Apple Butter? (was: Did you 'stock up' on anything?)

Does anyone know if there's anywhere that has apple butter. I looked at sainsbury's when i was there and they didn't have it. I may have to stock up on that.

I've never seen it here.  I wonder if you can make it? 

You can make it.  It takes a while, but I have a recipe you can do in the crockpot.  Less likely to burn it that way. 


Overnight Apple Butter

Recipe By omenica Marchetti "Apple Appelations"
Serving Size : 16

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup apple cider
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground mace
10 medium apples -- peeled, cored, and cut into large chunks (about 2 1/2 pounds)

Combine all ingredients in a 5-quart electric slow cooker. Cover and cook on low 10 hours or until apples are very tender.

Place a large fine-mesh sieve over a bowl; spoon one-third of apple mixture into sieve. Press mixture through sieve using the back of a spoon or ladle. Discard pulp. Repeat procedure with remaining apple mixture. Return apple mixture to slow cooker. Cook, uncovered, on high 1 1/2 hours or until mixture is thick, stirring occasionally. Spoon into a bowl; cover and chill up to a week.

Serving size: 1/4 cup.

Stovetop variation: Combine all ingredients in a Dutch oven. Cover and cook over medium-low heat 1 hour or until apples are very tender, stirring occasionally. Strain through a sieve as recipe instructs in Step 2. Return mixture to pan. Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat 15 minutes or until thick, stirring frequently.

CALORIES 132 (0% from fat); FAT 0g; PROTEIN 0.1g; CARB 35.3g; FIBER 3.1g; CHOL 0mg; IRON 0.7mg; SODIUM 6mg; CALC 18mg

Source:
"Cooking Light Magazine, October 2004, page 129"
S(Formatted by):
"B. Zanzig"
Copyright:
"© 2004 by Southern Living, Inc."
Yield:
"4 cups"

NOTES : A mixture of apple varieties, rather than just one type, will produce apple butter with rich, complex flavor in this slow cooker recipe. Good choices include Esopus Spitzenburg, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Northern Spy, Rome, Stayman, Winesap, and York. Enjoy the apple butter over toast or English muffins, or serve it with pork chops or chicken.

Thanks for the recipe     hmm...after i get there, i guess I'll be getting used to married life and crockpots. Learning to cook. Until then, I'll bring a jar with me.

You can make it.  It takes a while, but I have a recipe you can do in the crockpot.  Less likely to burn it that way. 


Overnight Apple Butter

Recipe By omenica Marchetti "Apple Appelations"
Serving Size : 16

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup apple cider
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground mace
10 medium apples -- peeled, cored, and cut into large chunks (about 2 1/2 pounds)

Combine all ingredients in a 5-quart electric slow cooker. Cover and cook on low 10 hours or until apples are very tender.

Place a large fine-mesh sieve over a bowl; spoon one-third of apple mixture into sieve. Press mixture through sieve using the back of a spoon or ladle. Discard pulp. Repeat procedure with remaining apple mixture. Return apple mixture to slow cooker. Cook, uncovered, on high 1 1/2 hours or until mixture is thick, stirring occasionally. Spoon into a bowl; cover and chill up to a week.

Serving size: 1/4 cup.

Stovetop variation: Combine all ingredients in a Dutch oven. Cover and cook over medium-low heat 1 hour or until apples are very tender, stirring occasionally. Strain through a sieve as recipe instructs in Step 2. Return mixture to pan. Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat 15 minutes or until thick, stirring frequently.

CALORIES 132 (0% from fat); FAT 0g; PROTEIN 0.1g; CARB 35.3g; FIBER 3.1g; CHOL 0mg; IRON 0.7mg; SODIUM 6mg; CALC 18mg

Source:
"Cooking Light Magazine, October 2004, page 129"
S(Formatted by):
"B. Zanzig"
Copyright:
"© 2004 by Southern Living, Inc."
Yield:
"4 cups"

NOTES : A mixture of apple varieties, rather than just one type, will produce apple butter with rich, complex flavor in this slow cooker recipe. Good choices include Esopus Spitzenburg, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Northern Spy, Rome, Stayman, Winesap, and York. Enjoy the apple butter over toast or English muffins, or serve it with pork chops or chicken.

Where can you get apple cider? The only cider I have seen here is of the alcoholic kind.

Where can you get apple cider? The only cider I have seen here is of the alcoholic kind.

I've never made apple butter (might try now, though!), but if I were going to, I'd use cloudy apple juice. It's not exactly the same as American cider, but it's about the closest I've seen. Depending on where you live, you might also be able to get some delicious locally-made organic apple juices, which are also similar.

what's the difference between american apple cider and american apple juice?

what's the difference between american apple cider and american apple juice?

You may get different answers from different people depending on where they live in the US. I was in New England, so to me cider is unprocessed, brown, cloudy and made from pressed apples without any filtering ... and, might I add, delicious! It's the stuff you'd buy when you went to an apple orchard on a Sunday afternoon -- and sometimes you could even watch them make it. Apple juice is the filtered, processed version of cider that's sold in supermarkets by the big name brands. It's clear and looks like wee. Can you tell I'm not a big fan? 

You may get different answers from different people depending on where they live in the US. I was in New England, so to me cider is unprocessed, brown, cloudy and made from pressed apples without any filtering ... and, might I add, delicious! It's the stuff you'd buy when you went to an apple orchard on a Sunday afternoon -- and sometimes you could even watch them make it. Apple juice is the filtered, processed version of cider that's sold in supermarkets by the big name brands. It's clear and looks like wee. Can you tell I'm not a big fan? 

Im from Indiana so I totally agree with what what you just said about the apple cider & apple juice.

real apple cider here would be lovely.  i've never found it.  anyone?

why is British cloudy apple juice not the same as 'real' American apple cider?
Is it still slightly too processed?

The cloudy apple juice that I've bought here isn't as brown as American cider. It's sort of the colour of shop-bought applesauce -- as opposed to homemade applesauce which is browner. Does that make sense? I'm not sure how it's made and how that process differs from the way they do it in the US. Anyone?

it's ok... it was just an idle 'just wondering' question! 

Im from Indiana so I totally agree with what what you just said about the apple cider & apple juice.

A Californian agrees too. 

Apple cider is easy to find at a good local farmers' markets and at the right time of the year it is plentiful.

Just wait a few weeks and you will find all sorts of cider festivals!!

http://ukcider.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Current_events

I grew up going to Watsonville's Gizdich Ranch every year for pik-yor-sef berries and apples.

http://www.gizdich-ranch.com/

mmm, apple butter on toast.

Apple cider is easy to find at a good local farmers' markets and at the right time of the year it is plentiful.

But is it hard cider? I like that, too, but wouldn't mind some nice nonalcoholic stuff as well!