Description
Homemade cranberry apple butter brings winter comfort straight from your kitchen. Spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, this smooth spread promises rich flavors that dance across toast, muffins, and warm breakfast treats you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
Fruits:
- 5–6 apples
- 12 ounces (340 grams) fresh cranberries
Spices:
- 1 stick of cinnamon (or powdered cinnamon to taste)
Sweeteners:
- Honey (optional)
Instructions
- Meticulously cleanse and quarter the apples, extracting their central cores and eliminating seeds with precision.
- Gently cascade cranberries into the mixture, ensuring even distribution throughout the cooking vessel.
- Activate the slow cooker at maximum temperature, allowing the fruits to meld and transform over four hours, periodically stirring to prevent potential adherence to the surface.
- When fruits have softened substantially, transfer them carefully into a high-performance blending apparatus, processing in measured batches until achieving a velvety consistency.
- Utilize a fine-mesh strainer to refine the puree, delicately pressing through with a robust utensil and discarding any residual fibrous remnants.
- Reintroduce the silky puree to the cooking vessel, nestling a fragrant cinnamon stick deep within the luxurious mixture.
- Continue cooking uncovered, maintaining elevated heat until the concoction reaches a thick, spreadable texture, stirring intermittently to prevent scorching.
- Carefully ladle the culminated fruit butter into sterilized glass containers, permitting complete cooling before sealing.
- Store the luscious preserve in refrigeration, where it will maintain optimal quality for approximately four weeks, or alternatively preserve by freezing for extended enjoyment.
Notes
- Freezer-friendly condiment bursting with autumn’s richness and deep seasonal flavors.
- Homemade butter requires patience but rewards you with intensely concentrated fruit essence.
- Straining ensures ultra-smooth texture, eliminating potential seed or skin fragments for silky consistency.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 hours
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 60
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 1mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg