Slow Cooker Apple Butter

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Ingredients

• 5.5 lb (2.5 kg) Golden Delicious apples, weighed before coring and chopping; about 13 apples, cored and cut into small pieces (about ¼ inch). Do not peel.
• 1 cup (200 g) tightly packed brown sugar
• ¾ cup (150 g) sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 vanilla bean or 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Place the chopped apples in the basin of a large slow cooker.
2. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and cloves until well combined.
3. Pour the sugar mixture over the apples and stir until well combined.
4. Cover and cook in the crockpot on low for 10 hours.
5. Use an immersion blender to puree the apples until smooth, with no chunks remaining.
6. Scrape the inside of the vanilla bean into the apple puree, or add the vanilla extract.
7. Turn the crockpot to low and cook uncovered for another 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
8. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator; it keeps for about 2 weeks.