ByTiffany McCauley
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This homemade apple butter is delicious on your morning toast!
I love it when a recipe is easy to convert to a Clean Eating recipe. It makes life so much simpler, don’t you think?
Now that my two year old is demanding to eat with his “hork” and “poon” at every meal, I feel good about the fact that the food he’s putting in his mouth is nothing but healthy. This recipe, is no exception.
I learned to make apple butter years ago, but thought I was out of luck once I started trying to give up sugar. So I was happy to find that that was not the case.
This recipe is adapted from the Eclectic Recipes web site. This fabulous lady really knows her way around the kitchen. I love reading her blog posts. Her recipes are usually easily converted to the Clean Eating lifestyle. Here’s the original recipe.
I hope you’ll give this recipe a try. It’s really very yummy!
TOAST TOPPER
If you need more ideas for delicious, healthy toast toppers, these toast spreads might be just what you’re looking for. They make great gifts too! (None are recommended for canning).
- Pumpkin Butter
- Cranberry Butter
- Plum Butter
HOMEMADE APPLE BUTTER RECIPE:
Homemade Apple Butter
A delicious, homemade spread for your morning toast.
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Course: Condiments, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 12 hours hours
Total Time: 12 hours hours 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 50 servings
Calories: 37kcal
Ingredients
- 12 small apples (of any variety)
- 2 cups apple grape juice blend (100% juice – no sugar added – Or two cups of one OR the other, depending on what you can find)
- 2 tbsp. unsulphered molasses
- ½ cup honey
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. ground allspice
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
- ¼ tsp. salt
US Customary – Metric
Instructions
Cut and core all your apples and place them in the slow cooker.
Add your juice.
Add your honey.
Add your spices.
Mix everything up and turn the heat on high. After a couple of hours, the juice should be boiling. Once it boils, turn the heat to low.
Note: The original recipe says you have to cook for about 6-8 hours after turning down the heat. However, with the substitution of honey, you have to cook it a bit longer. I had to let mine cook for about 12 hours. Remember to stir occasionally. The apple butter should be a nice dark brown color when it's finished. Also, I do NOT recommend this recipe for canning.
Notes
Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tbsp. | Calories: 37kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 59mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 19IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg
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I didn’t have apple juice so I used cranberry (no sugar added of course) Tastes fabulous!! Its like wassel apple butter!! It still needs to boil down a little but the best part about being the cook is tasting everything. Does this recipe work with other fruit or pumpkin. Is there a solid to liquid ratio that should be maintained?
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SpringMorning – I’ve never analyzed it quite that much. But I do have other butter recipes here on my blog. I have a pumpkin butter and a few others if that helps.
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I am in the process of of just about reaching 12hrs of cooking this but but I’m having an issue with the skins, are they suppose to still be whole? Would it mess up the batch if I pureed it after it finished cooking and before I can it?
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Lexie – You can strain them out if you want. I wouldn’t blend them in though because the texture of your butter will get “rougher”. I would just put everything through a food mill or fine-meshed sieve.
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Holy hell I just made this recipe and it is ahhhhmaaaaazing! So good I don’t even want to give it away anymore! I’m starting in holiday gift baskets now since apples are in season and very cheap!
This recipe is perfect for canning without sugar because apples are already high is sugar and acid. As well, honey is a natural preservative. My friends and family are not going to believe this is a clean recipe!!
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Mrs. O – I’m so glad you like it! I’m not sure about the canning though. I have no experience with canning, but I highly recommend showing the recipe to a master canner first. Don’t want to make anybody sick!
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Mine has been in the crock pot for 13 hours and is still pretty runny. I added about a teaspoon of corn starch. Should I add more or just be patient and let it cool a bit? I’m also canning it so I don’t know if it will still thicken after it has been canned?
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Sarah – I don’t recommend this for canning. But it will thicken a bit as it cools. If you’re really worried about it, you could do it faster by simmering in a large pot.
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Is that 2 cups apple and an additional 2 cups grape juice? Or is it an apple/grape juice blend?
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Heidi – It’s a total of 2 cups. The juice is a blend of the two juices. I bought it that way.
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Does this call for 2 cups of juice total or 2 cups of each?
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Vangie – Total
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Thanks! I’ve already made it and let me tell you, I am NEVER buying store-bought apple butter again!
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Vangie – Wonderful! 🙂
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Hello! I was wondering if you’ve ever tried to make this fruit butter with berries? I was looking for clean eating alternatives for jelly and was hoping there would be a raspberry, blackberry, and/or strawberry butter or if they were too…delicate, maybe, for this cooking process?
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Rachael – I have this one: https://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-raspberry-butter/
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Thank you so much, it looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it 🙂
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Rachael – Great! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
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Hi. Thanks for this recipe. I can’t wait to try it. I was wondering, since the recipe calls for 12 small apples, can 6 large ones be used instead? I ask because it’s what I have on hand. Also, can it be made w the apples peeled first before cooking? If so, do you think it will change the cooking time?
By the way, I tried your fig butter recipe last year (with a few minor changes like using spiced apple cider vs apple juice~it’s what I had) and it came out great. I was able to freeze it too. The family loved it. 🙂
Thanks,
MReply
Marina – Certainly, on both counts! It won’t change the cooking time any, at least not in my experience. I’ve done it both ways. Enjoy!
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Thanks. I look forward to making it soon. Sounds yummy! 🙂
Also, I forgot to ask if the apple butter (from this particular recipe) can be frozen in glass mason jars after it has cooled? Curious, as I noticed that one of you other recipes for apple butter (the one made w apple sauce) advises against such…
Thanks again,
MReply
Marina – I never advise people to freeze in glass. It’s too easy for it to crack. I think this would do fine if you frozen it in zipper top bags though. But I wouldn’t freeze it for too long. Plus, the apples may darken a bit, but that won’t affect the flavor. I wouldn’t freeze it for more than 4 months, just to be safe.
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