Recipe Apple Butter. The fridge will only keep your apple butter good for about a week or 2, so you must either can your jars of apple butter, give them away, or freeze them. Why I leave my apples unpeeled. There are a couple of reasons why I make this apple butter recipe with unpeeled apples. 4 pounds assorted apples, peeled and chopped. 2 cups apple cider. 1 cup packed light brown sugar. Kosher salt. 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon WHAT IS APPLE BUTTER? Apple butter is a simple, home-y topping that tastes great spread on biscuits, scones, or toast. It’s made from primarily from apples, but it doesn’t actually contain any butter or dairy of any kind. In fact, it’s vegan! Apple butter has a hint of warm cinnamon spice, but mostly it just tastes like apples.
Stir sugar and lemon juice into the apple mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, and continue cooking at a simmer until the mixture is very thick, about 25 minutes. Apples are cooked down slowly with sugar and cinnamon until the mixture thickens and darkens down and starts to look like butter or peanut butter; hence the name! You can spread it on toast, use it in apple cakes or glaze a ham with it. A slow cooker is ideal for making apple butter. This is enough to make 4 jars of apple butter.
This yummy recipe is a favorite in my family. If you have never eaten apple butter, I urge you to make this! It is the easier, shortcut version. That means you don’t have to peel, core, and chop up 5 pounds of apples to make it. Just use applesauce! My favorite way to eat apple butter is on an Elephant Ear. Usually at the Fair. So delicious!
This is a simple apple butter recipe made using unsweetened apple sauce. Just add in all of the ingredients and cook in a slow cooker. This is a simple apple butter recipe made using unsweetened apple sauce. Just add in all of the ingredients and cook in a slow cooker. Skip to primary navigation; How To Make Homemade Apple Butter: Place apple in a large pot with cider, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Cook covered over medium-low heat for 1 hour, stirring every 10 minutes, until very soft. Apple butter is extremely easy to make and it's how we transition from avocado toast in the summer to a more fall themed toast (wow, imagine it on sourdough toast).Apple butter also goes great on. Does apple butter need to be refrigerated after opening? Yes! Make sure that you refrigerate your apple butter after you’ve opened the can or jar. How much apple butter does this recipe make? This recipe ends up making between 2-3 pins of apple butter. The difference is how much you cook it down.
