Apple butter
 

I was at the grocery store and on the Peaunt butter Isle and found some stuff called Apple Butter it only has 30 calories in it for 1 tablespoon. It smells awesome, but I don't know what I would put it on. Do you eat it on bread like Peanut butter or what?

I use it like jam or jelly. It's great on toast, bread, pb sandwiches, bagels, english muffins, on top of oatmeal, etc.

I make apple butter and pumpkin butter every year and it's the best stuff.

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I love apple butter on my toast. Yum!

Yum, sound good in oatmeal!

Yeah for Apple Butter
 

Apple butter on English Muffins is superb.

I started using it to replace jams. Then I used it to replace cheese on morning toast, then to replace cream cheese on bagels. I just love it.

I couldn't resist answering this post... sorry if I'm butting in ;)

:drool: Applebutter its the best and if your ever in PA and you see it, grab some, they make the best.

I saw two kinds in my local grocery store the other day... one was cheaper then the other (by alot) and when I compaired them both, the cheaper one had HFCS :( figures...

I'm dying to try pumpkin butter.

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Do they have Trader Joe's in NJ? They have an awesome pumpkin butter. It's "seasonal" so stock up if you want to have it all year!

I love to roast squash (acorn, butternut etc) and then add a big dollop of pumpkin butter.

I love apple butter on a toasted 100 calorie mini whole wheat bagel. I would also like to try it with a little cream cheese. This might be a good alternative breakfast so you can shake up your normal routine.

I have never tried pumpkin butter. Does anyone have a recipe for it?

I kind of forgot about applebutter but now that you reminded me and esp since I know the calorie count I'm adding it to my grocery list :T

The recipe I use for pumpkin butter is pretty simple. I make it in the crockpot.

1 can pumpkin puree (or 15 oz fresh cooked pumpkin puree)
1/2 cup apple juice
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 T cinnamon
1 t ginger
1/2 t ground cloves
grating of fresh nutmeg.

Put everything into the crockpot, stir it up well, and let it cook on low for 6-7 hours. I usually let it cook overnight. I make 3x and 4x batches of this and give it away as holiday gifts to friends. You can add other things for flavor as well - nuts, maple syrup, etc. I just like it as is. :)

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Mmmmm apple butter :) My dad used to put it on EVERYTHING! (he was the cook ;) ) He would find really cool ways to fit it into a lot of interesting dishes! (mostly desserts!)

(lol sorry, this wasn't a very helpful post.. I just love apple butter!)

Oh that's genius. I'm actually pretty picky about apple butter and haven't found a brand to replace my favorite brand I can't get in San Diego - it was really spicy and good. I will MAKE MY OWN! Genius! I guess for apple butter - just throw some apples in the food processor for a base?

Apples in the food processor and add about 1/8 cup of lemon juice. The pectin in the juice will help the apples set up more. :)

Yay. Glad I could help!

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This may sound strange, but I used to have my cottage cheese with a dollop of apple butter on top. Somehow the mellowness of the cottage cheese and the tang of apple butter went well together.

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Okay so what would you use Pumpkin Butter with? That sounds Delicious but I have no clue what I would eat it with?

i mix apple butter with cottage cheese.

I got about 2 bushels of apples from our main apple farm here, This weekend I made a ton of applesauce. Next for the slow cooker is apple butter!

Same as apple butter. On toast, a bagel, an english muffin, in oatmeal. Whatever. Experiment - you never know what you might find that works.

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I posted above that I love to add a dollop to baked squash (acorn, butternut, etc). It's also great on toast, english muffins, spice bread, etc.

That sounds delicious. About how many calories is it?

I have never had apple butter. Where can you find it? Whole Foods?

It comes out to something like 40 calories per T.

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You should be able to find apple butter in any grocery store - it's with the jelly. Of course, if you're a label reader, you probably won't be super happy with typical apple butters with their high fructose corn syrup. A brand I like is Eden - it is available at Whole Foods (a little pricey). If you have access to a Trader Joe's, I would definitely recommend Trader Joe's. They tend to have cheaper, healthier products (it might still have SUGAR but it will be plain old sugar).

Eden also makes a FABULOUS FABULOUS cherry butter - nothing but cherries. It is tart and fantastic and tastes amazing on waffles.

Link to Eden fruit butters - you can order online! I do prefer Eden's cherry butter to Eden's apple butter - I like my apple butter spicy and zesty and theirs is nice, but kind of plain.

Thanks, Photo. I don't mind calories if they are healthy and nutritious. I'm trying to get away from all the artificial sweetners, HFCS, trans fat and processed garbage. Sure is hard, though, but I'm finding more and more things I can make myself and have control over what goes in my body.

Great tips, Glory, thanks! Sadly we don't have Trader Joe's yet in Houston (weird I think!) but I will check out the Whole Foods for the Eden brand or another suitable brand. That cherry butter sounds delicious!

Sorry - I'm a spaz and didn't notice your location - Trader Joe's is only slowly hitting the south (they are in NC!). Everytime they ask for my zip code at my local Trader Joe's (to determine where their customers live, to figure out where to build store) I always give my mom's zip code in San Antonio!!!

Whole Foods has a couple of good brands. I'll look in my pantry and see what I have. Also, Williams Sonoma brands of fruit butter are *awesome*. They're a little spendy, but I often stock up on them after the holidays when they go on sale.

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Okey doke... So who has an absolutely fabulous apple butter recipe?

Post it Please!! :)

That sounds really good.:)

IF you can find TapN Apple (I get it at shoppers Market) it's got No Sugar Added.


also if you are lucky enough to be near any Amish Markets, they make NSA apple butter and sell it.

Apple butter brings back memories of childhood, my Grandmother use to make it and there was alway some on hand to have on some toast or crackers, I think I will go out and buy some today ;)

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I was feeling very "fall"-y at the supermarket this week. I got a butternut squash, whole grain gingerbread pancake mix, and pumpkin butter. YUMMYYYY!

I used pumpkin butter on my gingerbread pancake! It was sooo great.

how long will the pumpkin butter keep?
do you have to "can" it?
sounds soooooo wonderful

T J ' S Pumpkin Butter
 

So, I got me to Trader Joe's and tried it. DW roasted a Sweet Dumplin Squash tonight; we dabbed a little pumpkin butter on it. Really nice - VERY sweet (sugar is the first ingredient, before pumpkin).

Thanks for the tip. Pumpkin butter is really nice and adding it to squash is a great use for it since a little goes a long way.

Some time ago (before healthiness set in), my sister made, and I made a whole dinner out of:

those narrow baguettes, all sliced and toasted
mascarpone
tapenade
pumpkin butter
ahh, I forget what the last spread was, but something red, maybe bell pepper
I think maybe a another sweet one, maybe apple butter

a piece of bread, a smear of mascarpone, a layer of spread ... mmmmmmm

one savory, one sweet, one savory, one sweet ... one with several together ...

it was soooo good