{"id":258,"date":"2013-09-23T07:50:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/?p=258"},"modified":"2013-09-23T07:50:08","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T12:50:08","slug":"slow-cooker-salted-caramel-pear-apple-butter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Slow Cooker Salted Caramel Pear Apple Butter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a title=\"Nomnivorous\" href=\"http:\/\/nomnivorous.com\/2011\/11\/10\/salted-caramel-pear-apple-butter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nomnivorous<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"recipeseo-yield\">makes four pints<\/p>\n<ul id=\"recipeseo-ingredients-list\">\n<li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-0\">3.5 pounds apples<\/li>\n<li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-1\">3.5 pounds pears<\/li>\n<li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-2\">1\/4 cup water<\/li>\n<li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-3\">6 tablespoons lemon juice<\/li>\n<li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-4\">2 cups dark brown sugar<\/li>\n<li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-5\">1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste [or extract &#8211; or a spent vanilla bean pod]<\/li>\n<li id=\"recipeseo-ingredient-6\">1 teaspoon sea salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"recipeseo-instructions\">directions<\/p>\n<ol id=\"recipeseo-instructions-list\">\n<li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-0\">Place all ingredients into a large slow cooker [6-8 quarts]. Turn the slow cooker on low and cover. Walk away for twelve hours.<\/li>\n<li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-1\">Now return to the slow cooker. Using an immersion blender or potato masher, puree the fruit mixture until smooth.<\/li>\n<li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-2\">Prop the lid partially ajar using a wooden spoon or chopstick. Keep the slow cooker on low. Let cook for up to twelve hours.<\/li>\n<li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-3\">Around eight hours in the second cycle, return, stir and check the taste and consistency. [You can adjust the salt, sugar, and add any spices if you&#8217;d like then.] I like to let the fruit butter get very dark and cooked down, but you can adjust to your liking. My final product cooked the full 24 hours.<\/li>\n<li id=\"recipeseo-instruction-4\">Store in the refrigerator for 2-4 weeks or water bath process. Ladle the butter in to hot, sanitized jars, leaving 1\/4 inch headspace. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Nomnivorous makes four pints 3.5 pounds apples 3.5 pounds pears 1\/4 cup water 6 tablespoons lemon juice 2 cups dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste [or extract &#8211; or a spent vanilla bean pod] 1 teaspoon sea salt directions Place all ingredients into a large slow cooker [6-8 quarts]. Turn the slow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jellies-jams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/schroeder.freaksign.org\/log\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}