Candy Apple Butter

Ingredients

• 4 Honeycrisps apples - peeled , cored, and chopped
• 1 lemon , juiced
• 0.25 cups cinnamon red hot candies
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar , or to taste
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 0.13 teaspoons ground cloves
• 2 cups unsweetened apple juice , or as needed

Instructions

1. 1

   Toss apples and lemon juice together in a bowl.

2. 2

   Put about half the apples in a slow cooker with cinnamon candies, brown sugar, ginger, and cloves; stir. Pour enough apple juice over the mixture to nearly, but not quite, cover the apples.

3. 3

   Cook on Low, stirring occasionally, until the candies dissolve, about 1 hour.

4. 4

   Increase heat to High and continue cooking until the apples have begun to lose shape, about 4 hours. Add remaining apples to the slow cooker. Reduce heat to Low and continue cooking until desired thickness is reached, at least 3 hours.