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the “New & Improved” Crockpot Apple Butter Recipe by ceara.sluis@gmail.com Last year was the first time that I ever attempted to make apple butter and I have to say I was incredibly proud of myself for trying it out. Hubs and I enjoyed the recipe but I felt like there was definitely room for improvement since it was my first time making it. This year I decided to tweak the recipe a bit and I have to say I'm LOVING it... maybe a little too much. I've been eating toast every morning with apple butter literally piled ridiculously high on top of it. I blame the apple butter craving on the baby since I'm nearing 9 months prego but in all reality, I'm just plain obsessed with how yummy it is... pregnant or not. Anyways, I wanted to share with all of you the "new and improved" version and hope you will try it out! Serving size: approx. 1 pint INGREDIENTS NEEDED: a dozen of apples 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup apple cider DIRECTIONS: Peel, core and chop the 12 apples. {It definitely taste a lot better WITHOUT the skin of the apples left on but leaving them on is fine too.} Mix together in a large bowl the lemon juice, nutmeg, cinnamon and sugars. Toss the cut apples into the sugar mixture. {Make sure the apples are covered as evenly as possible in the mixture.} Once completely covered in the mixture, toss in the crock pot. Poor the vanilla, water and apple cider over top of the apples and mix well. Set the crock pot on LOW and allow it to do it's magic over night or for at least 8 hours. Mine was still too chunky for my liking so I smoothed it out on low in our blender for approx. 1-2 mins. I actually let ours cook in the crock pot over night and I'm telling you, when I woke up the next morning it smelled straight up like Fall in our house! It was amazinggggg. I could wake up to that smell every morning and never complain. I'm not only crazy over the fantastic smell but the taste of this apple butter is too addicting. I have been putting it on EVERYTHING! I hope you enjoy the revised recipe as much as I have. Happy October 1st everyone!