Candy Apple Butter

Hot cinnamon candies offer an extra bit of flavor and color to this apple butter recipe for the slow cooker.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 8 hr
• Total Time: 8 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 21 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, or to taste
• 4 Honeycrisp apples - peeled, cored, and chopped
• 2 cups unsweetened apple juice, or as needed
• 0.125 teaspoon ground cloves
• 0.25 cup cinnamon red hot candies

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Toss apples and lemon juice together in a bowl.

Step 2

Put about half the apples in a slow cooker with cinnamon candies, brown sugar, ginger, and cloves; stir. Pour enough apple juice over the mixture to nearly, but not quite, cover the apples.

Step 3

Cook on Low, stirring occasionally, until the candies dissolve, about 1 hour.

Step 4

Increase heat to High and continue cooking until the apples have begun to lose shape, about 4 hours. Add remaining apples to the slow cooker. Reduce heat to Low and continue cooking until desired thickness is reached, at least 3 hours.