Instant Pot Apple Butter

Ingredients

• ½ lemon , juiced
• 3 pounds apples , peeled, cored, and sliced
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 0.75 cups white sugar
• 0.25 cups honey
• 0.25 cups unfiltered apple juice
• 2 cinnamons sticks
• 0.25 teaspoons ground cloves

Instructions

1. 1

   Combine about 4 inches water and lemon juice in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot). Add apples as you slice them to avoid browning.

2. 2

   Drain lemon water from Instant Pot; stir brown sugar, white sugar, honey, apple juice, cinnamon sticks, and ground cloves into apples in Pot. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to the manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 8 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

3. 3

   Release pressure using the natural-release method according to the manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Remove and discard cinnamon sticks.

4. 4

   Purée apple butter with an immersion blender until smooth; stir well with a spoon. Close and lock the lid. Select Slow Cooker function according to the manufacturer's instructions. Set the timer for 60 minutes.

5. 5

   Release pressure using the natural-release method according to the manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Check consistency by dropping a small spoonful of apple butter onto a plate. Refrigerate 10 minutes; if apple butter appears to be thick enough to spread with a knife, it is ready. Continue cooking if apple butter appears too thin and runny, 1 hour more.