Sugar-Free Apple Butter
This Sugar-Free Apple Butter recipe is perfect for fall and only requires a handful of ingredients. This healthy spread has no-added sugar and can be made in your slow cooker or Crockpot.
Servings 4 cups
Calories 71kcal
Ingredients
- 3 pounds Honeycrisp apples Cored. See notes.
- 2 pounds Fuji apples Cored.
- 1/2 cup sweetener See notes.
- 1/2 cup brown sweetener
- 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Instructions
- Add the ingredients to the slow cooker.
- Cook on High for 4-5 hours or on Low for 9-10 hours.
- Remove the lid and puree the mixture with an immersion blender or add the mixture to a blender to smooth. Be careful if blending while hot.
- Taste repeatedly and adjust sweetener and spices to taste. The apple butter will thicken as it cools.
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Notes
- You can use any apples. If you have favorites, go for those. Red Delicious and Gala are also really popular for apple butter.
- You can leave the skin on the apples if you wish. There are tons of nutrients in the skin so there is a benefit to keeping them on. I find it easier to get creamy butter by peeling. This is simply preference.
- In general, I recommend adding the sweetener to taste. The amount of sweetener used in the recipe results in apple butter that is not overly sweet. If you like really sweet spreads, you will likely need to add more sweetener. I recommend starting with 1/4 cup of sweetener after the apple butter has cooked. Taste repeatedly and continue to add additional sweetener to taste as necessary.
- You can use all brown sweetener or all white sweetener if you wish. I love this combination of flavors.
- If you want to use refined table sugar you can use the same amount noted in the recipe.
- You can also use pure maple syrup. I have not tested that within the recipe. You can start with 1/4 cup and adjust to your taste.
- This recipe has not been tested with an Instant Pot or pressure cooker because you need water or liquid for pressure cooking. You don't want to introduce liquid to the mixture when making apple butter, you want it to be as thick as possible.
- You can cut the ingredients in half to adjust the portion with little adjustment to cook time. Keep a close watch and check in frequently.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25cup | Calories: 71kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g