apple butter

noun

: a thick brown spread made by cooking apples with sugar and spices usually in cider

Examples of apple butter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Make your dessert fiery with the Firecracker Churros from Applishus with Lola’s jalapeno and habanero pepper spice sauce, honey molasses and sugar topped with an apple butter and cream cheese dip for $10. — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026

Our readers can't get enough of this apple butter recipe. — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 17 June 2026

Joe Special, includes a four-piece chicken dinner, served with four (1/2 pints) sides and four biscuits with apple butter. — Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 May 2026

There’s a pork and applesauce take of moist roasted pork loin served with sauce made with apple butter, on a bed of buttery pureed potatoes and green beans with tiny pieces of strip bacon ($28). — Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1813, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for apple butter

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