Apple Butter

A quick and easy apple butter recipe with just 5 ingredients that takes about 35 minutes to make.

Course condiment

Cuisine American

Keyword apples

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 176kcal

Author Emma Chapman

Ingredients

2 ½ pounds apples
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup granulated white sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Prep the apples by peeling and coring them.
To a medium to large size pot, add the apple slices, sugars, cinnamon and vanilla extract.
Cook over medium heat. Stir often to dissolve the sugars and make sure the mixture doesn’t burn the bottom of your pot.
After 30 minutes the apples should be very soft.
Use an immersion blender to puree the apple mixture until smooth. If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can also transfer the mixture to a blender or food processor and puree that way.
Allow to cool. Now your apple butter is ready to use!

Notes

Allow the apple butter to cool before storing in jars or other airtight containers.

Store apple butter in the refrigerator for at least 2 weeks but likely longer.

While I prefer to use a sweeter variety of apples, like honey crisp, any variety can work well for this recipe. The variety will affect the flavor, like using all granny smith will result in a more tart apple butter. You can also use a mix of varieties if that’s what you have.

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