Despite its name, apple butter has no butter whatsoever. Instead, apples are stewed with spices, sugar, and cider into an ultra-concentrated form of apple sauce. The reduction is smooth and silky like ...

This homemade apple butter recipe makes some of the best apple butter we've ever eaten. It turns out rich and silky. While this was simmering in the Crock Pot, it made the Test Kitchen smell like ...

Few fall recipes capture the pure essence of apples quite like a homemade apple butter recipe. Apple butter is a silky, spiced spread (no actual butter involved) simmered until it’s thick, deep brown, ...

Small bowl and jar of apple butter next to whole and halved apples - Nataliya Arzamasova/Shutterstock There's something incredibly rewarding about making your own preserves, taking a glut of seasonal ...