Recipe: All-Day Apple Butter (crock pot, freeze ahead, Taste of Home, 1990's)

ALL-DAY APPLE BUTTER

5 1/2 lb apples, peeled and finely chopped
4 cups sugar
3 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt

Place apples in a slow cooker. Combine sugar, cinnamon, cloves and salt; pour over apples and mix well.

Cover crock pot and cook on HIGH for 1 hour.

Reduce heat to LOW; cover and cook for 9-11 hours or until thickened and dark brown, stirring occasionally (stir more frequently as it thickens to prevent sticking).

Uncover and cook on LOW 1 hour longer.

If desired, stir with a wire whisk until smooth. Spoon into freezer containers, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate or freeze.

Makes 4 servings
Source: Taste of Home magazine, October/November, 1996
From: Velma TN