What a disappointment
@GardenGerty (157552)
United States
May 23, 2022 6:51am CST
I was ready to open a jar of my home made, no sugar added apple butter, and found that I am out.
You know what this means, don't you?
It means I will be haunting the grocers for "ugly apples". Things that have been discounted.
I will wash them, core them only, no peeling, and put them in my trusty crockpot. I will cook the living daylights out of them.
I will add my favorite spices and use my stick blender and they shall become mush.
Then I will can them by the water bath method.
I usually add about 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar to them to make them acid enough to be safe on the shelf. It comes out so yummy.
While we are having a cool spell this would be a good thing to do.
It will be my next kitchen adventure.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
23 May 22
Apples definitely aren't one of my favorite foods but Pretty eats them all the time. Once in a great while she buys apple butter and eats it on toast.
I hope you enjoy making and eating yours.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 May 22
I love apple butter, and I put it on my bagels in the morning before I head to work.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
23 May 22
I love to spread all kinds of bread, bagels with cream cheese and apple butter.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 May 22
I made homemade apple sauce once in my crockpot, and it was the most amazing apple sauce I have ever eaten. I have no idea why I don't make it more often! lol
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
23 May 22
There are some very simple things we should do more of. Cooking for ourselves and making "real" food is one of them. Make your applesauce and tell us how it turns out.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 May 22
@GardenGerty I think I'm going to take your advice and make some more homemade applesauce!
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
23 May 22
It will make the house smell heavenly.
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@BarBaraPrz (45484)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 May 22
@GardenGerty I'm sure it will.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
23 May 22
I was stunned when I read this method online about three years ago. In my mind it involved all the peeling and coring and stirring for hours on a low flame. Now I leave the peels and put them in the crock pot and it is a cinch.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
23 May 22
Actually the crock pot does the majority of the work.
@sharonelton (24973)
• Lichfield, England
23 May 22
I like the fact that you make your own no added sugar apple butter. It sounds like you are going to have a real adventure making some more. Have fun and enjoy.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
23 May 22
I need to make more home made things.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
31 May 22
@sharonelton Save some money and make it exactly as you like it.
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@sharonelton (24973)
• Lichfield, England
24 May 22
@GardenGerty Yes. You should. I should too.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
31 May 22
It is a tasty spread for your toast and such.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
23 May 22
Thickened applesauce with spices. Usually "apple pie spice" or "pumpkin pie spice", but essentially cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and I add ginger and cardamom as well. Who needs to burn candles when you can just put this stuff in the crock pot!
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@RasmaSandra (73408)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 May 22
Best of luck on your apple butter adventure,
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
24 May 22
never had apple butter, but that sounds good.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
31 May 22
It is a southern thing, I think. I would like to make some other spreads as well.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
31 May 22
Sometimes I find them free for the picking.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
31 May 22
It is very good. Crockpot makes it easy, too.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
31 May 22
@GardenGerty I can see it would. You don’t have to stand at the stove stirring.
@arunima25 (85269)
• Bangalore, India
24 May 22
I have never tried apple butter. And in your recipe you have not mentioned butter at all. So, I guess it's just the name and not real butter in it. Maybe it's called so because it goes like a butter spread on the toast.
Enjoy making it. It sounds like a time taking one.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
31 May 22
I guess so. It spreads smoothly, like butter and you can use it in place of butter.
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@arunima25 (85269)
• Bangalore, India
31 May 22
@GardenGerty Oh! I see. I would like to try one and see if I like it. I am not sure if we get it here. Also, it should not have any sugar as I am diabetic.
@wolfgirl569 (95136)
• Marion, Ohio
23 May 22
Hope you can find a good price on apples
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
23 May 22
I usually get them in the reduced section and they are very reasonable.
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