Instant Pot Chai Spiced Apple Butter
Chai spiced apple butter is SO quick and easy to make in an Instant Pot multicooker or a slow cooker! This delicious homemade apple butter recipe has NO ADDED SUGAR! Can be served as a spread on toast or crackers, as a healthy dip for fruit or vegetables, a topping for meats, or even in desserts!
This Apple Butter is seriously SO EASY to whip together that it’s an absolute must to make during autumn. I adapted the Chai Spiced Apple Butter recipe to be made in a multicooker (instant pot), and we’ll go over why.
This delicious homemade apple butter recipe has NO ADDED SUGAR!
Can be served as a spread on toast or crackers, as a healthy dip for fruit or vegetables, a topping for meats, or even in desserts!
Electric Pressure Cookers vs. Slow Cookers
I bought the Fagor Lux multicooker during a Black Friday sale last year, and it has seriously changed the way I cook meals. A multicooker has a slow cooker setting, so it can be used to make traditional slow cooker recipes, but it also has settings for pressure cooking, browning meats, sauteing, making rice, steaming, and so much more.
Heck, you can even make homemade yogurt in a multicooker!
For the past 15 or so years, a slow cooker has helped me prepare meals easily.. It’s wonderful, and I use it occasionally, but it’s been somewhat replaced by an amazing kitchen appliance called a multicooker.
Have you have heard of them?
There are several different brands available, but the most common brands are the Instant Pot and the Fagor Lux. The Instant Pot is so popular that the name has become the generic term of sorts for multicookers in general, similar to tissues being called Kleenex.
If you have a slow cooker, you probably know that many slow cooker recipes with meat in them require the meat to be cooked on a stove top before it is slow cooked.
A multicooker has settings for browning and sauteing, so the entire recipe is made from start to finish in it.
This means less mess and less dishes to wash. Plus, some slow cooker recipes can actually be pressured cooked instead, meaning meals are ready to eat in minutes rather than hours. Faster, more efficient cooking for the big win!
Maybe now you can appreciate why I converted the chai spiced apple butter recipe to an Instant Pot recipe.
You all should seriously consider adding one to your Black Friday shopping list or your Christmas wish list.
So, with two bags of fresh apples on hand, making Chai Spiced Apple Butter was the first recipe I made.
As I mentioned earlier, beyond using it as a condiment, there are a lot of ways to use apple butter. I love these recipes:
- Chewy Apple Oatmeal Bars from VeggieBalance
- apple butter pie bars, from Crazy for Crust.
- apple butter cinnamon rolls, from BruCrew Life.
- pork chops with apple butter, from Family Food on the Table.
The Chai Spiced Apple Butter recipe shown below includes directions for a slow cooker or a multicooker.
Simple Slow Cooker Apple Butter
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 5 pounds apples peeled, cored, and cut into 1⁄2-inch thick slices
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
Instructions
- Place the apple slices into the slow cooker.
- In a small bowl, mix the vanilla extract, cinnamon, brown sugar and salt together;
- Stir the spice mixture into the apples gently but thoroughly. Cover the crock, but vent the lid using a chopstick or the handle of a wooden spoon.
- Cook on low 7 to 8 hours, stirring once or twice if you are home. You want the apples to break down and thicken.
Notes
- * I used Granny Smith. I think any cooking apple (or a variety of several) would be wonderful.
- **Nutritional data shown is for one pint, not per serving.
Nutrition
It looks scrumptious! So quick and easy too.