Apple Butter
Pack apple butter into the hot sterilized jars filling the jars to within 1 4 inch of the top.
Apple butter. This delicious apple butter tastes just like fall in a jar and is amazing on top of toast homemade biscuits mix it in your oatmeal yogurt or cottage cheese i love putting the apples in the crockpot at night and letting the apple butter simmer all night long. Wipe the rims of the jars with a moist paper towel to remove any food residue. Depending on the sweetness of the apples used the amount of sugar may be adjusted to taste. It s a great way to use up all of your extra apples from the orchard.
Before applying the lids sterilize the lids by placing them in a bowl and pouring boiling water over them. 7 pour the apple butter into hot sterilized jars and seal. Fall just isn t the same without a big batch of apple butter. Recipe courtesy of bobby flay.
The additional steps of pureeing the apples until smooth and then cooking again to caramelize it is what makes the sauce thicker and stronger in flavor. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees f. If you plan to store the apple butter un refrigerated make sure to follow proper canning procedures. Combine the apples apple cider brown sugar and 1 2 teaspoon salt in a large ovenproof pot or dutch oven over medium heat.
Apple butter is cooked longer than applesauce which creates a thick smooth intense apple flavored spread. How to make apple butter to make homemade apple butter all you have to do is stick some apples in a crock pot with brown sugar white sugar vanilla cinnamon and a dash of salt. Brined pork loin with molasses mustard glaze sour mash sauce and apple butter. Spanish pork belly with apple butter.
This tasty apple butter is a real slow cooker but well worth the wait. Top with lids and screw on rings. Apple butter contains no butter but is very similar to apple sauce in that apples are cooked down with sugar and spices. And there are seemly endless uses both sweet and savory.
6 hours 30 minutes. Run a knife or a thin spatula around the insides of the jars after they have been filled to remove any air bubbles.