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Apple Butter
This homemade apple butter is the perfect fix for when you have too many apples. It has a wonderfully intense apple flavor and holds for up to three months.
👥 4 Servings🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Rick Martinez📖 bonappetit
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●spatula
- ●pan
- ●oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Bring 6 lb. mixed sweet and tart apples, unpeeled, uncored, chopped, 6 cups apple cider, 1 cup raw or white granulated sugar, or light brown sugar, one 3" cinnamon stick, 3 whole cloves, and ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton’s kosher salt 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, 1–1½ hours.
. mixed sweet and tart apples, unpeeled, uncored, chopped6 lb3" cinnamon stick1whole cloves3
2
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.
3
Preheat oven to 350°. Transfer apple mixture to a 13x9" baking pan and bake, stirring every ⏱️ 30 minutes, until reduced by half and very thick and dark amber, 1½–⏱️ 2 hours. Stir in 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar or lemon juice; let cool in pan. Do ahead: Apple butter can be made 1 month ahead; transfer to an airtight container and chill, or freeze up to 3 months. Editor’s note: This recipe was first printed online in September 2016. Head this way for more of our best apple recipes →
. apple cider vinegar or lemon juice1 Tbsp
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