Lower Sugar Spicy All-Day Apple Butter

10 pounds apples - peeled, cored, and chopped

½ cup white sugar

4 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon ground allspice

¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ cup sugar-free butter-flavored syrup

¼ cup honey

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1 tablespoon Mexican vanilla extract

2 teaspoons lemon juice

½ teaspoon molasses

Place apples in a slow cooker. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours.

Stir butter-flavored syrup, honey, maple syrup, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and molasses into the apple mixture; mash apples with a potato masher or fork.

Reduce heat to Low, cover, and continue cooking apple mixture until thickened and dark brown, 9 to 11 hours, whisking frequently. Remove cover and cook for 1 to 2 more hours.