Slow cooker stewed apples and blackberries

Name: Slow cooker stewed apples and blackberries
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1kg cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced; 250g blackberries; 1 lemon, juiced; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 4 tbsp water; 2 tbsp erythritol

Sweet apples and blackberries melted down with cinnamon and vanilla. Lovely warm with custard or cold on porridge.

Time3 hrs 15
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.96 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

6 servings

Ingredients

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1 kgcooking applespeeled, cored and sliced
250 gblackberries
1lemonjuiced
2 tspground cinnamon
1 tspvanilla extract
4 tbspwater
2 tbsperythritol

Method

1
Put the apples in the slow cooker with the lemon juice and water.
2
Sprinkle over the cinnamon, vanilla and erythritol and stir.
3
Cover and cook on low for 3 hours, until the apples are soft and starting to fall apart.
180 min
4
Gently stir in the blackberries and cook for 15 minutes more.
15 min
5
Taste and add a little more erythritol if you want it sweeter. Serve warm or cold.

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