My main purpose would be to make home made apple butter once a year. Would this do the trick? Needs to cook for 12 hours with constant stirring
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Constant stirring? For 12 hours? This is a nice roaster. I sometimes use it in place of my slow cooker when I have a large batch to prepare, but I've never made apple butter. How do you stir constantly for 12 hours?
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I think so....it heats evenly, the sides can get hot, but if keep at a low temp with frequent stirring. Works great for soups, sauces I have made. Good Luck!
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sorry i do not know if it would suit you're needs , never made apple butter. and how constant you need the temp?
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Yes... I recipe would fill one pan. Most recipes take about 30 minutes to bake.
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I wouldn't recommend this technique -- but I have done this. My advice (if you absolutely must microwave): Dice the butter. Heat in 10 sec* increments until soft (not melted). The butter will become more spreadable and easier to pack into your butter crock! *microwave oven times vary
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yes, but you would have to be making a huge batch. I have used it for making everything from cheese, to apple sauce, to bone broth.
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I am sure this is possible, but probably not a good idea due to differing cooking times. My advice: Conduct an experiment!
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Sorry, I don't know. My limit so far is only 5 hours, but I was using it only about half full and it was certainly not overcooked. I would think it would be OK. If I were trying it the first time, I might add a little extra fluid so that it did not cook dry.
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You should always melt down and strain unrefined butter.... its not a health risk if you dont, but tiny nut particles could be in it that you dont see with naked eye... can scratch. If using for yourself its not a big deal if you dont care if you might scratch up whatever youre using it on (Face? Lips?).... but if you gift or sell, take the extra 5 minutes. Just heat and strain.... Mac and Cheese takes longer.... yano. ;) BE BLESSED ALL WHO READ THIS.
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It is advisable to briefly precook the apples according to a recipe I used. It takes such a short time to use the appliance that the filling would not be done otherwise
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It takes a lot longer than three minutes to separate. We have used it a couple times--it takes AT LEAST 10 minutes of shaking if not a little more. Our family take turns shaking it--when one of us gets tired, we pass it on. We try to see who has more endurance! Lol. It changes to solid almost instantly when it's "ready". Don't give up--the homemade butter is worth it! (We add salt and honey).
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I bought this item to make nut butter for my raw food restaurant where we make our own almond butter. The most efficient way I have found to do this is to first process the nuts in a cuisanart until they are pretty fine, then add them to the stone grinder. We add almond oil for a smooth consistency. If you leave the top of and help it along with a spatula for the first five minutes and then let it go for another five. Another review said you shouldn't let it run for more than a half hour because the motor isn't that strong and it usually takes less than ten minutes to make about 4 cups of almond butter.
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Definitely yes. I do it this way all the time. I just double my recipe and put part of it in the jars and the rest in the container. It works fine each time I've done it. I think you'll be happy with the results.
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Well, if you're looking for something that will equal an electric mixer or one of those battery-operated milk frothers, this won't be good for that. I still have mine and I love it. I use it at least once or twice a week to scramble eggs or mix up canned tomato soup, stuff like that...anything that requires mixing via a whisk. There's no real technique other than not being heavy-handed -if this is shoved up and down too hard it's going to break or cause a lot of fatigue. I've found it's good for small pans or mixing in a smaller mixing/cereal bowl without a lot of splashing around. Hope that helps.
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I just read a review by some other customer about this product different brand "Compact Table Top Grinder -110volts 2 Ltrs". She has already bought and tried it for producing nut butter. I have copy pasted her question/comment. Since she has already bought it, You can probably ask her user experience. Normally, in my country we use this primarily for grinding soaked rice, lentils, beans and black gram etc. I bought this item to make nut butter for my raw food restaurant where we make our own almond butter. The most efficient way I have found to do this is to first process the nuts in a cuisanart until they are pretty fine, then add them to the stone grinder. We add almond oil for a smooth consistency. If you leave the top of and help it along with a spatula for the first five minutes and then let it go for another five. Another review said you shouldn't let it run for more than a half hour because the motor isn't that strong and it usually takes less than ten minutes to make about 4 cups of... Jennifer S. answered on October 10, 2013
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I find it works very well. Just make sure you use a recipe that calls for two cups of flour only. I use it for making biscuits and one pie crust. Butter blends in just as good as in the larger units.
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No, don't think it would be good for that. You can buy an apple corer on Amazon for the purpose.
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It all depends on the recipe, I have made several gallons of apple pie filling and it took very little Clear jel. I will be able to make many more batches canning fruit with the 1.5# of Hoosier Farm Jel. I love it, but be cafeful, it can get messy because of the texture of the powder.
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I make nut butters using a earlier version of this processor, and I accidentally stumbled onto the key to making almond butter in a flash (works with other nuts, too.) I microwaved 3/4 cup roasted almonds (raw works, too) until they were quite warm, but not hot. I put them immediately into the food processor bowl and started it up. I stepped away for a few minutes to make a cup of coffee -- thinking that even with the warm nuts it would take at least 10 minutes to make butter. However, when I stepped back the butter was done! Using the pre-heated method makes smooth butter in a few minutes, with no danger of over-heating the motor.