Apple Butter - Easy "Apple Pie" Spread - Food Wishes 

Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/268029/Chef-Johns-Apple-Butter/

Just woke up at 6am on a Sunday morning and couldn't fall asleep again. Now I'm standing in the kitchen making applebutter...

Love how you took the time to scoop all the apple pieces into an aluminium bowl, only to then immediately deposit all the contents straight into the slow cooker. Never change, Chef John.

First time I saw this video, I went directly to my kitchen to make a variation of this using what I had on hand: peaches. It was excellent. Today I have a surplus of persimmons--a homegrown gift from my neighbors--so I'm back to watch the video again before I use this method to experiment with creating Persimmon Butter. Thanks for the inspiration, Chef John!

Chef John: "And we are gonna pass this through a strainer later." Me: "No we ain't."

Presently making this and boy does the house smell amazing.

Bonus recipe!: dice two granny smith apples into quarter inch pieces mix with half a cup of homemade apple butter then stuff inside your favorite dough and deep fry! We make these in the south and are amazing!

looking good chef john!! the one time i participated in making apple butter was in an enormous copper kettle (literally big enough to take a bath in) over an open fire at a reenactment of an irish fleadh. everyone took turns to stir it with a giant wooden spoon. i brought home a few gallons of apple butter to freeze, it was the greatest!

Chef John, this is my Mommie's apple butter. Only Granny Smith's, stirring this all day, only to be able to have it the next morning on cornbread. My favorite. You made me laugh and remember how much I loved being in the kitchen when she was making jams.

Been looking for a homemade recipe to send to a buddy in my home state as a congrats on a professional achievement. I vaguely remember him saying something about how much he loves apple butter like 20 years ago, soooooo PROBLEM SOLVED! Making this TONIGHT and will send with English muffins and crackers! Thanks, Chef John-o-mine!

There are few things better than snuggling up under the covers, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, watching a Food Wishes video about apple butter.

Did this today on stovetop, turned out great with 7 hours of cooking. Of course here in Finland I have never tasted Apple butter before but I think mine came out amazing. I'm thinking of doing a larger batch next week and saving some for christmas!

I buy apple butter from my local farmer's market very often. As well as pumpkin butter and banana butter. Delicious :)

In Brazil we make something like this but with bananas. It's called bananada and it's heavenly on bread!

Dear Chef John I really ENJOY watching Your RU-vid videos - Your voice is so comforting and relaxing. But my favourite part is when You say: "After all You are the (...) of Your (...)" Keep up the Great work 🙂 Cooking is an Act of Love ❤️

Wow. This morning I decided to make this. 12 hours later it's finally finished. I must say it tasted and smells great every step of the way. It's cooling now, I can't wait to have some on my toast in the morning!

Today is my birthday and this recipe was a great 🎁. I love to use this on a baked ham as a glaze. I only put this on the last 15-20 minutes of bake time and it always comes out perfect. I also add some clove to the spice mix it pairs very well with the ham. Thank you Chef John for your version of a recipe so near and dear to my heart.

I love how you kept adding more with every bite. At first I was like “well that’s rather sparingly! You trying to make that jar last forever?!” Then you just started slathering it on and I was like, “that’s what I’m talking about!”

My 9 year old daughter and I took our home grown apples this morning and started this recipe in the slow cooker. 1 hour in and the house already smells amazing.

I was waiting for him to add cayenne 😅😅

My mom loved this stuff. Shes gone now and when I saw this video I got excited .

My mom made apple butter from apples off our tree every fall! Good memories. :)

I could have eaten the stuff in all it's cooking stages, the patience people have is amazing

Hmm, this reminds me I'm getting critically low on apple butter. I have generally bought it from costco as theirs is pretty good and I was too lazy to realize how stupidly simple this is. I think I'll see about making this in my instant pot. I probably can't pressure cook it, but fortunately it doubles as a really nice slow cooker. This is helpful since my crock pot died...and by died I mean I left the ceramic on the counter to dry after washing and my cat decided it looked better on the floor.

[4:30] "And that's it! We're still not even close to being done." lmao

Get out of my head Chef John! I was just looking at all these apples on my table thinking I should make apple butter 🤔😅

Thanks for this! I’ve always enjoyed apple butter, and have eaten it from childhood. My mom is almost 88 and not in good health. I think I will make her a batch. What a treat that will be for her! Thank you again!!!🍎

My Dad always bought it when I was a kid. I haven't seen it or had any in years. Brings back lots of memories.

I found myself at a Waffle House one night and they gave me some cinnamon raisin bread with some apple butter on the side, it legitimately was a little life changing 😂 maybe it was my drunken sweet tooth but that slice of bread was on of the best “desserts” I have ever had Hope to give this recipe a try so I can experience an even better version of that meal 😊

Made this last weekend. Turned out great! Thanks, Chef John.

Dear Chef I made this last Christmas and cursed the 15 hours it took to do so. BUT the result was so delicious I kept all I made and only gave (little) pots to very discerning friends. We ate it with goose and other cooked meats. I certainly hope to make it again Christmas next. One of the best things I have ever made.

