I have two old apple trees right out my kitchen window that we treasure.  They provide us with fresh apples, applesauce, and delicious apple butter.  I haven’t been making apple butter for a couple of years because of the large amounts of sugar in the recipe.   I am so happy to announce that I figured out a way to make Old Fashioned Sugar-Free Apple Butter!  The secret ingredient is Zevia Root Beer.  If you haven’t heard of Zevia, I urge you to try it!  

Zevia contains no artificial ingredients without sacrificing flavor. Sweetened with plant-derived stevia leaf extract and available in 14 delicious flavors, it’s a naturally sweetened pop you and your family will crave. Always zero calories, zero sugar, and no artificial sweeteners!

 

Old Fashioned Sugar-Free Apple Butter

 

Ingredients 

1 1/2 quarts apple cider

8 apples cored, peeled, cut into quarters

2 (12 fl. oz.) cans Zevia Root Beer

1 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. allspice

12 tsp. salt

 

DIRECTIONS 

  1. Boil the apple cider uncovered until it boils. Boil for thirty minutes to reduce by half. 
  2. Pile apples into the crockpot. 
  3. Pour the hot apple cider into the crockpot set on low. Cook for 8 hours total. 
  4. After four hours of cooking add the remaining ingredients and stir. 
  5. Cook for four more hours. 
  6. Mash the apples with an old-fashioned potato masher. 
  7. Pour into canning jars leaving an inch at the top of the jar.  Process in a hot water bath to can the apple butter or store in the refrigerator.

 

ENJOY!

 

Blessings,

 

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Janelle Esker

Janelle Esker is the grateful wife of Michael and homeschooling mother of six amazing children. She lives with her family, 4 cats, 1 dog, 3 ducks and 12 chickens in scenic Ohio. Janelle received her B.A. in Education from Ohio Northern University. She is the author of CHOSEN: One Family's Journey with Autism.

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