Candy Apple Butter

• 4 Honeycrisp apples - peeled, cored, and chopped
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1/4 cup cinnamon red hot candies
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, or to taste
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups unsweetened apple juice, or as needed

1. Toss apples and lemon juice together in a bowl.
2. Put about half the apples in a slow cooker with cinnamon candies, brown sugar, ginger, and cloves; stir. Pour enough apple juice over the mixture to nearly, but not quite, cover the apples.
3. Cook on Low, stirring occasionally, until the candies dissolve, about 1 hour.
4. Increase heat to High and continue cooking until the apples have begun to lose shape, about 4 hours. Add remaining apples to the slow cooker. Reduce heat to Low and continue cooking until desired thickness is reached, at least 3 hours.

apples, lemon, cinnamon red, brown sugar, ground ginger, ground cloves, apple juice

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/229902/candy-apple-butter/ (may not work)