Name: Chai Apple Butter
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 6 hours
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: 10 large apples, peeled, cored, and chopped; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 1/3 cup lemon juice; 1/2 vanilla bean of choice*:

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Chai Apple Butter

Recipe by Ashlee Redger, Savory Spice Test Kitchen

All-Purpose Cooking

Braising & Slow Cooking

Delicious autumn flavors to spread on bread, scoop onto ice cream, or stir into baked goods.

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Serves 2 cups

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 6 hours

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Ingredients

10 large apples, peeled, cored, and chopped 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/3 cup lemon juice

5 tsp. Mt. Baker Chai Seasoning

1 tsp. Madagascar Vanilla Bean Paste, OR

1/2 vanilla bean of choice*: Madagascar Vanilla Bean Mexican Vanilla Bean Ugandan Vanilla Bean

1/2 tsp. Mayan Sea Salt

Madagascar Vanilla Beans

Mexican Vanilla Beans

Ugandan Vanilla Beans

Directions

Step 1 Add all ingredients to a slow cooker and stir to coat apples. Cook on high for 5 to 6 hours, stirring occasionally.

Step 2 When apples are very soft, use a potato masher to break them down or pour apples and juice into a blender and puree for a very smooth spread.

Step 3 Enjoy warm or cold. Store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

Recipe Notes

*To use vanilla beans: split beans in half lengthwise and scrape seeds out from pod with the back of a knife. Use empty pods to make homemade vanilla extract or flavor homemade vanilla sugar.