Forth time making this today. Used fresh picked apples off my tree. 15 lbs and 3 seperate slow cookers. The house smelled amazing! 12 hours of cooking gets it nice and sweet. We jar these in 250 ml jars and give them away at Christmas with my wife's apple crumble recipe that uses an entire 259ml jar as the "sweetener"...that's it. I also have used this apple butter in Chef John's apple fritters recipe as a sub for the sweetener. You don't HAVE to pass it through the fine mesh sieve but it makes it soooooooo smooth if you do.

I made this for the first time ever after watching this video and i swear to god it is divine

Very pretty! I make mine for Stack Cakes (Eastern KY...I don't know if it's a thing elsewhere...) & they're amazing. I usually start my apple butter using dried apples (one of my cousins is crazy & dries like half her orchard's apples), which makes the aroma even deeper! I'll remember the apple cider vinegar as I've always used lemon juice, that sounds like a nice change. Honestly, i've put everything from leftover wine to hard apple cider to rosewater in mine...it's always interesting. 〰💙 Great video, as usual, Chef. A reminder to start thinking about Christmas cooking sooner rather than later, lol

Some people listen to asmr to fall asleep, but like the sound of ur voice in these tutorials really gets to me! so soothing

I made this but didn't time it well so I was bottling it at 3 AM....IT'S DELICIOUS AND I GIFTED SOME JARS AND THEY LIVED IT TOO!! I used Fuji cuz I had two bags of them. I didn't peel them; my husband used his boat motor (immersion blender), BEFORE HE WENT TO BED, and smoothed out the apples. I kind of wished I'd either peeled or strained, BUT when you eat it it on toast, English muffins, anything crumbly, the tiny peels don't matter. Mine came out just wonderful!! I'm planning on making a dozen more half pint bottles. Thanks for all your great recipes AND your sense of humor!! ♡ D

Hello Chef John! Have a nice day! I like this apple butter very much, we can use it on bread 😋😋

Aw man I bet this just smells amazing while cooking....

Aww! This video brought back lots of memories of my grandmother. She made hers with apples she dried herself. I loved that stuff. She also made a chilled strawberry jam. Yum!

We make this every year for Christmas and give it out. Wonderful.

There is a lot of Pectin in the skin of the Apple. This helps make the Apple Butter more firm, and the skin also has a LOT of the flavor and nutrients. Leave that in there. :-)

I live for apple butter (and pumpkin butter) on toaster biscuits in the autumn!

Watching this makes me excited about fall....and all the fall foods that come with it

I've made apple butter once. It cooked in my crock pot for 2 days before I declared it finished. Everybody loved it. I might have to try it again using this method.

This is my 3rd year in a row making this recipe! We love this stuff!! Did you know you can make it sans cinnamon??? It’s still amazing. Enjoy!!!!

Apple butter is awesome for making roast pork loin.

I have been loving his great recipes for years, and after one video, I cannot get his intonation pattern out of my head. 😀 Seriously grateful for the shared techniques. He is a master.

John, you have really outdone yourself this time and you cut out a lot of time pealing the apples. WOW, this apple butter is really outstanding. AS always , you are the best of the best. Thanks, Jo Ann

I made peach butter yesterday (after cooking them down for 24 hours) with the last of this season's peaches. Great minds think alike!

Gonna eat this apple butter with apples. Muhahaha!! 😇

I purchase apple butter often but I use it as an ingredient for a BBQ sauce. I had a friend, originally from TX, who made BBQ brisket that was to die for. He had his 'secret recipe' for his sauce which he would not give up. Well, long story short, I eventually got the recipe from him and the secret ingredient was apple butter! What a wonderful addition it is and I always get positive comments when I do BBQ for friends and family. I will definitely give this a try. Thank you!

Always bought it from a local producer, now I'm just going to have to try it. Many thanks Chef John.

First! Chef John, I like your humor as well as your recipes! “Now I know, I wasted time peeling apples 🤦🏽‍♀️”.

i bought it at a store once cause i heard it was a healthier option to regular butter for some recipes. would love to make it for myself. yum!!

You have a fantastic voice and a way of talking that is so calm, Very good instructions, love your videos

Watch many of your videos. My family has been making apple butter for over 100 years and have a method that uses zero sugar. We always used apple cider boiled down to a thick syrup. Then make apple sauce and add that along with spices to the thickened apple cider. The cider is the secret to strong apple flavor and the necessary sweetness.

My apples are gonna be ready to pick soon this is just in time for my apple season.. I made peach butter the same way... nom nom * I used my oven set low the 1st time I made apple butter..

I highly recommend apple butter with toasted cinnamon raisin bread. It’s good stuff. I make bread and apple butter every year and it’s one of the few food combos no one argues with me about.

Needed some Apple Butter. Couldn’t find in local stores. Followed Chef John’s recipe exactly but cut in half. Thought amount was too small for slow cooker so used my heavy bottom pot to cook on stove top. After 2 and 1/2 hours, AB was about peanut butter color so I ran it through my Vita Mix. Oh so smooth and oh so yummy!! Returned it to pot. Will cook on low until a deep brown. I am doing other work in kitchen so no problem keeping an eye on my pot of goodness. Bet it’s ready in another hour or so. Looks like maybe 1 and 1/2 - 2 pints. So didn’t take so long. Going to make some cheddar biscuits to test. Also saw an apple butter pan fried pork chop recipe that should be great. Thanks for your recipe Chef!

