The mushroom competition is officially up and running! The voting is open through Friday and I’ve placed the link to the poll on the top of my sidebar. Yes, it says “mush” (the button didn’t quite fit right) but just think delicious curried cream of mushroom soup when you click and all will be well. It’s one vote per person. Thanks in advance for supporting my mushroom habit!
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Last weekend Scott headed out of town with our oldest son to participate in a Y Guides camping event. I was left to fend for myself with the two younger guys, so we made the decision to head out to the Windy Hill Apple Orchard and make a day of it.
We had a great time. These guys were wandering all over the grounds and Alex and Drew couldn’t get enough of them; Drew especially thought that if he was just persistent enough, eventually he’d catch one. Fortunately for the chickens, he never actually did.
The apples we picked were Stayman winesap. The orchard states they are great for baking and eating. I can attest that they indeed are. And to top it off, several of them were huge!
I didn’t need to think too hard about how I wanted to use these apples. Every year I like to make a huge batch of apple butter to freeze and to share with friends. It’s one of my favorite fall activities. This year I added a few cranberries to the mix and I loved the result! It added a hint of tartness that really complimented the sweetness of the apple.
I always do my apple butter in the slow cooker and I like to let it cook for at least 12 hours. I usually put it all in the pot after dinner time and then when I wake up in the morning it’s ready to be spread on bread and canned for friends and family. Easy Peasy.
If you want to make up your own batch of this yummy spread, here’s what you’ll need.
Ingredients Needed:
10-12 Apples, Chopped
3 Cups of Whole Cranberries
1/2 Cup of Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup of White Sugar
1 tsp of Cinnamon
1/2 tsp of Nutmeg
1/4 tsp Ginger
1/4 tsp Cloves
4 Shakes of Salt
Throw it all in your slow cooker and cook it on low for 12 hours.
Here it is after 12 hours of cooking. Because I added cranberries, I decided to go ahead and emulsify it smooth.
Here is my butter all canned up and ready to be shared. Grab yourself a jar and enjoy!
I am linking this post up with Hearth and Soul and Tasty Tuesdays.
Slow Cooker Cran Apple Butter
Ingredients:
10-12 Apples, Peeled and Chopped
3 Cups of Whole Cranberries
1/2 Cup of Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup of White Sugar
1 tsp of Cinnamon
1/2 tsp of Nutmeg
1/4 tsp Ginger
1/4 tsp Cloves
4 Shakes of Salt
Directions:
Throw it all in your slow cooker and cook it on low for 12 hours. Because I added cranberries, I decided to go ahead and emulsify it smooth.
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Your house must have smelled AMAZING while this was cooking!!!! This looks delicious, I love that you added cranberries too. Yum!
Such fun pics of your little guys. And this looks like a perfect fall “sharing” recipe!
12 hours is indeed very long wait. But the end result looks tempting to give a try 🙂
Love this! I normally make apple butter, so this is one I am going to have to try. Thanks for sharing, Julie.
Also? The photography on this one is fantastic! Great post!
Love these gorgeous photos! Voted for your mushroom dish!
i do my apple butter in the crockpot as well, but I’ve never added cranberries, hmmmmm, sounsd yummy. I just threw in a batch of apple butter mixed with apricot preserves into a crockpot with a pork loin this morning. I wonder what will happen, hopefully it will turn out yummy! anne
Love the photo with the chicken. I also enjoyed this recipe, looks delicious. I have to try it.
Have a great day 🙂
Mmm, sounds delicious :)! Great photos, looks like you had a blast!!!
Hey Julie, thanks for sharing your recipe! I was just talking to my friend over the weekend about making apple sauce and that I would like to make some. The addition of cranberries sound wonderful.
I have an award waiting for you at my blog. Do come soon to check it out 🙂
First of all I voted for you. Good luck. Second I wish I could grab a jar from your beautiful cran-apple butter. It looks delicious.
Can you believe I have never had apple butter? It looks delicious and I am so impressed with how easy it is! I have a slow cooker and most of the ingredients (minus the apples LOL). I might give this one a try!
I voted! Ummmm…cran-apple butter?? Yes please! Can I be on your Christmas list please!!!! LOL!
Good luck in the challenge.
I have never had or made Apple butter; this is very tempting. Love the fact that you make it in the slow cooker.
I’ve never had apple butter, but that looks amazing!
I love apple butter, the cranberries were such a nice touch! Thanks for sharing your days adventure with us….I love winesap apples!
Wow, never had the fruit butter like that, but that looks great. I can actually smell it from my computer if you can believe that 😉
I adore apple butter. Your house must smell awesome in the morning!
I will be voting for you. Thank you so much for all your kind words and thoughts. Seeing the picture of your sweet little boy and his apples brought a smile to my face. Apple butter is one of my all time favorites.
