Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter

Ingredients

• 10 pounds apples - peeled , cored, and chopped
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 0.75 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 cups sugar-free butter-flavored syrup
• 0.25 cups honey
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon Mexican vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 0.5 teaspoons molasses

Instructions

1. 1

   Place apples in a slow cooker. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours.

2. 2

   Stir butter-flavored syrup, honey, maple syrup, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and molasses into the apple mixture; mash apples with a potato masher or fork.

3. 3

   Reduce heat to Low, cover, and continue cooking apple mixture until thickened and dark brown, 9 to 11 hours, whisking frequently. Remove cover and cook for 1 to 2 more hours.