SLOW COOKER HOT BUTTERED APPLES
What do you do when you’ve got a lot of apples on your hands and they’re looking like they might not have that much longer to live? Make Slow Cooker Hot Buttered Apples! 👏👏👏
This is obviously a huge batch because I wanted to use that entire bag of apples, but you can easily halve this recipe if needed. While the Slow Cooker Hot Butter Apples do stay good in the fridge for 4-5 days I’m not sure that they will freeze well due to the cornstarch (although I haven’t had the opportunity to test this yet).
SLOW COOKER HOT BUTTERED APPLES
Slow Cooker Hot Buttered Apples are an easy and versatile dessert that is perfect for using up your glut of autumn apples!
Total Cost: $5.10 recipe / $0.85 serving
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 3 hrs
Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins
INGREDIENTS
12 small apples* (about 2" diameter) ($3.99)
1 Tbsp lemon juice ($0.05)
1/4 cup brown sugar ($0.04)
1/2 Tbsp cinnamon ($0.15)
1/2 tsp ground cloves ($0.05)
1 tsp vanilla ($0.28)
1/4 tsp salt ($0.02)
3 Tbsp cornstarch ($0.18)
4 Tbsp butter ($0.52)
1/2 cup water ($0.00)
INSTRUCTIONS
Peel and slice the apples, then place them in a slow cooker (4 quart or larger). Add the lemon juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, salt, and cornstarch to the slow cooker, then stir to coat the apples in the spices.
Divide the butter into pieces, then place the butter on top of the seasoned apples. Pour 1/2 cup water into the cooker down the side so that reaches the bottom without rinsing the spices from the apples.
Place the lid on the slow cooker, set it to high heat, and cook for two hours. After two hours, stir the apples well, replace the lid, and cook for an additional one hour, then serve hot.
NOTES
I used Fuji apples but any sweet-tart apple will work.
SERVING IDEAS: with granola and ice cream, as a topper for pancakes, waffles, or oatmeal, inside a toasted tortilla as a dessert "quesadilla".