Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter

This is my version of all day apple butter using more apples, less sugar, and a wider range of spices. It earned me a permanent supply of free apples from my local farmer friend, and I promise it will make you some new friends too!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 hr
• Total Time: 10 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 102 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ cup honey
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon Mexican vanilla extract
• 10 pounds apples - peeled, cored, and chopped
• ¼ cup sugar-free butter-flavored syrup
• ½ teaspoon molasses

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place apples in a slow cooker. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours.

Step 2

Stir butter-flavored syrup, honey, maple syrup, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and molasses into the apple mixture; mash apples with a potato masher or fork.

Step 3

Reduce heat to Low, cover, and continue cooking apple mixture until thickened and dark brown, 9 to 11 hours, whisking frequently. Remove cover and cook for 1 to 2 more hours.