Apple Butter 2013....it's Fall Yall! (10-7-13)

[daveomak]

Kat, morning.....  Bride says apple butter is good...  May have to make some....  neighbor brings us boxes of apples in the fall...   Should be arriving soon...     Yours looks mighty good to me....     

Dave

 

[s2k9k]

Sure wish I could have some peanuts!!!!
If y'all get the ones in the cans (Peanut Patch) they need to be boiled some more. They are kind of dirty tasting and not done. Boil them in a heavy brine for about another hour or so and then they are real good!
Definitely a Southern thing, most yankees never heard of them or hate them!!!

 

[kathrynn]

We love the apple butter.  Will share my recipe.  Easy and in the crock pot.  Doesn't burn on the bottom that way.

Dave....I agree....they haven't gotten soft enough.  Could rinse them off and start a new brine water and let them roll.

Kat

 

[bluto]

NICE! I love me some good apple butter! :Looks-Great:

 

[GaryHibbert]

Hey Kat

If you use bleach to sterolise, make ure you rince REALLY WELL or you'll hate the mead.

Also, I'm asuming that green peanuts are a southern thing.  Is there a northern, yes I'm in the snow belt, equivalent???

Gary

 

[link]

Hey Kat,
Would you share your Apple butter recipe? My wife loves the stuff and I would like to make some for her.

Thanks

 

[kathrynn]

Hey Kat,
Would you share your Apple butter recipe? My wife loves the stuff and I would like to make some for her.

Thanks

Sure thing!

I get a 1/2 peck of a very tart apple...like Winesaps

a 1/4 peck of a golden delicious (or a softer apple)

1 cup of Apple cider (fresh is better) 

1 lemon

1 cup sugar

2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon on ground cloves

1 teaspoon of nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon of Allspice

Peel and core the apples.  I use half of one bag and half the other bag.  If you only have one large crock pot...will make 2 batched from the amount of apples.  Rough chop them and throw into the crock pot.  Mound it up almost too high...but to where the lid will stay on.  The apples will cook down to less than half of what you think it will.

Add the sugar and spices....Then Squeeze the lemon to get all the juice on top of the apples...will keep the acidity high and keep them from turning too brown.  Then add the Apple Cider.  Put the lid on and let the apples cook overnight on low about 8-10 hours.  Now...in the morning...stir the apples down...they will be soupy soft.  Put the lid back on...but crack it and turn it on warm...so the liquids can evaporate some. Usually about another 4-6 hours.  Use an Immersion blender (stick blender) and puree the apple butter until it is like baby food smooth.

Put into 1/2 pint or pint jars.  Get the Water bath canner ready...and process for 10 minutes.  Take out of thw water bath canner and let sit for about 12 hours.  Can be stored for up to a year.  This butter will be a nice soft chocolate brown from the spices.

Kat

 

[turnandburn]

Sure thing!



I get a 1/2 peck of a very tart apple...like Winesaps


a 1/4 peck of a golden delicious (or a softer apple)


1 cup of Apple cider (fresh is better) 


1 lemon


1 cup sugar


2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon


1 teaspoon on ground cloves


1 teaspoon of nutmeg


1/2 teaspoon of Allspice



Peel and core the apples.  I use half of one bag and half the other bag.  If you only have one large crock pot...will make 2 batched from the amount of apples.  Rough chop them and throw into the crock pot.  Mound it up almost too high...but to where the lid will stay on.  The apples will cook down to less than half of what you think it will.



Add the sugar and spices....Then Squeeze the lemon to get all the juice on top of the apples...will keep the acidity high and keep them from turning too brown.  Then add the Apple Cider.  Put the lid on and let the apples cook overnight on low about 8-10 hours.  Now...in the morning...stir the apples down...they will be soupy soft.  Put the lid back on...but crack it and turn it on warm...so the liquids can evaporate some. Usually about another 4-6 hours.  Use an Immersion blender (stick blender) and puree the apple butter until it is like baby food smooth.



Put into 1/2 pint or pint jars.  Get the Water bath canner ready...and process for 10 minutes.  Take out of thw water bath canner and let sit for about 12 hours.  Can be stored for up to a year.  This butter will be a nice soft chocolate brown from the spices.



Kat

im sure you meant 8-10 hours right?..lol. not 80-10.. will be definitely using this in the future.

 

[kathrynn]

OOOPS!  thanks TB!

Kat

 

[link]

Thanks I will have to give this a try. Not too sure on the canning part though as I have not done that before.

