Apple Butter Uses: More than Fall's Favorite Condiment
-Add to your favorite Cakes, Breads, Cookies and Muffins Recipes
-Scoop on to your Pancakes or Waffles
-Stir in your Morning Oatmeal or Yogurt/Granola, even great in overnight oats!
-Lather on to your Holiday Ham or Weeknight Porkchops
-Layer on top of your cream cheese bagel
-Use as a healthy substitute in cooking and baking
Apple sauce is often used in place of oil in recipes and apple butter can add a pop of spice and richness to your baked treats, not to mention to add extra moisture.
-Smear on to your Charcuterie Board for a perfect pairing with various meats and cheeses.
-Baste your Ribs, Wings or BBQ
-Swirl into your ice cream
Tried and True Recipes
Apple Butter Breakfast Bake
Ingredients
- 1 lb breakfast sausage (I used Hot)
- 2 packages crescent rolls
- 7 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup Apple Butter
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Spray 15x8x2" casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Brown the sausage. Remove any excess grease.
- Roll up the crescent rolls and line them up in the bottom of the casserole dish.
- Whisk together the eggs, milk, Apple Butter and half of shredded cheese.
- Scatter the crumbled cooked sausage over the top of the crescent rolls in the baking dish. Next pour the egg mixture over the top and sprinkle the remaining cheese.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the eggs have completely set in the center. Enjoy!
Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie w/Brown Sugar Streusel
Ingredients
- 1 box-pre-made pie crust
- 1-15oz can of pumpkin puree
- ½ cup Ann's Apple Butter- Regular
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp each of ground ginger, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, ground allspice
- 3 Eggs
- 3/4 cup half & half
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- 4 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 4 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Set out a 9"-10" pie dish (ungreased).
- Unroll one roll of pre-made pie crust and place on bottom of pie dish. Tuck the end of the dough and crimp the edges. Set aside.
- Grab a large mixing bowl and combine- pumpkin puree, apple butter and brown sugar. Add in all spices to mixture until well combined.
- Add in half & half and eggs until fully incorporated.
- Pour filling mixture into prepared pie crust and smooth until nice and even.
- Bake for 30 mins. While baking prepare the streusel topping.
- In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, flour, and pecans together. With a pastry cutter- work the cubed butter until the mixture- until resembles coarse crumbles.
- Sprinkle the streusel over top of pie and bake for an additional 30-35 minutes.
- Allow to cool at least 30 minutes and refrigerate before serving.
Apple Butter Crumble Bars
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups sifted flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 ½ cups cooking oats
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 cup melted butter or margarine
- 1 ½ - 2 cups Apple Butter
- ½ cup chopped nuts (I prefer walnuts or pecans)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease 15x8x2" pan, set aside.
- Sift together ingredients flour, baking soda and salt.
- Fold in oats, sugar and melted butter.
- Press ½ of mixture into bottom of greased pan.
- Next, spread Apple Butter as your 2nd layer.
- Add remaining mixture as top layer.
- Sprinkle nuts over top and press lightly into mixture.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes, be careful not to over bake.
- Cool and cut into squares
