Last week, I was back on the farm with my family… along with 2 bushels of apples. So my 12 year-old niece, 11 year-old nephew and I decided to make homemade apple butter. It’s an easy recipe for kids to follow with a “grown-up” to supervise. We made a two large batches (one with less cinnamon). The recipe that we used required a food mill or a chinois sieve but I found this recipe from my grandma’s recipe book that just requires the use of a crock pot. Give it a try and let me know what you think!

Grandma Betty’s Recipe for Crock Pot Apple Butter

4 apples peeled and cored, sliced
2 cups of sugar
½ cup of water
2 tablespoons cider vinager
2 teaspoons cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cloves
⅛ teaspoon nutmeg

Stir together. Set crock pot on high. Cook for 5-6 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove from crock pot and cool down. Serve on buttered toast. Store in jars or freeze in zip lock bags.

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