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The Best Instant Pot Apple Butter Recipe

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My Instant Pot Apple Butter Recipe Is Easy to Make and Is Such a Delicious Fall Treat!

We love Instant Pot recipes! Some of our favorites include Super Easy Instant Pot Ham and Grandma’s Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup.

INSTANT POT APPLE BUTTER RECIPE

There are some recipes that just kind of scream “fall.” Apple butter is one of them! Usually, apple butter takes hours; with your Instant Pot, you can have it ready in minutes!

And while it’s cooking, you can whip up some Southern Cornbread Muffins to slather it on, if you feel so inclined. They’re delicious together!

WHAT IS APPLE BUTTER?

In spite of its name, apple butter doesn’t actually have any butter (or any kind of dairy). It can be described as kind of a concentrated type of apple sauce. It’s thick and creamy, wonderfully spreadable, and has an amazing blend of sweet apple flavor and fall spices.

In other words, it’s just plain delicious!

 

WHAT TYPE OF APPLES SHOULD I USE FOR INSTANT POT APPLE BUTTER?

This is really up to you! What type of apples you should use depends on what apple flavors your family prefers. If you like a sweeter apple, something like Red Delicious or Honeycrisp will work well. On the other hand, if you prefer a tart apple flavor, something like Granny Smith would be a great choice.

The fun part about this recipe is that you can mix your apple varieties to find a flavor that your family loves!

WHAT ELSE CAN I SERVE INSTANT POT APPLE BUTTER WITH?

The possibilities are really endless. You can use it to top Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes, top some pancakes with it, stir it into some yogurt, or even put a dollop on top of the ice cream for Slow Cooker Apple Crisp!

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My Instant Pot Apple Butter Recipe Is Easy to Make and Is Such a Delicious Fall Treat!

  • Author: Sarah

Ingredients

  • 5 pounds of Apples
  • 1/4 cup apple juice
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp all spice
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 2 sticks cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  1. Core and Cut apples into slices.
  2. Place all ingredients into the Instant Pot and stir to coat apples evenly.
  3. Cook on Pressure Cook/Manual, high pressure for 8 minutes. Natural release the pressure (this could take up to 15 minutes — you’ll know it is done when the pin falls back down).
  4. Take the lid off and remove the cinnamon sticks.
  5. Pour cooked apples and liquid into the blender and blend until smooth.
  6. Pour it back into the Instant Pot and turn to Saute for 15 minutes.
  7. Cook and stir until it reaches the desired thickness.
  8. Be careful, as it starts to boil, it will splash you. If it begins to splash out of the Instant Pot, turn it off and continue to stir.
  9. Turn off and let cool, before pouring into a jar or other container with a lid.
  10. This will last at least 3 weeks in the refrigerator.

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  • Amorette DavisUser of the Free Freezer to Slow Cooker One Week Menu

    Thank you so much! As a special needs mommy these recipes have helped us so much.   I often am very busy with being a nurse for our child that I don't have time for making sure we get meals.  This allows me to do all my prep on the weekends, while my husband is home to help, and to cook during the week.  So grateful!

  • Linda SearsOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Menus

    Sarah’s Freezer to Slow Cooker ebooks have been a fantastic addition to my meal plans.  They make meal planning easy and my family happy. I love the way each recipe is laid out, with a shopping list and ingredient prep list, along with cooking instructions. Sarah’s done all the hard work for me!  The recipes have used have all been delicious and easily adaptable to my family’s taste and the number of people I’m serving.

  • FranOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebooks
     I purchased all of your freezer to slow cooker ebooks a month or so ago and I'm in love with this way of cooking.  I now have taken all 10 weeks of recipes and written them of my menu planner and then I repeated the 10 weeks and will continue to do so throughout the year.  My family of 5 adults and 1 child enjoy the meals that you have planned and I have cooked and I'm excited that the next time when that meal comes due up in the rotation I won't have to purchase anything but just pull it from the freezer.  Thank you so much
           A Happy Slow Cooker User
  • rayzn2angelsfrom Freezer to Slow Cooker Series

    This makes my life so much easier. I'm a busy work at home/stay at home mom, wife, business woman and I feel like dinner is always the thing I just never get time to do. We have done like 15 of the crockpot recipes from Sarah and they are all very yummy. They get a thumbs up from my husband and kids every time. And there is always enough for my husband to take the left overs at least 2x per recipe. I have a family of 5, 2 adults, 21, 13, 16. So it makes plenty. Thank you Sarah.

  • Dawn S.Buyer of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebook Series
    I am a 59-year-old wife and mother of two grown children.  I love your idea of fixing a lot of meals ahead of time and then pulling one out, put it in the crockpot, and you have dinner when you get home.  I hate feeling rushed when I cook so Monday - Friday I use those crockpot meals and make enough that we have lunch the next day.  I take Sunday afternoon, fix up what I need for the week (I don't have a lot of freezer space so I do a week's worth at a time) and I'm done with it!  Saturdays I like to try new recipes from some of my cookbooks which I am finding I can freeze as well!  So you have shown me a whole new way to organize my time and still put a healthy meal on the table.  Thanks so much and I look forward to future blogs.

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