Apple Butter
Oct 10, 2025 12:28 PM
This easy apple butter recipe is simmered with vanilla and warming spices — perfect for spreading, gifting, and savoring all season long.
If you’re looking for a cozy way to use up a batch of apples, homemade apple butter is always a good idea.
This classic fall recipe transforms fresh apples into a rich, velvety, caramelized butter infused with warm vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. It’s delicious spread over toast or biscuits, stirred into oatmeal or yogurt, served on a cheese board for a sweet touch, or packaged up for gifting. And, of course, it’s guaranteed to make your home smell downright heavenly as it cooks!
If you’ve never made apple butter before, it’s incredibly easy to whip up with a short list of ingredients. I’ve included options below for Instant Pot, Crock-Pot or stovetop instructions, so choose whichever you prefer. Let’s make some homemade apple butter!
Ingredients:
- 5 pounds apples
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 1/4 cups cane sugar or brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
40 minutes
Total Time:
60 minutes
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