Apples are plentiful at the store and at your local orchards. If you’re looking for a fantastic way to use up some of the apples you have on hand, I am going to share with you the best apple butter recipe ever!
And, the best part? It cooks in minutes in the Instant Pot.
When we first started homeschooling, way back in 2011, I took the boys to a local apple orchard as a field trip. You could pick apples and take them home, but they also sold homemade apple butter using apples from their orchard. I brought it home and smothered the apple butter on pork chops that I cooked in the slow cooker all day long.
I am so excited to make apple butter myself now.
The best part?
It can be done quickly in an electric pressure cooker.
Let me show you just how easy it is.
Ingredients:
- 16-20 apples
- 1/4 C molasses
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1/2 C brown sugar
- 1/4 C room temperature water
- 2 tbsp. apple pie spice
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla
Directions:
Peel, core and chop up your apples into small squares.
Place them in your Instant Pot.
Next, add the water, both sugars, the molasses, spice, lemon juice and vanilla over the apples.
Mix it together until well combined.
Pop you lid on the Instant pot and press Manual.
Set the time to 15 minutes.
You want to let the pressure cooker do a natural release for this one.
Grab a potato masher and puree or mash the apples in the Instant Pot.
You can serve it up now on toast or biscuits, marinate your favorite chicken or pork with it, or just eat it as it is.
Once it is cool you can also freeze it for up to three months in a freezer friendly container.
How simple was that?
Enjoy!!!
What Can I Make with Apple Butter?
We love making these apple butter crescent rolls. They are the PERFECT fall dessert!
These are the slow cooker apple butter pork chops we love.
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- 16-20 apples
- ¼ C molasses
- ½ C sugar
- ½ C brown sugar
- ¼ C room temperature water
- 2 tbsp. apple pie spice
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Peel, core and chop up your apples into small squares.
- Place them in your Instant Pot.
- Next, add the water, both sugars, the molasses, spice, lemon juice and vanilla over the apples.
- Mix it together until well combined.
- Pop you lid on the Instant pot and press Manual.
- Set the time to 15 minutes.
- You want to let the pressure cooker do a natural release for this one.
- Grab a potato masher and puree or mash the apples in the Instant Pot.
- You can serve it up now on toast or biscuits, marinate your favorite chicken or pork with it, or just eat it as it is.
- Once it is cool you can also freeze it for up to three months in a freezer friendly container.