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apple butter (oven roasted)

(1 rating)
angelslave66666 avatar
Recipe by
Angel Slave
@angelslave66666
Hwd, FL

When I was a little girl, we had a yard full of fruit trees. There was a wonderful apple tree in our yard that gave us a grand yield every year. From this tree we made apple pies, apple turnovers, and an oven roasted apple butter that was just delicious beyond reason. I believe the buttery texture that this recipe yields comes from cooking the apples with the skins and seeds. The bonus is that the use of the oven shortens the cook time significantly (apple butter can take up to six hours)My favorite benefit from making this apple butter is how my house smells while it's cooking

(1 rating)
yield serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 3 Hr
method Canning/Preserving

Ingredients For apple butter (oven roasted)

  • 4 lb
    apples, stems removed and quartered
  • 1 c
    cider vinegar (replace with water if you want it sweeter)
  • 2 c
    light or dark brown sugar
  • 1 1/4 tsp
    ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp
    ground allspice
  • 1/2 tsp
    ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp
    ground cloves
  • 2 c
    water

How To Make apple butter (oven roasted)

  • 1
    Place apples and vinegar in large stainless stell pot with 2 cups water. Cover, and bring to a boil. reduce heat to medium, and cook 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until apples have applesauce-like consistency. Run mixture through food mill or press through sieve to separate pulp from skin and seeds; discard skin and seeds. transfer pulp (you should have about 5 cups) to large ovenproof dish or Dutch oven.
  • 2
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir remaining ingredients into apple pulp. Bake 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or until apple butter thickens to a spreadable consistency, stirring every 15 minutes.
  • 3
    Meanwhile, sterilize jars and lids. Submerge jars in large pot filled halfway with simmering water, and lids in a small pot of simmering water. Keep jars and lids in hot water until ready to use
  • 4
    Remove jars one at a time from hot water, and fill with jam, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Seal with Remove jars one at a time from hot water, and fill with jam, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Seal with lids. Place canning rack or cake rack in bottom of large pot, and return sealed jars to pot, adding extra water to cover jars by 1 inch, if necessary. Bring to a boil, and boil 10 minutes. Remove jars from water, and cool
  • 5
    We discovered the oven method quite by accident one My dad discovered the oven method accidentally one year. He was planning to make apple butter and my mom had the stove tied up. When it came time to make the apple butter - my father shoved the pulp in the oven and was delighted to discover how quickly it cooked. We never made it stove-top again
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