Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter

Ingredients

• 10 pounds apples cored peeled chopped
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice 
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 0.8 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
• 0.3 cup honey 
• 2 teaspoons juice of lemon 
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup 
• 0.5 teaspoon blackstrap molasses 
• 0.3 cup syrup sugar-free butter-flavored
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 1 tablespoon mexican vanilla extract 
• 0.5 cup sugar white

Equipment

• whisk
• potato masher
• slow cooker

Directions

1. Place apples in a slow cooker.
2. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours.
3. 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.
4. Reduce heat to Low, cover, and continue cooking apple mixture until thickened and dark brown, 9 to 11 hours, whisking frequently.
5. Remove cover and cook for 1 to 2 more hours.