Slow-Cooker Apple Butter

• 1 cup unsweetened apple juice
• 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• ½

Combine juice, sugars, cinnamon, salt, cloves, and vanilla in a 6-quart slow cooker.

Peel, core, and thickly slice or chop apples; stir into juice mixture.

Cook, covered, on low heat for 10 hours. Stir periodically, if convenient.

Puree mixture with an immersion blender. If mixture is thinner than applesauce, uncover and cook on high heat until thick (mixture will thicke