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Crockpot Pear Butter (No Peeling Required)

Homemade Crockpot Pear Butter is thick, smooth, and full of sweet pear and cinnamon flavor. Made with fresh pears, brown sugar, and warm spices, this easy slow cooker pear butter requires no peeling or canning! Includes HIGH and LOW cooking instructions, plus tips for storing in jars or freezing for later.
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Diet Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword homemade pear butter, old-fashioned pear butter, pear butter without peeling, slow cooker pear butter
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours
Servings 3 cups
Author Pamela Reed

Ingredients

  • 5 pounds ripe pears Bartlett or Anjou
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Wash pears, remove cores and cut into chunks. Leave the skins on! No peeling necessary.
  • Add pears, brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg to the crockpot. Stir.
  • Cover and cook until pears are very soft:
    - HIGH: 4–5 hours
    - LOW: 8–10 hours
    Mine usually takes 5 hours on HIGH.
  • Blend until smooth using an immersion blender, or carefully transfer to a regular blender.
  • Stir in vanilla. If the mixture is still thin, cook on HIGH uncovered for another 30–90 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thick and spreadable. Cooking time depends on the pears and slow cooker.
  • Allow to cool and transfer to jars. The recipe should yield approximately 3 cups of pear butter, enough to fill: 3 half-pint (8-ounce) jars, or 6 small (4-ounce) jars.

Notes

This is refrigerator/freezer pear butter, not a tested canning recipe. Refrigerate for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 3 months. Don't use these instructions for shelf-stable canning.