Bourbon Apple Butter
This easy Bourbon Apple Butter has a delicious kick of flavor! You’re going to want to spoon this over everything!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4 cups 1x
- Category: condiment
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
5 pounds any sweet apple, peeled, cored and diced small (1/4-inch dice)
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 cup good quality Kentucky Bourbon (we used Jim Beam)
1/4 cup water
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup apple liquor (this is our favorite brand) or apple juice
2 tablespoons molasses
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Coat apples with lemon juice as you cut and place in a medium to large nonstick pot.
- Add bourbon and water and bring to a boil, cover and cook on a low boil for 10 minutes.
- Add brown sugar, apple liquor, molasses, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
- Cover, bring to a boil, lower to a simmer with cover off side letting a little steam escape.
- Cook for 30 minutes, stirring often towards the last five to ten minutes as the liquid evaporates.
- Puree in a blender or with an immersion blender until creamy.
- Can using the water bath method.
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