What do I do with apple butter?

[sandrina]

I recently go a jar of apple butter. Any suggestions?

[justsheri]

Apple Cinnamon Spritz Cookies--check out Wilton.com's "Recipes." I add cardamom and sprinkle the tops with cinnamon sugar prior to baking. My problem is I don't know what to do with the leftover apple butter after I've made my big batch for holiday gifts, but I'm going to try some of the suggestions here. Anyone ever use it with whole apples in a tart or pie? I would think it might act as a thickener, in place of apricot jam.

[GraceW]

Drink it?

Just kidding. I would put it in oatmeal.

[Emme]

blend it with cream or milk and mix into tea or cider or coffee (i suppose)... drink it ;)

[laredo]

Could someone recommend a good brand that is available at Walmart? At WF?

[FriedClamFanatic]

An old post but a goody!

I add some to pancake mix or the mega popovers I make/ Can also spread it on them

mixed with some garlic, a tiny bit of hot sauce and spread over a chicken breast gives a divine subtle taste

1 TBS per cup of flour and a diced apple make a lovely apple bread ( i make both yeat and quick style)

Some of it slapped on my mower's moving parts doesn't really grease anything.....probably the opposite!..but the bees loved it ( happened while I was eating a piece of toast and fixing something)

[Ruthie789]

Use on tea biscuits, or scones, or on pancakes.

[Delucacheesemonger]

When baking a ham, preferably bone-in, add apple butter as a spread after baking and while cooking on countertop before serving, it will melt in.

[charles_sills]

i broil/grill pork chops. when they are almost done i brush them with a bit of apple butter. soooooo good.

[Delia1]

We just made and canned about 40 half pints of apple butter last night...lots of cinnamon. I wasn't sure what to do with it except spread it on toast. All these great replies gave me terrific ideas on how to enjoy our apple butter. Thank you!

[violabratsche]

I've used apple butter in a pie, using it as if it were, say, a pumpkin puree, adjusting the sugar to taste. Also, as I'd use a date spread or other boiled fruit or even mincemeat, I've used apple butter in dessert squares.

[Delia1]

Awesome! Thank you. :0)

[hvfoodnetwork]

These all sounds like great suggestions. Can't wait to try them! Just an FYI for those who have been talking about baking with apple butter as a replacement for refined sugar. The recipe that I used called for 3 to 5 cups of sugar to 5 lbs. of apples. I replaced that with a much smaller amount of honey. But traditional AB recipes are sugar-riffic!

[GeeBeeEmm]

I just made 6 half-pints of apple butter after an apple buying spree at the arboretum. Thanks for all the tips. I think I'll try the AB and cream cheese idea right now!

[mariannette]

http://southernfood.about.com/od/appl...

Apple butter is like apple sauce, but more concentrated in texture & flavor. Try this cake recipe using apple butter:

[greygarious]

The America's Test Kitchen and/or Cook's Country program(s) I saw recently included it in glaze/sauce for pork chops and/or roast pork. Can't remember the details but since the shows are current the recipes should be free on their websites. It may have been included in their barbecue sauce as well.

Oops - Just realized this is an old, just-revived post.

[wekick]

Besides all the other great suggestions, I love it on corn bread. I restaurant we go to serves it with fry bread.
I love apple butter with star anise in it.

[Slaka]

I just finished making a batch this morning, and my first use for it will be with sweet potato fries. There's a restaurant in Amherst, Mass that used to serve this combination as it's specialty and I've been dreaming about it for years! It's absolutely decadent

[dberg1313]

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....

[jencounter]

Eat it. With a spoon.

**edit** not sure why my comment posted as a reply to the above commenter. Sorry about that!

[chef chicklet]

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...

[Ferdzy]

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.

[HillJ]

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!

[Boccone Dolce]

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....

[icey]

I like it on toast accompanied with almond butter.

[geminigirl]

make this cake, it is soooo good, some find it a bit plain, but I think it is wonderful!!

http://thebittenword.typepad.com/theb...

[isabelle3572]

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

[nvcook]

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.

[Pylon]

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.)

[violabratsche]

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

[Emme]

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.

[amsnv]

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/...

[theannerska]

Also great with sausage...

[Emme]

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.

[mrsleny]

I would like to know how long apple butter keeps in the fridge once it's been opened.

Thanks kindly!

[GG Mora]

I have an opened jar of apple butter in my fridge that's been there for over 6 months. It's fine.

[Kajikit]

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.

[HillJ]

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 :)

[Karl S]

Face cream.

[maria lorraine]

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.

[Dee S]

We must be clones.....right down to the wheat toast and Plugra!

[theheadhen]

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

[Kelli2006]

Apple butter is great on latkes, but my favorite use is for waffles or oatmeal.

[wendyb]

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

[AnneInMpls]

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/app...

Anne

[amoncada]

Apple Butter on Pancakes is excellent.

[alixium]

yes! on pancakes with plain yogurt!

[dantheculinaryman]

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.

[Siobhan]

Here's a barbecue rib recipe with apple butter in the sauce. It's awesome!
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo...

[saraeanderson]

If you want to make a lower-fat carrot cake, replace some of the volume of oil called for with apple butter.

[rworange]

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.

[Katie Nell]

I know! Biscuits all the way! Mmmm...

[Candy]

Or toast too.

[Florida Hound]

Add BAGELS to the list of "goes great with Apple Butter."

Another thought... A couple of weeks ago, our church had light refreshments and desserts after an evening service (several area churches come together on the "fifth Sundays" for a community service). One of our contributions to the evening was a plate of banana bread, with 3 jars of Fall flavors of spread: Apple Butter, Pumpkin Butter, and Sweet Potato Butter.
We got many comments and compliments on the variety that for some reason people just never thought of having around their own kitchens.

[Emme]

when i was a kid, we used to put it on rice cakes (don't ask...). that and apricot jam. one of each was a favored snack.

the other way to eat apple butter IMO is with a spoon.

[sandrina]

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!

[GG Mora]

Just wondering...what brand of apple butter is it?

[Infomaniac]

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.

[stefibles]

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.

[Glencora]

A grilled ham (very thinly sliced), cheddar and apple butter sandwich is good, too.

[JRL]

From Tyler Florence, a grilled turkey,brie and apple butter sandwich. Here's the linke:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recip...

[Cinnamon]

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.

[amkirkland]

Add it to your morning oatmeal. You do have oatmeal for breakfast, right?

[bijoux16]

swirl it into some cottage cheese, sprinkle with grapenuts, add raisins if you like them.. that's my default breakfast

[The Ranger]

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.