{"id":1304,"date":"2024-05-27T12:27:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T12:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/smittenkitchen\/2024\/05\/27\/apple-butter\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T06:31:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T06:31:15","slug":"apple-butter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/apple-butter\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Butter"},"content":{"rendered":"

This recipe for homemade apple butter is the solution to post-u-pick-orchard drama: when you realize that the extra 10 pounds of apples you brought home might have been overkill. (Or that some of them aren\u2019t entirely worth eating out of hand.) It\u2019s a natural topping for an autumnal French toast bake, and it\u2019s equally delicious spread on waffles and English muffins, layered into an Appalachian apple stack cake, or dolloped over ice cream or even pork chops. And as a bonus, this easy recipe will make your house smell like an orchard.<\/p>\n

Ask the internet how to make apple butter, and you\u2019ll get 285 million results. Popular approaches include using a pressure cooker to speed up the cook time and a hands-off slow-cooker method (which actually doesn\u2019t work so well since it traps moisture). Starting apple butter on the stovetop and finishing it in the oven achieves our desired consistency (spreadable, lush), plus rich color and flavor. We opted for the warming notes of whole, not ground, cinnamon and cloves here, but you should feel free to play around. Add some allspice berries, cardamom pods, or a few strips of lemon zest; bury a vanilla bean into the mix or splash in some vanilla extract. Whatever you love in an apple pie will be excellent here.<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/h2>\n

Makes about 4 cups<\/p>\n

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6<\/p>\n

lb. mixed sweet and tart apples, unpeeled, uncored, chopped<\/div>\n

6<\/p>\n

cups unsweetened apple cider<\/div>\n

1<\/p>\n

cup raw or white granulated sugar or light brown sugar<\/div>\n

1<\/p>\n

3″ cinnamon stick<\/div>\n

3<\/p>\n

whole cloves<\/div>\n

\u00bd<\/p>\n

tsp. Diamond Crystal or \u00bc tsp. Morton\u2019s kosher salt<\/div>\n

1<\/p>\n

Tbsp. apple cider vinegar or lemon juice<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Preparation<\/h2>\n
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  1. \n

    Step 1<\/h4>\n

    Bring 6 lb. mixed sweet and tart apples, unpeeled, uncored, chopped<\/strong>, 6 cups apple cider<\/strong>, 1 cup raw or white granulated sugar, or light brown sugar<\/strong>, one 3″ cinnamon stick<\/strong>, 3 whole cloves<\/strong>, and \u00bd tsp. Diamond Crystal or \u00bc tsp. Morton\u2019s kosher salt<\/strong> to a boil in a large wide pot. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid has evaporated and apples are very soft, 1\u20131\u00bd hours.<\/p>\n

    Step 2<\/h4>\n

    Discard cinnamon stick. Pass apple mixture through the fine disk of a food mill, or strain through a coarse-mesh sieve, pressing with a rubber spatula. Discard peel, seeds, and cloves.<\/p>\n

    Step 3<\/h4>\n

    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0. Transfer apple mixture to a 13×9″ baking pan and bake, stirring every 30 minutes, until reduced by half and very thick and dark amber, 1\u00bd\u20132 hours. Stir in 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar or lemon juice<\/strong>; let cool in pan.<\/p>\n

    Do ahead:<\/strong> Apple butter can be made 1 month ahead; transfer to an airtight container and chill, or freeze up to 3 months.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This recipe for homemade apple butter is the solution to post-u-pick-orchard drama: when you realize that the extra 10 pounds of apples you brought home might have been overkill. (Or that some of them aren\u2019t entirely worth eating out of hand.) It\u2019s a natural topping for an autumnal French toast bake, and it\u2019s equally delicious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-veggielicious-eats"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5149,"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions\/5149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homekitchennotes.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}