Slow Cooked Fruit Butter Recipe

I titled this "Fruit Butter" because I have made Apple Butter and Pear Butter using the same recipe. 

Surprising fact: There is NO butter! I'm sure most people know this, but my kids were amazed when it wasn't on the ingredient list.

 We mostly eat Apple/Pear Butter on toast for breakfast. We have also put it on pancakes and I recently read that some people put it in their oatmeal. I'll have to try that one.

Most apple butter recipes I have seen say to peel the apples. I prefer to leave the peel on, that's where all the nutrients are after all. Once pureed you can't even tell.

Anyway, on to the recipe...

Slow-Cooked Fruit Butter

6 large Honeycrisp Apples, cored, finely chopped
OR
10-12 pears, cored, finely chopped
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Place cut fruit in slow cooker, it should fill the pot to the top. Top with sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Mix well. Cover and cook on low for 10 hours, stirring occasionally, until mixture is thickened and dark brown. Uncover and puree in blender or food processor. Spoon into sterile jars or containers and refrigerate.

Alternative:
Cook on high, uncovered, for 1-2 hours.

P.S. Growing up surrounded by orchards I am a "fruit snob" and very picky about my fruit. We get all of our apples and pears from Stemilt World Famous Fruit in Wenatchee, WA.