I love this little recipe Julie, so I’ve copied it down to give it a whirl next cookathon out at the farm 😉 I just love making preserves when I can get out to the farm, for me preserving food just has to be done on the wood fired combustion stove while catching up with the girls in the family – its our thing 🙂
Julie you are inspiring me to break out the old crockpot! Love this
Great flavor combination, can’t wait for cranberries to come on to make this. Thanks.
YUM! Sounds delicious! Visiting from HNS blog hop.
Oh, I love your addition of cranberries…I’m definitely going to give that a try next time I make apple butter…yum! You have totally made me want to go apple picking now…thank you for sharing this with the hearth and soul hop this week 🙂
I love apple butter and this one tops it with the cranberries in it! I have saved this one and can’t wait to make it!!!!
I’m your newest follower, found you over at girlichef!
You clearly had better luck with apple picking than me and my friends did… sigh. Huge fail! Oh well, there’s always next year!
Your recipe looks wonderful. I love making applesauce and apple butter. I will try your recipe really soon.
Thank you for sharing your recipe.
I gotcha! I’m off to vote!
~ingrid
how lovely:) i cant wait to try this out. thanks for sharing.
I have been looking for a slow cooker apple butter recipe for at least a month! Yay!! I love the idea of cranberries…I might use dried though…wonder if that’ll work!?
I’m stopping by from Tasty Tuesdays…tried to link my recipe up but the linky was down 🙁
Here’s my link if you want to stop by 😉
http://dreamsdiapersanddilemmas.blogspot.com/2010/10/tasty-tuesdays-pumpkin-chocolate-chip.html
Thanks for sharing was looking for somethingelse to do with my slow cooker!
I thought the cranberries were a nice touch also.
Can’t wait to try this — thanks for the Twitter notice 🙂
Hey Julie!
I never think to make apple butter–what is my problem?!? I actually BUY it! Shameful! Love the twist with the cranberries.
Hi, Julie! NC native here, but now I am living in Yankee town:) Just made some apple butter myself! Love the cranberry twist. Already has me thinking about a roast turkey, white cheddar, cranberry-apple toasted sandwich. Yummy!!
Hi, Julie! NC native here, but now I am living in Yankee town:) Just made some apple butter myself! Love the cranberry twist. Already has me thinking about a roast turkey, white cheddar, cranberry-apple butter toasted sandwich. Yummy!!
oh wow lovely day love the chicken picture and love apple butter did you get my voicemail?
Hugs Rebecca
I made a similar recipe a few weeks ago, using pears, from a cookbook published in the 1500’s. In those days, pears were called “wardens”. It came out like apple butter, full of spices – just luscious. It’s interesting to know that we are still eating such similar foods to those of Shakespeare’s time.
Man oh man oh man, I love this post of yours! As soon as I click “post comment” I will become your newest follower! Thanks for sharing this — I absolutely love apple butter, and the addition of cranberries must make it just the right level of tart.
What lovely apple butter – what a great idea to add the cranberries – just takes it all up a notch! thanks for sharing this with us at the hearth and soul hop!
Oh my gosh, Julie. This looks SO delicious. What a great Christmas gift this would make with a cute little jar label. I am making this one. My 30-something husband (who is addicted to PB&J, mind you) had never had apple butter until a few weeks ago and now he’s addicted. He will appreciate this recipe better than the store jars I’ve been buying. Anything that I can put in my crock pot is a favorite.
Hugs,
Jami
Facebooked it.
I might be able to pull this recipe off! But who will eat it? Man just when I find something I can handle, darn it!
I make apple butter almost constantly during the Fall and have never thought of adding cranberries. It sounds like a great idea! I also make mine in the slow cooker and it makes it so easy. I have never had a batch burn and it makes the house smell wonderful. I will admit though that one day I hope to get a copper kettle.
I too, have not yet tried apple butter! This recipe, however, has absolutely inspired me to make it! I love the addition of cranberries! Great pic’s by the way!
Julie I featured you gorgeous recipe today…
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xoxo malia
I found your site a few days ago and I AM IN LOVE! 🙂 I am making the apple butter tonight!
I featured your recipe on my blog!
http://mealplanningmama-weeklymealplans.blogspot.com/2010/10/slow-cooker-cran-apple-butter.html
I made this today and it is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing it! It was so easy and SO delicious!
I can’t wait to try this. I have made apple butter in my slow cooker but never with cranberries and this sounds delicious.
This looks wonderful and I have apples and cranberries that need to be used. My one question is do you do any processing when you can the apple butter? If so, how long in the hot water bath?
Thanks!
Julie replied: — November 28th, 2011 @ 5:20 pm
Hey Lisa,
I did do processing. I believe I boiled my containers for about 5-10 minutes to sterilize and then filled them, closed them and boiled for another 12 to 15 minutes to seal the tops. Hope that helps!
I am so excited to try this recipe! I am making it this weekend. One question: Did you peel the apples? It looks like you did, but I can’t tell 🙂
I wish you included how much this recipe yields. I want to get jars and I’m not sure how much or what size I might need. Do you do anything else to the posted recipe before canning it… like fruit pectin…or something?