By Susan Thigpen, Webmaster At harvest festivals all over the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains, people are making apple butter. When mountain people make apple butter, they start with several bushels of apples, peel and cut up apples all day and then cook them down in a copper pot over an open fire outdoors. It's extremely time consuming. Now, an easy version that tastes great and can be made at home with common utensils.
Apple cider is the best for apple butter.
You can experiment for different flavors. You might even add a sprinkle of ground cloves. I have even heard of people adding a package of Strawberry Kool-Aid. Put fruit, sugar and juice into crock pot and turn it on high. Then I turn it down to low and let it cook all night.