Apple Butter

[puff_not_snuff]

Do people eat apple butter anymore? I use to love that stuff as a kid but don't see it around much. Just bought a jar at a farmer's market and it's much thicker than I remember, almost like quince paste, but still has that familiar taste I loved as a wee lad although I'm waiting for the clock to strike 9pm here so I can repeatedly go to the kitchen and eat it out of the jar while I stand with the refrigerator door open and get lectured about diabetes from my girlfriend....

 

[Chaukisch]

I never heard about that before. I could look it up but for conversations sake I'll ask you: What exactly is it?

My grandmother introduced me to grated carrots and apple, sprinkled with lemon juice.
It gets better as you keep it jarred up in the fridge but you want to eat up soon if you like the crispness, it gets more soggy as the days progress.

 

[MattRVA]

Love the stuff! Still eat it frequently.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I never heard about that before. I could look it up but for conversations sake I'll ask you: What exactly is it?

My grandmother introduced me to grated carrots and apple, sprinkled with lemon juice.
It gets better as you keep it jarred up in the fridge but you want to eat up soon if you like the crispness, it gets more soggy as the days progress.

It's a preserved fruit that contains apples, sugar, cinnamon, clove etc. and while it contains no butter it sort of has the consistency of it but not really. It's made by boiling apples in apple cider and is the color of stoved tobacco.

 

[That Guy]

Love it. Great stuff. I make an apple butter BBQ sauce that's amazing on pork. It's addictive.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

Sort of like a cinnamon spiked apple sauce with a jam like consistency or apple pie filling, apple butter is a staple cider mill treat in Michigan. It's great on rolls and pretzels.

 

[username]

Haven’t had it in a while but I love the stuff.

 

[Chaukisch]

It's a preserved fruit that contains apples, sugar, cinnamon, clove etc. and while it contains no butter it sort of has the consistency of it but not really. It's made by boiling apples in apple cider and is the color of stoved tobacco.

Ah, like a marmelade or confiture, a "jam". I had many before but my first taste of an apple based one was only about three years ago, an apple/caramel, Christmas-y kinda jam. If I remember correctly it was from an US brand, McKennedy.
It was pleny good but I gotta say that I prefer berries or apricot as a jam, we also have a plum spread with Christmas-y spices available all year around, in the stores. Just delicious.

Hot toast. Golden brown, fresh and hot. Spread the good butter and any jam right afterwards.
I can breathe in a loaf of bread like this, like a sip of a pipe. Although I might need several pipes afterwards.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Apple butter pumpkin pie is a delight!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Love it but prefer pumpkin or pear butter.

 

[prairiedruid]

Make my own in a crockpot. Makes the whole house smell awesome. Great on ice cream.

 

[woodsroad]

The best apple butter is made the old fashioned way, from the peelings and cores, after apples have been sliced for pies and canning. We did this every fall when I was a kid. My sister and I would run the apple peeler, mom would be making up pie crusts, and dad would be starting the peels and cores for apple butter.

The local Mennonite church has an annual Apple Butter Frolic where they also make scrapple and bake bread. Apple butter over fresh baked bread is a phenomenal treat!

Here’s a local place that makes the best apple butter you’ll find, outside your own kitchen. Bauman Family Fruit Butters & Cider - http://www.baumanfamily.com/

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

My wife makes it and cans it. We have a jar in our fridge at all times, year round. I love the stuff, as do the kids

 

[yohanan]

Do people eat apple butter anymore? I use to love that stuff as a kid but don't see it around much. Just bought a jar at a farmer's market and it's much thicker than I remember, almost like quince paste, but still has that familiar taste I loved as a wee lad although I'm waiting for the clock to strike 9pm here so I can repeatedly go to the kitchen and eat it out of the jar while I stand with the refrigerator door open and get lectured about diabetes from my girlfriend....

I love apple butter, no one I knows makes it anymore, I always loved both my granny's version's of it, that being said, and for the record, you can't make apple butter out of bull shite.

 

[solideogloria86]

I love apple butter. My dad sent me a case last Christmas that his girlfriend canned.

 

[renfield]

Love it. My wife and I make a large batch every other year.

We alternate with making peach butter. Same concept as apple butter but with peaches.

 

[Sam Gamgee]

Apple butter on English muffins is wonderful. On biscuits too. Also on toast. On pretty much anything.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I used to eat it as a kid, but now, I just don't care for it. I even made some a few years back, when I was just starting with the orchard and had lots of apples to play with. It is just the taste of apple without the sweetness. I prefer an apple jelly. But, now I only use the apples for pies and pastries. I don't even eat jellies or jams that much these days.

But, cooking it is a great way to make the house smell good.

 

[Egg Shen]

Do people eat apple butter anymore? I use to love that stuff as a kid but don't see it around much. Just bought a jar at a farmer's market and it's much thicker than I remember, almost like quince paste, but still has that familiar taste I loved as a wee lad although I'm waiting for the clock to strike 9pm here so I can repeatedly go to the kitchen and eat it out of the jar while I stand with the refrigerator door open and get lectured about diabetes from my girlfriend....

Yes of course. Pumpkin butter too. 100% fruit no added sugar is how I roll. Love it on rye or English muffins. Especially English muffins with a sausage patty.

 

[Egg Shen]

Love it but prefer pumpkin or pear butter.

In search of pear butter now. Never heard of it before