Crockpot Apple Butter

Ingredients:
1- 16 ounce jar unsweetened apple sauce
5 - lbs granny smith or golden delicious apples, diced
2 - cups sugar
1 - cup brown sugar
1/2 - cup apple  juice or apple cider
2 - teaspoons cinnamon
1/2  - teaspoons cloves
1/2 - teaspoon allspice
2  1/2 - teaspoons vanilla

Directions:
Peel and cut apples into small pieces. Place all ingredients except the vanilla into the crock pot and stir.

Cook covered on low heat overnight or for at least 8 - 10 hours.

In the morning remove cover, stir and taste. Add more spices or sugar if desired.

Remove the lid and use an immersion blender to puree the apple mixture until smooth.

Add the vanilla, stir  and cook uncovered an additional 2 hours or until some of the liquid is gone and the apple butter has cooked down.

Rule of thumb a wooden spoon should be able to stand upright when you place it in the apple butter.

Pour into jars and refrigerate or pour into hot sterilized jars and process in a hot water bath.

Process half pints for 5 minutes and pints for 10 minutes. The time starts once the water comes to a boil.

Serve over hot biscuits, toast, scones