continue to cook for another hour or two to let thicken
  • Spread on toast and enjoy.

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