Slow Cooker Apple Butter
This easy slow cooker apple butter recipe is made with warm spices, lemon zest, and vanilla paste — and tastes like fall in a jar.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time12 hours hrs
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple butter
Servings: 26 oz
1 slow cooker
1 immersion blender
- 6 lbs mixed apples peeled and chopped
- ¾ cup brown sugar packed
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1.5 tbs pumpkin pie spice
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- ½ lemon, zested
Add the apples, sugars, pumpkin pie spice, salt, vanilla bean paste, and lemon zest to a slower cooker and mix everything together so that the apples are covered. Cook on low for 10-12 hours.
Using an immersion blender, blend the apples right in the slow cooker until they're smooth and no chunks remain. (You can also scoop the apples into a blender to blend in batches if you don't have an immersion blender.)
Put the lid on sideways so that air can escape, and turn the slow cooker to high. Let cook for 1-2 hours, or until the apple butter is thickened to your preferred consistency.