apple butter
noun
: a thick brown spread made by cooking apples with sugar and spices usually in cider
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Joe's To Go is offering Joe's special four-piece dinner with four (1/2) pints sides and four biscuits with apple butter ($24.99) for carryout.
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The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2023
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).
—The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Products like apple butter are almost entirely carbs, as they are blended and cooked down apples.
—Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2024
If mixture is too runny, return to medium heat, and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until liquid evaporates and mixture is the consistency of apple butter.
—Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2023
The cinnamon from the apple butter and the pear make a great duo.
—Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2023
The apple butter in this recipe adds depth to the flavor.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2023
The first is an all-you-need guide to preserving the best of California’s spectacular fruit from season to season: apple butter, berry jelly, stone fruit jam and citrus marmalade.
—L.a. Times Food Staff, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Behold, your apple butter: After four hours have passed, uncover the slow cooker to reveal the apple butter bliss.
—Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2023
The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2023
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).
—The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Products like apple butter are almost entirely carbs, as they are blended and cooked down apples.
—Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2024
If mixture is too runny, return to medium heat, and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until liquid evaporates and mixture is the consistency of apple butter.
—Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2023
The cinnamon from the apple butter and the pear make a great duo.
—Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2023
The apple butter in this recipe adds depth to the flavor.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2023
The first is an all-you-need guide to preserving the best of California’s spectacular fruit from season to season: apple butter, berry jelly, stone fruit jam and citrus marmalade.
—L.a. Times Food Staff, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Behold, your apple butter: After four hours have passed, uncover the slow cooker to reveal the apple butter bliss.
—Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2023
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“Apple butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple%20butter. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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