Crock Pot Cranberry Apple Butter

Submitted by Antifreesz

"This is from the "Cranberry Festival Recipes" booklet I picked up at the cranberry festival in Bordentown NJ (where one of the Ocean Spray facilities is located) many years ago. It was submitted by a woman from Vincetown NJ and is one of my favorite apple butters. I usually use the cranapple juice."

 

• Ready In: 6hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 5 cups

ingredients

• 6 -7 cooking apples
• 1⁄2 lb fresh cranberries
• 1 1 cup cider or 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves

directions

1. Core and chop apple; do not peel.
2. Combine apples, cranberries and cranapple juice in a slow cooker.
3. Cover and cook on high for five hours.
4. Puree in sieve, food mill or processor.
5. Return pureed mixture to crock pot and add sugar, cinnamon and cloves.
6. Cover and cook on high for 1 to 2 hours.

Reviews

[EURrosa1]

Delicious! I used apples that fell from my tree. Most were not ripe yet. I peeled them and cut into chunks. Instead of sugar I used honey (less than 1 cup). I did not put them in the blender, but let them as they were. Absolutely fantastic. I ate some warm, out of the crock pot, with a dollop of vanilla ice cream. Heavenly! It is good even with nothing. I imagine it will go with cream cheese very well. Thank you so much for sharing.

 

[Sydney Mike]

I seem to be on a kick what with making recipes that include cranberries, but I absolutely love those little red buggers, & since I've got bags & bags of frozen berries, this butter recipe gives me another great way of using them! Thank you for a great-tasting 'butter' & a new addition to my Holiday Gift Ideas cookbook! [Made & reviewed in Tag It RED!]

 

[Outta Here]

This is a nice change from regular apple butter. I used 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup Splenda, so mine didn't thicken as much in the allotted time, but that is okay, because I can it and use it as a fat substitute in quick breads, instead of apple sauce. Gives breads a nice extra flavor boost, and I am sure the addition of cranberries will really zing up my baked goods. Made for Spring 2008 PAC.

 

[ThinOne]

I make this a lot. Sometimes I used leftover homemade cranberry sauce and combine it with homemade crockpot applesauce and heat it up in the crock pot on low just to meld the flavors. I don't use cloves, I use star anise. This is delicious. Visitors think I am making apple pies and usually settle for a large ladle full on top of vanilla ice cream. I'm sure everyone will love this recipe.