Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter Recipe

Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter Recipe

  • 10 pounds apples – peeled, cored, and chopped
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup sugar-free butter-flavored syrup
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon Mexican vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon molasses
  1. Place apples in a slow cooker. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours.
  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.
  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.
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