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Apple Butter

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Yield
Makes 3 to 4 quarts.
Category
Dips and Spreads
Fruit
Course
Side Dishes
Preparation Method
Cook
Simmer
Sources
Yankee Magazine's Great New England Recipes

Make your own apple butter with this simple recipe. Apple butter is a delicious alternative to peanut butter and a great way to use fresh apples. There’s no need to peel the apples, but you can if you prefer.

See Best Cooking Apples and use the varieties you would use for applesauce.

Cortland apples work well because they don’t oxidize as rapidly when cut as do other varieties. 

Ingredients
1/2 peck or 6 pounds mixed apples, cored and quarter
2 cups apple cider
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
zest and juice from 1 lemon
Instructions

In a pot over medium heat, cook apples until soft, adding enough cider to get them started without scorching. When apples are soft, push through a sieve into the pot. Add remaining ingredients and simmer over very low heat, uncovered, until desired thickness is reached. Stir often to avoid burning.

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Comments

Ella (not verified)

7 years 2 months ago

It is a good idea to keep up with new canning procedures from year to year. It is important! Why waste our time and energy just to have it go to waste. There are several changes in the past few years. Please call your county exchange or your University agriculture division for the lasted updates. Have your canner top tested for pressure, I found mine to be two minutes off--big difference. I suppose you can tell I love to cook and can.

Ms. Ella

and season with remaining ingredients to taste

Douglas B. Morris (not verified)

7 years 2 months ago

I"m an "ole" farm boy and yearly we made Apple Butter in an copper kettle. 30 gal. cider cooked to half volume, 5- 5 gal. buckets of "snits" cooked until soft, sugar,cinnamon an cloves to taste. Under a wood fire and stir an stir until jelly point. NOW that was Apple Butter!!! But your recipe tastes pretty good too. Yes there was such a thing as "The Good Ole Days"

CrystalRobinson (not verified)

10 years 2 months ago

If I want to do canning with apple butter how long do I boil the bottles to seal them?

Hi Crystal,
Recommended hot water processing time for pint jars is 5 minutes and for quart jars 10 min.

According to USDA Complete guide to home canning:
Half pints or pints: 0-1,000ft is 5 min. 1,001-6,000 is 10 min. Above 6,000 ft is 15 min.
Quarts: 0-1,000ft is 10 min. 1,001-6,000ft is 15 min. Above 6,000 ft iss 20 min.

The USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning can be downloaded for free from their site.

Please be more specific with times as this can be a safety issue. Thank you.

Miss Amy (not verified)

13 years 11 months ago

I was really suprized to see how easy this was, I've been wanting to make my own apple butter for a while now and thought it too difficult. This recipe is fabulous Thank you!

Ida Mettlen (not verified)

14 years 2 months ago

You can also cook it in the slow cooker. Takes longer than stovetop but you can do other things till you are close to end. Them turn om high and remove lid IF you need to cook out some liquid. Then you need to stir often so it wont stick and burn..

Hey I tired this with the slow cooker yesterday (@12 hr) used cored and peeled apples. Used the same ingredients stated in this recipe. Cooked it all day. Stiring every couple hours worked. WOW!! it works great! It tastes great...even my picky child loves it. THANKYOU!!

Great idea,,, going to jar this and give as presents. Mmmmmm.