So you have a ton of apples from apple picking… what now?  How about some delicious clean apple butter!  For this recipe I used cortland apples with the skin on.

Place 12 apples cored sliced, 1/4 cup of water, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon cinnamon in the crockpot on high for 4 hours.  Allow apple butter to cool.  Place all ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.  Pack in air tight container and refrigerate.  Enjoy!

Ways to enjoy apple butter:

• Mixed into morning oatmeal
• Mixed into yogurt
• Pour over pecans and warm in the oven
• Spread on protein pancakes
• Spread on toast
• Dip for sweet potato fries
• Pour over vanilla frozen yogurts

I also packaged the apple butter in 1 cup portion bags and place in the freezer.  They are recipe ready!