Apple Butter, with recipe

The last apple recipe was for Apple Butter.

This took some thought- it had to cook overnight in the Crock Pot. We made it on a weekend to ensure enough cook time. The recipe came from Food.com.

Ingredients

• 5 1⁄2lbs apples, peeled and finely chopped (I use 3-4 different types of apples)
• 4cups sugar
• 2 -3teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄4teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS

1. Place apples in a large bowl.
2. Combine sugar, cinnamon, cloves and salt.
3. Pour over apples and mix well.
4. Place in crock pot, cover and cook on high for 1 hour.
5. Decrease heat to low; cover and cook on low for 9-11 hours or until thickened and dark brown.
6. Stir occasionally.
7. Uncover and cook on low for 1 hour longer.
8. If desired, whisk until smooth.
9. Spoon into freezer containers, leaving 1/2-inch head space.
10. Cover and freeze.

I always use more Cinnamon, no Cloves. I also, in addition to the whisk, used my Hand Blender to help smooth it out. This was way better than the kind in the stores.