Easy Apple Butter

4 pounds cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
2 Cups Sugar
1/3 Cup Water
2 T Cider Vinegar
2 t Ground Cinnamon
1/4 t Ground Cloves
1/8 t Ground Allspice
1/8 t Ground Nutmeg

Place apple slices in a 3-1/2 to 4 quart slow cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients.

Cover, cook on high setting 5 to 6 hours.

Stir, cook for at least 1 hour or cover and chill overnight.

Ladle apple butter into half pint storage or freezer containers, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Seal and label.

Store 3 weeks in refrigerator or for 1 year in freezer.

Makes 4 half pints.