Slow Cooker Cracker Barrel Fried Apples
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An absolutely delicious copycat Cracker Barrel fried apples recipe you can make right at home in your slow cooker. Or you can make your Cracker Barrel fried apples on the stovetop if you prefer.
Cracker Barrel fried apples are reason alone to visit Cracker Barrel, am I right?!
These slow cooker fried apples are so tender and full of flavor, just like the ones at Cracker Barrel.
This easy crockpot fried apple recipe is perfect for Autumn and apple-picking season. But to be honest, there isn’t any day of the year that I could turn down some delicious fried apples.
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Just Like The Ones At Cracker Barrell
Can you believe that I didn’t know Cracker Barrel even existed until I was in college?
They didn’t have any Cracker Barrel restaurants where I lived in Northern New Jersey — although Northern New Jersey does have some amazing restaurants.
So it wasn’t until I was on an out-of-state road trip with friends that I came across a Cracker Barrel restaurant.
Fast forward to today, and I live just about a 25 minutes away from a Cracker Barrel. So now I am making up for lost time!
Cracker Barrel Fried Apples
Cracker Barrel’s fried apples might just be my favorite thing on their menu right along with their incredible ritz cracker meatloaf. They are just so incredible.
Being able to make these delicious fried apples, right at home in your crockpot, is so easy that you will want to make them every day.
Enjoy them on their own, or pour them over a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a real treat. So good.
How to Make Cracker Barrel Fried Apples in the Slow Cooker
You will need 3-4 pounds of apples for this Cracker Barrel fried apple recipe. I have found that granny smith or golden delicious apples are great for making fried apples, so I would suggest picking up one of those two varieties if possible.
This slow cooker fried apple recipe is as easy as tossing your ingredients in the slow cooker and stirring.
The toughest part is coring, peeling, and slicing your apples, but if you use one of these, you will have your apples ready in no time at all.
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Cracker Barrel Fried Apples
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3-4 lbs apples peeled and sliced into wedges
- 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ cup butter melted
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add apples and cornstarch to slow cooker. Stir to coat apples.
- Pour in the brown sugar, sugar, and cinnamon, stirring to mix well.
- Add butter, lemon juice, and vanilla. Stir to mix well.
- Cover and cook on high for 2 hours.
- When cooking time is complete, stir and serve.
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This recipe was shared on The Weekend Potluck!
Can you use canned apples?
I would use fresh apples for this recipe.
About how many servings does this make?
About 8 servings.
Any kind of apples?
I recommend granny smith or golden delicious. Honey crisp work too!
This is the second time I made these. The first time I used Cortland apples. It was good but this time I used Granny Smith apples, way better. I think they were even better than Craker Barrel. Great easy recipe thanks for sharing!!
So glad that you enjoyed these crockpot-fried apples as much as we do! And thank you for sharing the tip about Granny Smith apples being the better choice 🙂
I just made fried apples they look good
For the very first time
Can you use flour instead of cornstarch
I recommend using cornstarch and haven’t tried using flour in this recipe myself. However, if you are in a pinch and want to make it now and are all out of cornstarch I would go ahead and use flour. Enjoy!
I made these as a side for pork chops. oh my gosh !! Perfectly delicious ✨ So easy and so fanCy 🍏 Used Granny Smith’s.. Will make these again and again! Thank You 😋
Love these so much. This will be on my next family Thanksgiving /Christmas dinner for sure.
Do you cut Apple’s into 8 or 16 pieces for this recipe?
I cut mine into 1/2 inch wedges. The exact number of slices depends on the size of the apples but I’d say probably somewhere between 8 and 16 slices for the most part.
I’ve made these several times using this recipe
Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for this recipe!