Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter

Name: Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 h
Total time: 10 h 20 min
Yield: 32 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10 lb Fried Apples; 1 tsp Ground Allspice; 4 tsp Ground Cinnamon; 1 tsp Ground Cloves; 0.75 tsp Ground Nutmeg; 0.25 cup Honey; 2 tsp Lemon Juice; 1 tbsp Maple Syrup; 0.5 tsp Molasses; 0.25 tsp Salt; 0.5 cup Sugar; 0.25 cup Sugar-Free Flavoring Syrup; 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract

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Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter simmers down to a velvety spread with warm notes of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg balanced by honey and a hint of maple. A splash of Mexican vanilla rounds out the flavors, while slow cooking deepens the caramelized apple taste. Ideal for fall breakfasts, gifting, or spooning over toast, oatmeal, and pancakes.

Prep20 mins
Cook10 hrs
Serves32
DifficultyMedium

1

Put the apples into a slow cooker. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours.
2

Stir the butter-flavored syrup, honey, maple syrup, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and molasses into the apple mixture; mash the apples with a potato masher or a fork.
3

Lower the heat to Low, cover, and keep cooking the apple mixture until thickened and dark brown, 9 to 11 hours, whisking often. Remove the cover and cook for 1 to 2 more hours.