Homemade Applebutter

It is apple season and I was able to get a huge bag of free apples from a neighbor of a friend of mine! Yay! Apple butter is delicious, it is great to put on some toast or pancakes.

The first step is to make homemade applesauce:

- 8 large apples or a bunch of small ones

- juice of one to two lemons

- 1 teaspoon cinnamon 

- 1 teaspoon vanilla

- 2 Tablespoons sucannat or raw honey

- 3/4 cup water

1. Skin, cut and core the apples

2. Add in all the ingredients into the crockpot and stir well.

3. Turn the crock pot on low for 4-6 hours and cook until tender. Then mash with a potato masher or use an immersion blender.  (if you want a really smooth apple butter use an immersion blender)

Now for the apple butter:

Use homemade apple sauce 

Add:

- 2 to 4 sucannat or raw honey

- 1 to 2 teaspoons of cinnamon

Stir ingredients into crockpot an cook on low for 6 hours with the lid OFF. Stir occasionally. 

Put into jars and store in the fridge or freezer.