apple butter
noun
: a thick brown spread made by cooking apples with sugar and spices usually in cider
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Someone who beams when an expert tastes her homemade apple butter and genuinely enjoys it.
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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
A little of that aforementioned apple butter—pronounced on the nose—makes an appearance here, along with a blend of cherry flavors the Old Fitzgerald line is well known for: bright red maraschino, cherry cough drop, and black cherry syrup all come out to play.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Also, family dinners, chicken (eight, 12, 16 and 32 pieces of chicken), turkey (serves four, eight or 12) and fish (four and six piece dinners), served with sides and biscuits with apple butter (from $32.99 to $179.99).
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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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
A little of that aforementioned apple butter—pronounced on the nose—makes an appearance here, along with a blend of cherry flavors the Old Fitzgerald line is well known for: bright red maraschino, cherry cough drop, and black cherry syrup all come out to play.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Also, family dinners, chicken (eight, 12, 16 and 32 pieces of chicken), turkey (serves four, eight or 12) and fish (four and six piece dinners), served with sides and biscuits with apple butter (from $32.99 to $179.99).
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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“Apple butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple%20butter. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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