326668 Sun Sep 17 18:58:21 -0700 2006 44 31 Home Cooking 0 1882556 I recently go a jar of apple butter. Any suggestions? Sun Sep 17 18:58:21 -0700 2006 18155 sandrina 1 1882568 Applebutter sandwiches! (A little peanut butter and you're good to go!) A dollop of applebutter with pork loin or pork chops. Or a cup of applebutter as dessert. Some of my fondest canning memories are of our applebutter session as a kid. Sun Sep 17 19:10:38 -0700 2006 1882556 11175 The Ranger 1 1882627 swirl it into some cottage cheese, sprinkle with grapenuts, add raisins if you like them.. that's my default breakfast Sun Sep 17 20:04:12 -0700 2006 1882556 26657 bijoux16 1 1882665 Add it to your morning oatmeal. You do have oatmeal for breakfast, right? Sun Sep 17 20:26:15 -0700 2006 1882556 30158 amkirkland 1 1882678 Used to go to a restaurant where a pool of wonderful apple butter was served in the middle of some great full-fat cottage cheese. Love that. Sun Sep 17 20:30:50 -0700 2006 1882556 40486 Cinnamon 1 1882883 From Tyler Florence, a grilled turkey,brie and apple butter sandwich. Here's the linke: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_28653,00.html Sun Sep 17 22:47:32 -0700 2006 1882556 41112 JRL 1 1882982 A grilled ham (very thinly sliced), cheddar and apple butter sandwich is good, too. Sun Sep 17 23:51:55 -0700 2006 1882556 11231 Glencora 1 1882997 Heat flour tortillas with a little oil and then roll them up with the apple butter as filling. I like to then sprinkle them with a little cinnamon and sugar and toss them back in the skillet for a bit to caramelize the sugar and give them a crispy coating. Sun Sep 17 23:59:21 -0700 2006 1882556 13383 stefibles 1 1883043 I like to melt apple butter and pour it over pecans that have been warmed in the oven, then sprinkle with a little salt and eat or serve while warm. it's really good. Mon Sep 18 00:20:48 -0700 2006 1882556 11222 Infomaniac 1 1883164 Thanks for all the great suggestions...especially the one of stirring it into my oatmeal or into cottage cheese. I eat oatmeal quite frequently, and I think this will definitely kick things up a bit! I'm also going to be having it with pork chops this week. This stuff is so good, I've been eating it right out of the jar with a spoon! Mon Sep 18 01:29:21 -0700 2006 1882556 18155 sandrina 2 1954245 Just wondering...what brand of apple butter is it? Wed Oct 18 12:47:39 -0700 2006 1883164 10365 GG Mora 1 1883181 I can't believe no one has mentioned what it was meant for ... slathered on biscuits or muffins. There's a restuarant in SF that serves apple butter with a basket of it's house-made min-muffins and rolls. It is especiall good on one of their yeasty rolls ... roll, spread with butter, topped with apple butter. Sometimes they do other fruit butters like peach or strawberry. Mon Sep 18 01:39:51 -0700 2006 1882556 10264 rworange 2 1883928 I know! Biscuits all the way! Mmmm... Mon Sep 18 15:34:32 -0700 2006 1883181 12813 Katie Nell 3 1884703 Or toast too. Mon Sep 18 20:00:40 -0700 2006 1883928 10285 Candy 1 1883192 If you want to make a lower-fat carrot cake, replace some of the volume of oil called for with apple butter. Mon Sep 18 01:47:47 -0700 2006 1882556 40874 saraeanderson 1 1883894 I worked in a restaurant years ago that made an apple butter bbq sauce. I do not have the recipe, but you should be able to adapt your favorite recipe. It was good. Ditto on replacing some fat with apple butter. Mon Sep 18 15:20:06 -0700 2006 1882556 37591 dantheculinaryman 1 1883952 Apple Butter on Pancakes is excellent. Mon Sep 18 15:40:53 -0700 2006 1882556 13223 amoncada 2 4785742 yes! on pancakes with plain yogurt! Thu Jun 18 16:03:16 -0700 2009 1883952 194657 alixium 1 1884510 It sounds