🍎 Easy Homemade Apple Butter Recipe | Simple & Delicious Fall Favorite 🍎

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

cinnamon

🥗Healthier: cinnamon extract

💰Cheaper: mixed spice

Mixed spice can provide a similar flavor profile.

Start with 6 to 8 cups of apples, peeled, cored, and sliced.

Add the apples to a pot and add a little water.

Cover the pot and cook for about 30 to 40 minutes until the apples are soft.

Check the apples for doneness by stabbing them; they should be perfectly soft.

Turn off the heat and use an immersion blender to blend the apples until smooth, achieving a consistency smoother than applesauce.

Turn the heat back on to medium-low and add 3/4 cup of brown sugar and 1/2 cup of regular sugar, adjusting based on the tartness of the apples.

Stir the sugars into the apple mixture until combined.

Add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of cloves, 1/4 teaspoon of allspice, and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg to the mixture and stir well.

Increase the heat slightly and cover the pot with a lid, leaving it vented to allow moisture to escape.

Cook for about 30 minutes until the mixture thickens, stirring occasionally to prevent splattering.

Once thickened, turn off the heat and let the mixture cool before transferring it to jars.

Jar the apple butter, noting that it can be refrigerated for about a month or frozen for longer storage.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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