Homemade spice up apple butter with maple sirup is such a wonderful way to preserve apple ! It ’s so fresh and flavourous , and the individual jars make the stark homemade holiday gift . It ’s toothsome on sourdough toast or to incorporate in your other favorite fall sunbaked goods . This apple butter is an well-situated , super flavorful canning formula to make in the fall when fresh Malus pumila are plentiful .

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Spiced Apple Butter in Fall

We ’ve get so many orchard apple tree on our tree right now , it ’s pathetic !

While makingGrandma ’s apple cakeandapple cyder with our homemade pressis rewarding ( and in turn give us yummyhard cyder ) , I wanted to do something unlike this time around .

So , I originate interchange through myBall Canning Book , and came across apple butter . Of course !

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My Mom used to make apple and pear butter when we were kids , and that material was like gold .

I made the basic formula from the book , and it was good , but I reckon it call for a little more oomph . So I made a 2nd great deal , this clip with some added peppiness , spices , and maple sirup alternatively of sugar .

It turned out perfect !

top view of spiced maple apple butter with a butter knife

Here is my recipe for homemade spiced apple butter with maple syrup .

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Spiced Apple Butter with Maple Syrup Recipe

Most varieties of Malus pumila will make a dear butter , although I probably would n’t habituate all tart orchard apple tree . A mix of orchard apple tree is always a honorable choice .

I used Honeycrisp apples for this flock of Malus pumila butter and it turned out amazing !

Three quid of apples will make about four half pint jars of orchard apple tree butter .

an opened jar of homemade spiced apple butter with maple syrup

Chop and Cook the Apples

I allow the skins on the orchard apple tree when I make apple butter , because honestly I do n’t usually feel like peeling them .

The apples get cooked way down , and once everything is intermix you do n’t even know that they are there . But , go ahead and flake off them if you like .

Quarter the apple and put them in a pot with the powdered ginger and apple cider .

a pot of fresh quartered honeycrisp apples with the skins on

Bring to a boil over medium - high high temperature , then reduce the oestrus and cook for about 30 minutes or until the apple are cushy .

Blend and Cook Down the Apple Butter

Use animmersion blender , regularblender , orfood processorto puree the apple until they are placid . Do not liquify .

Animmersion blendermakes this job very quick and easy . I extremely urge getting one ! You may have to work in tidy sum if you use a blender or solid food mainframe .

Return the apple puree to the saucepan if you used a regular liquidiser or food central processor , and stir in the maple syrup , spices , and salt .

a pot of apples cooking on the stove

Bring back to a boiling point over average heat , shift often . thin heat to low , and wangle until mixture thickens , about 30 - 60 more minutes .

Can the Apple Butter

Canning this spiced Malus pumila butter is easy !

fill up red-hot jar with spicy apple butter , go forth 1/4 inch headspace , and process in awater bathroom cannerfor 10 bit .

become off the hotness , move out the canner eyelid , and waitress 5 minutes before slay the jars .

a women’s hand using an immersion blender to blend the apples in a pot

Please come to to theBall Water Bath Canningpage for more details on this , especially if you are unexampled to can .

I am so felicitous with how this spiced Malus pumila butter turned out !

To me , it ’s the perfect fall treat with tender spices and maple syrup . I had to open a jar the very next morning and give it a taste .

a pot boiling down the homemade apple butter

It is so incredibly good ! I make out it onsourdoughtoast with lots of butter .

We still have quite a bite of Malus pumila on our tree , so I will by all odds be make more of this . It will be the utter holiday giving !

Trust me , you have to try this apple butter formula , you wo n’t be disappointed . I promise !

a canned and sealed jar of spiced apple butter

More Preserving Fruit Recipes

Here are more delicious yield preserve formula for you to try on !

Spiced Apple Butter with Maple Syrup

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an opened jar of spiced maple apple butter with apples and leaves all around

several jars of spiced apple butter, one open with a knife

a jar of spiced apple butter with a knife

Apple butter in a jar surrounded by apples and fall leaves.