like this jar of apple butter won't last long! For the next jar, try a cake made with apple butter instead of some of the oil. Eating Well's Favorites cookbook has a recipe for carrot cake that sounds good, and I found this Apple Spice Cake recipe online: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/apple_butter_spice.html Anne Mon Sep 18 19:05:03 -0700 2006 1882556 12541 AnneInMpls 1 1884725 Absolutely apple butter with pork chops or pork tenderloin. Also, try it on French toast - or for that matter, plain old ordinary toast! And (because I just thought about it and it sounded good), how about with a ham sandwich, or just with ham in general? Almost all pork is good with a bit of sweet...except possibly pigs' feet. wendyb Mon Sep 18 20:08:44 -0700 2006 1882556 41294 wendyb 1 1951692 I once took some apple butter and added dried Colman's mustard and a wee bit of vinegar to it and then made a sandwich spread that i then used to make lovely grilled ham and cheese sandwiches it was tart, sweet, salty, slightly spicy and oozy cheesy delicious Tue Oct 17 16:02:04 -0700 2006 1882556 31257 theheadhen 2 1951900 Apple butter is great on latkes, but my favorite use is for waffles or oatmeal. Tue Oct 17 16:55:50 -0700 2006 1951692 22220 Kelli2006 1 1951955 Face cream. Tue Oct 17 17:06:37 -0700 2006 1882556 13819 Karl S 2 4796831 Body paint. I've eaten homemade apple butter out of the jar with a spoon. I can get carried away. I like to spread it on good wheat toast along with Plugra butter. Mon Jun 22 21:16:01 -0700 2009 1951955 18222 maria lorraine 3 4799194 We must be clones.....right down to the wheat toast and Plugra! Tue Jun 23 13:59:03 -0700 2009 4796831 13683 Dee S 1 1953199 if you warm it out of the jar, pour it over a plain poundcake fold apple butter into vanilla ice cream add to lamb stew as both a thickener & flavoring you might wanna stock up on apple butter :) Tue Oct 17 22:54:08 -0700 2006 1882556 36312 HillJ 1 1953906 I would like to know how long apple butter keeps in the fridge once it's been opened. Thanks kindly! Wed Oct 18 03:50:45 -0700 2006 1882556 11858 mrsleny 2 1954251 I have an opened jar of apple butter in my fridge that's been there for over 6 months. It's fine. Wed Oct 18 12:49:35 -0700 2006 1953906 10365 GG Mora 2 4798074 If it's the commercial kind, it keeps forever! They only had a giant-sized jar in the supermarket when I wanted to get some... it took us over two years to use up the jar and it was just as good on the last piece of toast as on the first. Our favourite is apple butter and peanut butter sandwiches. Tue Jun 23 09:18:07 -0700 2009 1953906 67657 Kajikit 1 1954091 It probably sounds dull, but as a kid, one of my favorite afternoon snacks was rice cakes with apple butter... something about the crisp, puffy, empty palette of rice cake that highlighted the apple butter. It's also good with plain yogurt, sweetened slightly with sweetener of some sort. It's particularly good with Total yogurt from TJ's. Second its use on buttermilk biscuits. Great topping for pancakes or waffles too. Wed Oct 18 06:57:12 -0700 2006 1882556 15572 Emme 1 1962957 Also great with sausage... Sat Oct 21 19:52:09 -0700 2006 1882556 14388 theannerska 1 2859178 Use it as frosting! Here is a great apple cake that uses no refined sugars, and uses the apple butter in between laters, yum! - http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/09/sugar-free-is-the-way-to-be/ Sun Aug 19 07:11:18 -0700 2007 1882556 69266 amsnv 1 2859302 All great uses. Apple butter is good on everything. I occasionally mix in a couple of spoons of a.b. in plain yogurt. As good as anything you can get in the store. (I use the NSA a.b., so it's a little better for you as well.) Sun