dandelion56602..That sounds strange, I did mine in a slow cooker to and it cooked DOWN real nice. Oh wait, was yours a crock pot ? thats what I used,It worked perfect. The 2nd batch I made I made a double batch and it it still turned out perfect ! I also used real sugar.

Heck if I know. The amount of apples filled my crock pot & I didn't have any problems w/ my first batch (which called for fewer apples), but the others were a disaster. It's like all the juices came out of them before cooking down. I really wish I knew what the cause was b/c I would love to make another batch for christmas gifts.

How strange ! Well if you try again I hope it works out.

luvscakes.. Hope your feeling better ??
dandelion56602.. Did you ever try the apple butter again ?

Not tried it again. I visited an apple orchard this weekend & will try again, hopefully this weekend.

Huh! I wonder why I stopped getting email notices?? Anyway, click on the link in my signature and it will bring you to a thread with all the google docs from all the threads with them -- lots of options there!