This Crock Pot Apple Butter is the easiest fall apple recipe you’ll ever make! It’s made with only apples and a pinch of cinnamon, so it’s a super healthy recipe that’s perfect as a dip for fruit and low-fat crackers, or as a spread on toast, or even eaten with a spoon!
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*I originally shared this Healthy 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Apple Butter recipe in September 2015. I’m updating the post for my lovely readers today with new photos and a tutorial video!
I don’t know about you, but where I live apples are delicious and plentiful in the late-summer and early-fall. As I child I picked apples with my grandparents from their trees and I watched my mom and grandma make apple jelly, apple juice and applesauce, along with all kinds of apple baked goods like pies, cakes and cobblers.
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Healthy Crock Pot Apple Butter
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Looking for more apple recipes? Try these Easy Healthy Apple Chips or this lightened-up Apple Cinnamon French Toast Bake!
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Healthy 2 Ingredient Crock Pot Apple Butter
This Healthy 2 Ingredient Crock Pot Apple Butter is the easiest fall apple recipe you'll ever make! It's made with only apples and a pinch of cinnamon, so it's a super healthy recipe that's perfect as a dip for fruit and low-fat crackers, or as a spread on toast, or even eaten with a spoon!
Recipe: Ingredients
- Enough apples to fill your crock-pot or slow-cooker . Use any variety you like. I've used a combination of all different kinds...it doesn't seem to matter and it always tastes amazing. I filled a 5- crock-pot
- 2-3 tsp ground cinnamon
Recipe: Instructions
- Start by washing your apples in a sink full of cold water. You'll be leaving the peels on, so make sure each apple is nice and clean.
- Dry the apples on some kitchen towels and core them, cutting them in halves or quarters. If your apples are quite large, cut in quarters. Because my apples were hand-picked they had a few had bruises, but in a recipe like this that doesn't matter too much. Don't bother peeling them: this adds to the nutrition factor of this recipe (leaving the peels on adds great fiber and saves you a ton of time).
- Place the apples in the pot of your crock-pot or slow cooker and turn the heat to high. Put the lid on and let the apples cook for about 4 hours, giving it a good stir approximately every hour.
- Transfer the apple mixture to your blender (you may have to do this in two batches to avoid spraying piping hot apples all over your kitchen...not that I would know anything about that...) and blend on high speed until the mixture is creamy and perfectly smooth. Make sure you add every last bit to the blender. You'll need the crock-pot again in a minute and it needs to be nice and clean.
- Add the pureed mixture back into the crock-pot and stir in the cinnamon.
- Put the lid back on and let the puréed mixture cook on high for another hour or so to let it thicken, stirring once or twice during that time.
- Let the mixture cool slightly at room temperature before adding it to jars or containers, and then store it in the fridge for up to 4 weeks, or in the freezer for even longer!
Recipe: Notes
The yield for this recipe will be slightly different with every batch (simply because of the different varieties of apples you use or the exact cooking temperature of your crock-pot) but a typical yield for my 5-quart crock-pot is about 4-5 cups. And because all it contains is apples and cinnamon, it's a super healthy 0 Weight Watchers PointsPlus treat that you're definitely going to want to try!!
Excellent recipe. Just about finished my first batch but won’t be my last. I added a few dates I had in the cupboard. Just a handful. Used about ten apples of various types. The end product is beyond delicious and no sugar.. Will make another batch and use just apples. I added two tsps of cinnamon and a dash of nutmeg. Once you blend the apples (after cooking for four hours you would never know the peels were in there. So delicious and nutritious.
We agree 😉 Thanks Linda!!
This was so easy! I filled my large crock pot with a mix of apples, plus 6 pears. I just finished using my Cuisinart Smart Stick instead of a blender (I use it for soup, too). Easy peasy! I’ll be using this recipe again in the fall.
That addition sounds delicious!!🙂
Once the apple butter is finished, how do I store it and how long will it stay fresh, in the refrigerator?
It lasts about 2 weeks in the fridge but it can be frozen for several months.
This recipe is so good and simple!
Thanks so much Nina!!
I have used this recipe for several years and it is delightful!! It occured to me that it might work for pears as well. I am curious if you have ever tried it? Thanks bunches!
Pears have a higher water content than apples so i wouldn’t actually recommend that. I’m glad you love this recipe though! 😊
I love this idea alot!!! super healthy!!! I dont have a crockpot or slow cooker so do you think it works in regular pot?
You could, but you have to mix it very often so it doesn’t burn and it takes a long time to cook, i wouldn’t recommend it.
Thanks for this recipe! I am making the second batch right now. The first batch was a big hit.
We have had the kind from the store without sugar, which is fine, but I would rather use my own apples, and control the freshness. Thank you for sharing! Yum.
Thanks! Glad you liked it! 🙂
Made this today BUT used Asian Pears instead….turned out awesome. I am on Code Red lifestyle program and don’t use sugar so this was so helpful….Thanks….
So glad you liked it! 🙂