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. 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 See All Example Sentences for apple butter

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1813, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of apple butter was circa 1813

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“Apple butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple%20butter. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.

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