I know this is late, but I made gifts for Christmas this year...apple butter and fudge. After researching apple butter recipes from all over the web, including Pinterest, I came up with my own version and it was utterly divine.The following is what I used for mine. Tweak it all to your taste buds and enjoy!
Ingredients:
20-40 Apples (I used 21 in the following pics, but you can fill the crock pot all the way to the top)
1/2 Cup Apple Cider
1/2 Stick Butter (of course!)
3 Cups Sugar
2 Tbsp Cinnamon
1/4 Tsp Allspice
1/4 Tsp Nutmeg
1/4 Tsp Ginger
Couple of Dashes Salt
Directions:
I do this around 9pm at night. Peel and cut up all the apples and put in the crock pot. (This takes quite a while so I got my kids involved!) Then add all your ingredients. Put the lid on and set on high for 1 hour. TASTE!!!! Then add what you need to add to get that divine feeling in your taste buds. I used gala apples and red delicious apples and found that the sugar and spices were different. After you've got it tasting like you want, put the lid back on, set to low and go to bed..you've done a good job!
When you wake up, stir and TASTE! Add anything if needed. Around 10 or 11am, take the lid off and set on high for 1 hour. The color of the apples will look like their burnt and carmelized..that's good!
After an hour, you can either eat like it is or like I did, put in a food processor or Magic Bullet and voila! 20 apples makes approximately 2 pints. Also, I found when I smoothed it out, the color lightened up. Hmm...I bought little plastic canning jars from Walmart that held about 8 ounces and gave as gifts. They have ran out and I've been requested to make more..so this time I'll fill the crock pot up!
Beware...It's wonderful and if you give it to a neighbor, they may show up at your house a lot! (It won't allow me to upload pics for some reason! Sorry!)
Another Get In My Belly!!
