All Night Apple Butter

This was my first attempt at canning anything. Ever. I shouldn't have worried so much about preserving it. Everyone we gave this to as gifts one week ago has already finished theirs! Be prepared to dream of food as the whole house will smell like apple pie overnight as this cooks.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 12 hr
• Total Time: 12 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 71 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons water, or more as needed
• 8 pounds apples - peeled, cored, and sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place apples in a slow cooker.

Step 2

Stir white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt together in a bowl; pour over apples. Add enough water to moisten apples.

Step 3

Cook on Low, overnight or 10 hours.

Step 4

Stir vanilla extract into apples. Cook, uncovered, for 2 hours more.