With Love From Bex

Today I’m sharing a recipe that will leave your home smelling absolutely amazing, like fall apple fields. So Chris and I made a trip to The Apple Factory in Milton. No, we didn’t go apple picking, I would have probably loved that, but Chris has been gone most of the summer because of his job (he’s in the army) and then he was home for a week before he had to leave for another military exercise in England. Oh, the life of an army wife. So anyway, we decided to head over to the Apple Factory and picked up 3lbs of the most delicious apples and then we were ready to create apple magic.

I used my crockpot to make this amazing no sugar added Apple Butter. I love my crockpot. Whoever invented this pot of magic deserves all the apple butter in the world. *yes I have apples on the brain right now*  So in order to save myself the mess and headache of a long clean up, I decided to pull out my slow cooker plastic bag things *yup, technical terms, people.

Okay, so here’s what you’ll need for this awesome “butter.” Yeah, I should probably mention that there is no butter in apple butter. And the only reason it’s Canuck style is because I’m Canadian and it has booze in it…Essentially, my apple butter is like applesauce, except I spread it on toast, slices of bread, scones, etc.  It’s really good, well if you skip the Jack Daniels, and you don’t have to worry about added sugar.

You’ll need:
3lb of apples (I used softer, sweeter apples)
1/4 cup water
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp cloves
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup of Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire (optional)

First, peel all the apples. I’m pretty sure an apple peeler would have been handy but sometimes I like to rock it old school with my peelin’ knife. Once the apples are peeled, cut them into slices and toss away the core.

Place all the apple slices in the crockpot. Add the water, spices and Jack Daniels. Once everything is in the crockpot, set it to low for 6 hours. Now get all those Fall chores done, or make yourself my Pumpkin Spice Latte and enjoy the fact that your house will be gradually filled with an amazing Fall scent!

Check your apples once the 6 hours are up. Your apples should be very very soft and brownish.

At this point, I took my wooden spoon and stirred the apples. Once I started stirring, my apple butter began to take shape. Stir until the clumps are gone. Once stirred, I spooned the apple butter into mason jars and let cool before placing them in my fridge.

hmm…now I want bread and apple butter…I think I should go make some bread….enjoy!

What will you spread your apple butter on?