Just made this, and it’s delicious.😋 Thank you for this delicious recipe 🥰

Made it, and love it. it's very good, though 12 hours is a bit optimistic for my batch. It was closer to 20

You are the Charlemagne of whether or not to strain...

Eons ago when we'd go skiing in VT my mother always stopped at this tiny general store to stock up on jars of homemade apple butter made by the owners...unbelievably delicious, both in taste and memories! Great recipe for a rainy Fall weekend (with of course football...)

3 minutes into the video this is the best chef ever the way he explains everything gotta have fun in the kitchen

"If you stopped watching this, you shouldn't have!" Lmao as if the people who stopped watching it are gonna see that 😂

MY MAN I SAW YOU TWEET ABOUT THIS ❤️❤️❤️

I made this same recipe except I used some peach-plum hybrids and the smell in the house is amazing, great flavor too!

Coming from the south we always make apple butter once a year, we have 2 wine sap apple trees and make apple butter ever year from it. As tradition dictates our copper kettle has been passed down from mother to daughter for 5 generations. John this looks absolutely amazing and would be awesome on some big fresh Cats head biscuts

Apple butter was my favorite for toast and English muffins when I was a little girl in the 80s/90s but now I can never find it. Guess I'll have to make it muh self 😎

This stuff on a homemade cheddar biscuit is too die for

Love, love, love this! I am cooking it as I write. I have watched your video several times. Thank you,.

I love apple butter! I just bought some from a nice Amish lady at the farmers Market... I had no idea it was so easy to make..

Was anyone expecting cayenne in the "plot twist"?

Wish I hadn't stopped watching the video. Now I'll never find out that I can do this without a slow cooker.

I make something similar with my garden tomatoes this time of year. And yes it takes hours if not days. mmmm so good!

Great recipe, thanks for posting it! I just finished making it, using the aples from our own trees. So I cut back a little bit on the sugar since these apples are sweeter than Granny Smith. Absolutely delicious, very sweet still but amazing flavor!

If I recall correctly, the only acceptable way to open an English muffin is with a fork.

"Maybe it's too flavorful and they're afraid people can't handle it." 😄

My ex's mother would make apple butter every year and it was like a sign fall was finally here. I always wanted to make it, but didn't want to commit to peeling them all, apple peeler or not. Can't wait to make this now. Thanks!

I just made this in my slow cooker and it came out amazing!!! 10 hours and I couldn't be happier with the results!!! The smell in the house while cooking was incredible.

Классные рецепты! Спасибо большое!

I love you, Chef John!

I HAVE MADE APPLE BUTTER FOR YEARS BUT I HAVE NEVER COOKED IT THAT LONG. I HAVE GOT THAT DEEP COLOUR AND FULL FLAVOUR BY USING SPICES. I ALWAYS USE LOTS OF CINNAMON AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF ALLSPICE, CLOVES, NUTMEG AND SOME GINGER. IT IS DELICIOUS. I USUALLY USE SPARTANS OR MACINTOSH APPLES. I USE THE SAME SPICE COMBO IN MY PUMPKIN PIE ALSO AND ALWAYS HAVE RAVE REVIEWS.

Thank you for posting this... perfect time of year for this recipe.

Apple butter, cottage cheese, and fresh bread!

i wonder if u can do this with pumpkin.. and plum... and pear..

My Grandma used to do this with pears, too. And also crab apples. So, so good.

I put orange zest and orange juice in my crock pot apple butter. And it is an essential ingredient in my bbq sauce! Also great slathered on baked chicken the last few minutes in the oven. Thank you for this video!

Anyone else disappointed that was all the Apple butter he smeared on the bread?

I cooked mine on the stove for 30 mins - then transferred to a 140 celcius oven for 3 hours. Faster and looked identical.

I was so happy when I opened this video and it was the same voice as the guy who taught me how to make jam back when quarantine started

Just cut them in half and use a well built melon baller. Works better than a corer.

I just made a batch of pear butter and now I want to make Apple butter to.

I love apple butter. Got plenty apples off the tree this year. Can't wait to make.

I made apple butter a couple weeks ago with apples I picked myself. I did it by grating the apples in the slow cooker on high for 8 hours. I got very dark and caramelized and I did not need to blend it at all. It was delicious!! :D

Why does fruit taste plenty sweet fresh, but when we make them into anything we need so much more sugar to make it sweet again?

0:07 Yes, literally all the time I'm not even kidding.

Chef John you are the chef of the people, no joking. This summer I was poor AF but thanks to your videos I ate really really well on a tight budget. Thank you!!!

Absolutely love apple butter. Can't wait for my trees to start producing apples so that I can make it completely fresh from the garden.

Chef John. I love ya to death but my late grandmother made the best apple butter ever. No one else's can compare.