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Slow-Cooker Pear Butter
Angie McGowan
Pack your slow-cooker full of pears so you'll have lots of pear butter to can.
Ingredients
- 16 pears (of any variety), peeled, cored, and chopped
- 4 cups water
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 lemons, juiced
- 2 whole star anise
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
Directions
- Peel and core pears. Add to slow-cooker. Add water, sugar, lemon, and spices. Turn slow-cooker to high and bring to a bubble.
- Turn to low and cook for 68 hours. Stir the pears about every hour or two.
- Pear butter is done when it has a deep color, pears are cooked to pieces, and it has thickened. Do not forget to remove the anise cloves before you puree the pear butter. You may want to use an immersion blender to further puree the pear butter.
- You can jar the pear butter by purchasing canning jars, sterilizing them, and running them in a water bath.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 230
Calories from Fat 2 (1%)
(0%)Total Fat 0g
(0%)Saturated Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
(0%)Cholesterol 0mg
(2%)Sodium 57mg
(10%)Potassium 341mg
Total Carbohydrate 60g
(24%)Dietary Fiber 6g
Sugars 49g
Sugar Alcohols 0g
(2%)Protein 1g
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Nutrition facts are calculated by a food expert using nutritional values provided by the USDA for common products used as recipe ingredients. Actual nutritional values may differ depending on the amounts or products used and can be affected by cooking methods.
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