Aug 19 08:24:44 -0700 2007 1882556 19113 Pylon 2 2859320 Apple Butter Bars, like date squares, but use apple butter as the filling instead of dates. Also, apple butter muffins, apple butter quick bread, apple butter scones, apple butter fry pies, apple butter pie....all this, of course, on top of what everyone else has mentioned....on hot buttered toast, on biscuits, and my favourite, with a sharp cheddar on, well, just about anything: bread, toast, english muffins, crackers....I think I'll go open a jar and have some now.... AnnieG Sun Aug 19 08:32:34 -0700 2007 2859302 99375 violabratsche 3 2860157 Speaking of baked goods, I've recently been using Apple Butter as a fat replacement in cakes and muffins with much success. It was particularly a great addition to my Bran and Protein Muffins. Sun Aug 19 15:37:04 -0700 2007 2859320 15572 Emme 1 4783717 try marinading salmon in a ginger teriyaki for a few hours then putting applebutter on bothsides of fish sprinkle with red pepper wrap in tin foil and put on the grill for 10 minutes or until flaky...delicious.its very healthy and simple Thu Jun 18 05:46:56 -0700 2009 1882556 1084878 isabelle3572 2 4784564 Even though Thanksgiving is a long way off (and with all the other wonderful suggestions, you'll probably need another jar by then), I once added it to the pumpkin mixture for pumpkin pie and it was very good. Thu Jun 18 10:07:11 -0700 2009 4783717 223367 nvcook 1 4785235 make this cake, it is soooo good, some find it a bit plain, but I think it is wonderful!! http://thebittenword.typepad.com/thebittenword/2008/11/apple-stack-cake.html Thu Jun 18 13:02:11 -0700 2009 1882556 53762 geminigirl 1 4785343 I like it on toast accompanied with almond butter. Thu Jun 18 13:38:26 -0700 2009 1882556 51490 icey 1 4785914 Ooooh my Mom used to make me apple butter and butter sandwiches- sometimes apple butter & cream cheese. Good memories! I believe I tried it again a few years ago and the brand I got (random market house brand) it was goopy, overtly sweet and made me feel terrible about my childhood for about 14 minutes. I bet if you get a good one (made with love, like by the amish) that I'd taste a little on a slice of bread and sigh with content.... Thu Jun 18 17:25:53 -0700 2009 1882556 110426 Boccone Dolce 1 4785932 Cook and puree 3 cups of acorn squash, add a jar of apple butter and 1/2 cup light cream. A dollop of Greek yogurt and serve. A very comforting soup! Thu Jun 18 17:35:13 -0700 2009 1882556 36312 HillJ 1 4787416 A little apple butter added to a vinaigrette dressing goes well with many salads. I also make spare-ribs with apple butter sauce that I love. Fri Jun 19 08:57:43 -0700 2009 1882556 118775 Ferdzy 1 4788058 Apple butter and cottage cheese is a PA German thing; we loved it and ate it on toast instead of (not in addition to) butter. It should keep forever, refrigerated. I admit we kept a crock of it in the springhouse, which was cool but not refrigerator temperature. OK now the memories are coming back....we would cover the top of the crocks with circles cut from bread wrappers (which were made of waxed paper in those days). Same with pear butter and so on. Yes, this was when dinosaurs roamed the earth.... Fri Jun 19 12:05:10 -0700 2009 1882556 42011 dberg1313 2 4789198 Eat it. With a spoon. **edit** not sure why my comment posted as a reply to the above commenter. Sorry about that! Fri Jun 19 20:28:33 -0700 2009 4788058 75012 jencounter 2 4797071 Geraman huh? That explains my Dad's motivation to make it by the tons where we were kids. We ate it on just about everything.Good grief, peanut butter and appple butter toast. I lived on that for the longest time... Tue Jun 23 01:24:38 -0700 2009 4788058 50431 chef chicklet