Instant Pot Apple Butter (Naturally Sweetened)

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 pounds apples

  cored and chopped
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

Instructions

• 1 Core and chop the apples (I leave them unpeeled) and add to the pressure cooker
  along with the maple syrup, water, cinnamon, vanilla, and cloves. Toss together.
• 2 Cook on high pressure for 10 minutes. Once complete, naturally release the
  pressure for 10 minutes and then quickly release the remaining pressure and turn
  the Instant Pot off. You now have applesauce.
• 3 Puree the applesauce with an immersion blender. This is my favorite method
  because it's done right in the insert. You can also let it cool slightly and
  puree with a blender and then return it to the insert.
• 4 Use the Saute function and cook the applesauce for about 1 hour, stirring
  frequently with a heat-safe spoon until it becomes butter and the desired
  thickness. It will be hot and bubbly as it cooks, so I use a splatter guard on
  top. You could also place a lid slightly ajar as it cooks.

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