Description
This delicious blueberry butter is lightly sweetened with a hint of warming spice, perfect for spreading on all of your warm, freshly baked goods.
Ingredients
Blueberry Butter Ingredients:
- 2 pounds fresh or frozen blueberries, rinsed
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 medium Zest and juice of lemon
- 1 cinnamon stick, or 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Instructions
- Place Ingredients: Place all ingredients into the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker.
- Cook on Low: Cover with the lid and cook on LOW setting for 2 to 3 hours.
- Blend Blueberries: Use an immersion blender to break up blueberries into a puree. If using a cinnamon stick, set it aside while blending and then return it to the pot.
- Continue Cooking: Continue cooking, with the lid offset to create a vent, for 6 to 8 additional hours, stirring once an hour.
- Check Consistency: Blueberry butter is done when it is thick and has the desired consistency.
- Store: Remove and discard the cinnamon stick, transfer the blueberry butter to sterile canning jars, cover with lids, and allow to cool to room temperature.
- Storage: Store sealed jars in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks or in the freezer for up to 1 year.
Notes
- This blueberry butter freezes well, so consider making a double batch to ensure you always have some on hand.
- You can also puree the blueberries before adding them to the crockpot. Pulverize them, add to the slow cooker with the other ingredients and cook over low following the instructions. Skip the step where you blend with the immersion blender. I like to get them cooking first and then blend them to have more control over the consistency of the blueberry butter. I like a few chunks in the butter, but you can puree it as much as you wish.
- The blueberry butter will thicken further after cooling.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 572 kcal
- Sugar: 131g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 2g
- Saturated Fat: 0.2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 148g
- Fiber: 9g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