 

[kathrynn]

Thanks I will have to give this a try. Not too sure on the canning part though as I have not done that before.

Water Bath is the easiest method.  BUT....you have to be careful canning things.  Some need pressure canning and others that have a high acid level can be Water Bath canned.

If you want to do a small amount....just put the jar in the fridge.  Use within a couple of months.

Kat

 

[frosty]

Apple butter looks great! I almost purchased some boiled peanuts in Florida a week ago, while on vacation but the home boss

   wanted to get dinner.  Guess who won that conversation. . . . . .

Boiled peanuts, AKA Goobers are a Southern tradition.  Like Kat said, wonderful and lots of fun to eat.  Looks like I might have to make some of my own if I can find some green (raw,unprocessed) peanuts locally.

Thanks for the idea Kat!!!  

 

[toesmasher]

What..a crock pot...wheres the copper kettle and cooking over a wood fire at...oh the heart ache. Just kidding Kat. A town west of me, Salem WV, just had their Apple Butter festival last week. Several different outfits had fires going and cooking apple butter and then they sell it...it smelt wonderfully outstanding

. I have been told if you dont want to wait to cook the apples down one can 

use apple sauce instead. Loves home made bread toasted and butter and apple butter.

 

[kathrynn]

 
What..a crock pot...wheres the copper kettle and cooking over a wood fire at...oh the heart ache. Just kidding Kat. A town west of me, Salem WV, just had their Apple Butter festival last week. Several different outfits had fires going and cooking apple butter and then they sell it...it smelt wonderfully outstanding

. I have been told if you dont want to wait to cook the apples down one can 

use apple sauce instead. Loves home made bread toasted and butter and apple butter.

Usually I have so many "irons in the fire"....when I go on a cooking jag...that constantly stirring that pot so it wont burn....isn't an option.  So...crock pots for me!

I would have loved to have been there!  I can only imagine the sights and smells!

Home made bread....Roller's kind is the best!

Kat

 

[cathy l]

Kat, that looks so much darker and richer than what we find here commercially in California.  It's really lovely.  I am going to try your recipe one of these days...added to my endless list of things I want to do...LOL

 

[kathrynn]

 
Kat, that looks so much darker and richer than what we find here commercially in California.  It's really lovely.  I am going to try your recipe one of these days...added to my endless list of things I want to do...LOL

Its all the spices in it.  Love it to be the deeper color.  Let me know how it turns out for you!

Kat

 

[greg b]

 
Sure thing!

I get a 1/2 peck of a very tart apple...like Winesaps

a 1/4 peck of a golden delicious (or a softer apple)

1 cup of Apple cider (fresh is better)

1 lemon

1 cup sugar

2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon on ground cloves

1 teaspoon of nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon of Allspice

Peel and core the apples.  I use half of one bag and half the other bag.  If you only have one large crock pot...will make 2 batched from the amount of apples.  Rough chop them and throw into the crock pot.  Mound it up almost too high...but to where the lid will stay on.  The apples will cook down to less than half of what you think it will.

Add the sugar and spices....Then Squeeze the lemon to get all the juice on top of the apples...will keep the acidity high and keep them from turning too brown.  Then add the Apple Cider.  Put the lid on and let the apples cook overnight on low about 8-10 hours.  Now...in the morning...stir the apples down...they will be soupy soft.  Put the lid back on...but crack it and turn it on warm...so the liquids can evaporate some. Usually about another 4-6 hours.  Use an Immersion blender (stick blender) and puree the apple butter until it is like baby food smooth.

Put into 1/2 pint or pint jars.  Get the Water bath canner ready...and process for 10 minutes.  Take out of thw water bath canner and let sit for about 12 hours.  Can be stored for up to a year.  This butter will be a nice soft chocolate brown from the spices.

Kat

Thank you for sharing your recipe Kat! I wanted to try to make some. I made applesauce this year and it is about gone already. My two little beauties love that stuff! I plan on making another batch soon, so I will have to do some apple butter then! Yours looks perfect! -Greg

 

[kathrynn]

Let me know how it turns out for you Greg!  My kiddos and my friends cant wait to grab some out of the canning pantry this year.

Kat

 

[link]

First batch of Kats Apple Butter. Looks and taste wonderful. Going to let it cook down a bit more but, yummy!
Thanks Kat.

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[kathrynn]

Looks wonderful!  Doesn't it smell like heaven too?

Kat