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Amish Apple Butter

A rich, delicious apple spread for your morning toast or English muffin. Note: This recipe is not formulated for canning. I know nothing about canning. Please show this recipe to a master canner first if you wish to try it.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time3 hours 8 minutes
Total Time3 hours 28 minutes
Course: Condiments
Cuisine: American
Servings: 32 servings (approximately 2 pints)
Calories: 31kcal

Equipment

  • Large Pot OR
  • Instant Pot OR
  • Slow Cooker

Ingredients

  • 6 medium apples (cored and diced)
  • ¼ cup water (or unsweetened apple juice - 1 cup if using an instant pot)
  • ½ cup Sucanat (or coconut sugar, monk fruit, honey, maple syrup)
  • 1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp. ground nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp. ground allspice
  • ¼ tsp. ground cloves
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Instructions

Stove Top Apple Butter

  • Place all ingredients in a large pot with a full ½ cup of water or apple juice. Bring to high heat and reduce to simmer. Cook covered until the apples are soft.
    All the Amish Apple Butter Recipe ingredients in a pot.
  • Blend the apples using an immersion blender, directly in the pot. Then continue to simmer until the apple butter thickens. Note that it will thicken further once it cools.
    Blending the cooked ingredients in the cooking pot with an immersion blender.

Slow Cooker Apple Butter

  • Place all the ingredients into a large slow cooker. The size of your slow cooker should be somewhere between 4-6 quarts. The crock should be at least half full to cook properly. So adjust the size of your slow cooker accordingly.
    Once the apples are soft, you'll blend them with an immersion blender.
    All the Amish Apple Butter Recipe ingredients in a pot.
  • Then vent the lid with the handle of a wooden spoon, and continue to cook on low for 6-8 hours. The apple butter will thicken further as it cools.
    Securing the slow cooker lid to slow cook this Amish Apple Butter Recipe.

Instant Pot Apple Butter

  • Follow the recipe, but place everything into your pressure cooker with 1 cup of liquid instead of a ¼ cup. Use the manual setting and cook on high pressure.
    All the Amish Apple Butter Recipe ingredients in a pot.
  • Close the steam valve on the lid.
    Closing the steam valve on the Instant Pot before cooking.
  • Cook for 8 minutes and allow a 10 minute natural release.
    The timer on the Instant Pot adjusted to 8 minutes for cooking.
  • Blend the apples until smooth with an immersion blender.
    Blending the cooked ingredients in the cooking pot with an immersion blender.
  • Press the "slow cook" button. Vent the lid with the handle of a wooden spoon.
    Venting the lid on the Instant Pot to further reduce the apple sauce to apple butter.
  • Cook for an additional 3 hours, or until the butter has thickened. It will thicken further in the fridge. Stir a few times during this part of the cooking process.
    The timer on the Instant Pot adjusted to 3 hours for apple butter reduction.

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Notes

Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible.

Nutrition

Serving: 2tbsp. | Calories: 31kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 37mg | Potassium: 39mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 19IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg