APPLE BUTTER
This recipe requires only two/three ingredients:
1) Apples
2) Spices
3) possibly water
Wash apples (no need to peel them unless they have very tough skin - the skin is high in pectin which will help your apple butter set).
Quarter apples and remove the seeds (remove as little of the core as possible - only the hardest bits like the stem, since the core is also high in pectin which will help your apple butter set).
Puree the apples in a food processor (depending on the type of apples and their level of juiciness, it might be necessary to add water to the apples to help get them to a smooth consistency - the water will evaporate later anyway).
Put pureed apples in a slow cooker with spices (cinnamon, ginger, cloves, etc). The sauce will reduce so add enough so that it tastes good to you, but remember that it will become more concentrated as it simmers.
Cook on low with the lid off for 6 - 12 hours. Stir occasionally when you think of it (or stir once before bed and once first thing in the morning).
Apple butter can be refrigerated, frozen, or canned.
Use as a jam-like spread, or as apple sauce, or as a sugar replacement in most recipes!
