Homemade Spiced Apple Butter
Sweet, creamy, loaded with warming spice, smooth, and SO. GOOD. This Homemade Spiced Apple Butter is the only thing you need this Fall!
Ingredients
- 5 pounds apples. peeled, cored, and sliced
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon apple pie spice
- 1 ¼ cups apple cider
- ½ cup boiled cider
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
Instant Pot
- Combine all ingredients in Instant Pot.
- Pressure cook on high for 10 minutes.
- Release pressure.
- Working in batches, transfer apple mixture to blender.
- Pureé.
- Return to Instant Pot.
- Cook on low sauté, stirring frequently, for 45 minutes, or until pureé mounds on spoon.
Stove Top
- Combine all ingredients in a 6 quart stock pot.
- Cook over medium low heat until apple are soft, about 35 minutes.
- Working in batches, transfer apple mixture to blender.
- Pureé.
- Return to stock pot.
- Cook over medium low heat for 45, stirring frequently, until thickened.
Notes
Substitutions:
- We used Pink Lady apples for this recipe. Feel free to use your favorite baking apple!
- Cinnamon can be used in place of apple pie spice.
- We used our Homemade Boiled Cider, but feel free to use store-bought!
- You don't have to have an instant pot to make this. We included stovetop instructions in the recipe card! It's just the instant pot is a much easier way to make it.
- You may need heat resistant gloves when sautéing the apple butter.
- This recipe is vegan and gluten free!
Nutrition
Serving: 1Calories: 16kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 17mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 6IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 2mgIron: 1mg
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