Crock pot cranberry butter is an impossibly silky, tangy fruit butter that is made right in the slow cooker ~ you’ll want to slather this easy cranberry jam on toast, scones, biscuits, muffins, turkey sandwiches!
crock pot cranberry butter has the most amazing crimson color and silky texture
While normally fruit butters are a time consuming project with a lot of stove side babysitting involved, in this recipe I’ve let the crock pot do all the work of cooking and reducing fresh cranberries down into a very potent thick spread. All you need to do is puree and strain. The result is truly unique.
This recipe makes 2 cups of cranberry butter
What it lacks in volume it more than makes up for in silky texture and powerful flavor. A little goes a long way, and a cup of this stuff would be a fine gift. Use it on biscuits, scones, or add it to a cheese plate. Use it as a glaze for grilled chicken or pork,or on sandwiches. You can make creative holiday cocktails with a dab of this, too.
ingredients for cranberry butter
- fresh cranberries
- brown sugar
- apple cider
- cinnamon sticks
As an added bonus you’ll get an all day holiday scent filling your kitchen. If you want to try other fruit butters, my Cranberry Apple Butter is a little less tart than this one. My Crock Pot Pumpkin Butter is a great choice too.
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Vickie
I LOVE LOVE this cranberry butter. I have made it the last two holidays and gave it as gifts last year and am doing it again this year. It is gorgeous in jars and perfectly tart, sweet, and silky on toasted bread, in oatmeal, and on sandwiches!! THANK YOU for my favorite holiday tradition!!
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Crockpot Cranberry Butter
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 24 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 whole cinnamon stick
- 1 cup apple cider
Instructions
- Put all the ingredients in a crockpot and stir to combine well. Turn on high. Let it cook for about 2 hours or until the cranberries are soft.
- Remove the cinnamon stick and puree the mixture in a food processor. Do this in two batches. Be careful as the mixture is hot, I cover the top opening of the machine with a dish cloth. Let the machine run for a full minute to puree the cranberries very finely.
- Force the cranberry puree through a mesh sieve or strainer. Push forcefully with the back of a spoon to get as much cranberry puree as you can. Discard the solids.
- Pour the puree back into the crockpot. Turn the crockpot to high, and leave the lid ajar. Cook until thickened, approximately another 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
- Put the cranberry butter into clean jars with tight fitting lids and let cool. Store in the refrigerator and consume within a month.
- Makes about 2 cups.
Notes
Nutrition
more cranberry recipes for cranberry season
- Cranberry Orange Cake
- Chocolate Cake with Cranberry Buttercream
- Cranberry Apple Crisp
- Maple Cranberry Butter in 15 minutes!
- Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies
- Cranberry Cleanse Smoothie
- Cranberry Gingersnap Pie
Made this exactly as written today and I can’t stop eating it. Ate more than a few spoonfuls after it went through the sieve. Burned my bottom lip and my tongue. Worth it. After I put it into jars I used Hawaiian sweet rolls to wipe the crockpot clean because I didn’t want to waste any of it. This is not going to make it to Thanksgiving. Thank you for posting this recipe!!
I’ve made this a lot and my husband loves it!!! How long can you store what you’ve canned?
Hi Sue, I made cranberry jam today. I used 1kg bag of frozen cranberries, doubled everything else and used apple juice. After rinsing all ingredients went in the crockpot. Because my berries were frozen it took longer to cook. My husband used our immersion blender and there was very little solids to discard. Made 4 small jars, 3 for giveaways (maybe) and 1 for us. Jam is tart, glad I didn’t put in lemon zest. Just joined your site and I’m going to try your microwave apple cranberry one next. Thanks
Welcome in Ann Marie, and glad you loved the cranberry butter!
Hi can I use apple juice or orange juice instead of apple cider ? Where I live I can not find apple cider?
Yes, that’s fine.
Can I quadruple this recipe for multi-gift giving?
The problem is, it would take forever to make, I suggest doing smaller batches!
I love this recipe and it’s very easy to make. Two questions though:
1. How do you keep it from forming the skin on top of it during the last 2 hours. It wouldn’t blend back in with the sauce.
2. Which brown sugar do you use – Light, Regular, or Dark?
Can I cook on stove top instead of crockpot?
Yes! Just watch it toward the end so it doesn’t scorch.
Can this be frozen?
Yes, for sure.
Thanks for asking this question
Do you have to thaw the frozen cranberries first?
No, there’s no need to thaw.
Can dried cranberries be used instead of fresh?
No unfortunately they won’t work Pam, but do check your freezer aisle, because frozen cranberries will work.