apple butter
noun
: a thick brown spread made by cooking apples with sugar and spices usually in cider
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Add eggs, apple butter, heavy cream, vanilla, nutmeg, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup melted butter, and 1 teaspoon salt; stir until combined.
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Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Shop the variety of crafters and vendors, and purchase fall faves like apple butter (of course), apples, cider, pumpkins and gourds.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Someone who beams when an expert tastes her homemade apple butter and genuinely enjoys it.
—Erin Hill, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Go for the signature pancake balls, filled with either dulce de leche, Nutella or pumpkin-apple butter, and served with a side of bacon.
—Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
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Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Shop the variety of crafters and vendors, and purchase fall faves like apple butter (of course), apples, cider, pumpkins and gourds.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Someone who beams when an expert tastes her homemade apple butter and genuinely enjoys it.
—Erin Hill, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Go for the signature pancake balls, filled with either dulce de leche, Nutella or pumpkin-apple butter, and served with a side of bacon.
—Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Apple butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple%20butter. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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