Slow Cooker Apple Butter

(Courtesy of Midwest Living)

Ingredients:
12 cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced (14 cups)
2 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground allspice

Directions:
Place apple slices in a 5-6 quart slow cooker.  Stir in sugar, cinnamon, cloves and allspice.

Cover; cook on high-heat setting for 4 hours.  Stir.  Uncover and cook on high-heat setting for 2-2 1/2 hours more or until apples are very tender and most of the liquid has evaporated.  Cool mixture at least 1 hour or cover and chill overnight.  Process with an immersion blender or run mixture through a food mill.

Ladle apple butter into half-pint freezer containers, leaving a 1/2 inch head space.  Seal and label.  Store 3 weeks in the refrigerator or for 1 year in the freezer.  Makes 4 half-pints.