Spiced Pear Butter via crockpot

This came out sort of thin but so worth it. Very yummy, spicy and just fantastic. Much better than apple butter!










Alright so I caught myself in a bind so don't freak out when you see how I improvised lol. I was out of lemons and lemon juice but had extract and you know it I either couldn't taste it or it was just plain GOOD!

7 large Bartlett Pears, peeled and cored (I just used the pears I had and kept cutting and paring until the crockpot was full.)

1 1/2 cups sugar or Splenda ( I used half of each)

1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

2 tsp lemon extract, or lemon juice

1 tsp vanilla extract

4 Tbs water


Core cut the pears into slices (chunky). Cook all ingredients in crockpot for 8-12 hours set on low. I cooked mine all night, got up the next morning and then put in the blender until smooth.

I washed all of my jars, lids and rings in soapy water. I placed them in a hot water bath for 10 minutes.

Store in fridge. This made 7 to 8 small wide mouuth jars.