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Honey Apple Butter

GeorgiaDm
Easy, delicious homemade apple butter, made with honey to get a caramelized flavor. Ideal as breakfast, and even as dessert.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 24
Calories 47 kcal

Equipment

  • Immersion blender

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 kg/3.3 pounds apples any type you like
  • ¼ cup/60 ml apple cider vinegar
  • ¾ cup/180 ml water
  • 3 tablespoon brandy (optional)
  • ¼ cup/85 g honey
  • ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt

Instructions
 

  • Peel, core, and cut the apples into medium size pieces.
  • Place a heavy bottom pot over medium/high heat, and add the apples, vinegar and water.
  • Bring them to a light boil, reduce the heat to medium, and simmer (stir occasionally) until the apples are soft when pressed with a wooden spoon.
  • Remove from the fire and using the immersion blender, puree the apples until smooth. Return the pot to the fire and add the rest of the ingredients and blend once more to combine.
  • Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot with a lid loosely (leave a small opening so that the steam can escape), and let it simmer until it starts to thicken. Stir occasionally with a wooden/silicone spoon(the first 3 hours once every 30 minutes, the final hour every 5-10 minutes).
  • Once the apple butter has the consistency that you like is ready. Transfer it to sterile glass jars and let it cool.
  • Enjoy 😀

Notes

Feel free to adjust the sweetness of the apple butter. Taste it before adding the sweetener, and decide if/how much you want to add.
This recipe makes enough apple butter to fill 3 jars of 16 oz/475 ml and we count as a serving ¼ cup. 
 
Keyword apple, apple butter recipes, fall recipes, homemade, jam, refined sugar-free