Type what you have

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• barbecue sauce
• brown sugar
• black pepper
• garlic
• pork chop

Instructions

1. 1 Whisk barbecue sauce, apple butter, brown sugar, black pepper, and garlic together in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave until sugar dissolves, about 30 seconds; stir until smooth.
2. 2 Place pork chops in a rimmed dish; pour sauce over chops. Marinate in the refrigerator, 1 to 2 hours.
3. 3 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
4. 4 Cook pork chops on the preheated grill until cooked through, about 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into centers should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

By weldin-an-cookin

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• pork loin roast
• seasoning salt
• apple juice
• brown sugar
• water
• cinnamon
• clove

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Season the pork loins with seasoning salt, and place them in a 9x13 inch baking dish or small roasting pan. Pour apple juice over the pork, and cover the dish with a lid or aluminum foil.
3. 3 Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven. While the pork is roasting, mix together the apple butter, brown sugar, water, cinnamon, and cloves. Remove pork roasts from the oven, and spread with apple butter mixture.
4. 4 Cover, and return to the oven for 2 hours, or until fork-tender.

By UMich97

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• apple cider vinegar
• brown sugar
• garlic
• whole grain dijon mustard
• salt
• pepper
• apple
• onion
• pork chop

Instructions

1. 1 In small bowl, whisk together apple butter, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper.
2. 2 Place chopped apples and onions in slow cooker. Add pork chops and pour apple butter mixture over top.
3. 3 Cook on low for 5 to 6 hours, covered. Shred pork with two forks in cooker, and let meat marinate on low in sauce for 20 minutes, uncovered. Serve warm over rice or mashed potatoes.

By Musselman's Apple Butter

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• pork sparerib
• garlic
• onion powder
• cayenne pepper
• salt
• black pepper
• lemon juice
• barbecue sauce

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Cut spareribs into 6 portions. Coat with garlic, then sprinkle with onion powder, cayenne, salt, and black pepper. Drizzle lemon juice over top. Wrap each portion in a double thickness of foil.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours.
4. 4 Remove from the oven. Unwrap ribs and drain drippings; transfer ribs to a baking dish. Liberally apply apple butter and approximately 10 ounces barbecue sauce. Cover and marinate at room temperature for 1 hour, or refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
5. 5 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and brush the grate with oil.
6. 6 Place ribs on grill, and cook, basting with the remaining 4 ounces barbecue sauce, until meat pulls away easily from the bone, 20 to 25 minutes.

By JJman1386

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• cream cheese
• vanilla extract
• cinnamon

Instructions

1. 1 Combine cream cheese, apple butter, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in the container of a food processor fitted with a metal blade.
2. 2 Process until just smooth, about 20 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the container and process again until well combined.
3. 3 Scrape spread into a small bowl; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until slightly firm, about 30 minutes.

By ofspring81

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• all-purpose flour
• baking soda
• salt
• rolled oat
• white sugar
• margarine

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
2. 2 Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl; add oats and sugar. Stir in margarine until well incorporated. Press half the oat mixture into the prepared baking pan. Spread apple butter over oat mixture layer. Sprinkle remaining oat mixture over apple butter layer. Press top layer gently with a spoon.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until oat mixture is crisp and lightly browned, about 55 minutes.

By SKPIAZZA

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• butter
• onion
• pork sausage
• ground beef
• panko bread crumb
• sour cream
• egg
• salt
• black pepper
• allspice
• beef broth
• honey
• cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and line a large-rimmed baking sheet with foil.
2. 2 Place a skillet over medium heat and melt the butter in it. When the butter has melted, add the grated onions and saute for 3-4 minutes, until soft.
3. 3 In a large bowl, mix the sausage, ground beef, panko, 1/2 cup apple butter, sour cream, eggs, salt, pepper, and allspice. Add the onion, once it cools. Get your hands in it and mix well, until evenly combined.
4. 4 Measure out the meatballs into one-ounce portions. Roll tight balls and place them on the baking sheet, close together, but not touching. You should have 40-45 meatballs.
5. 5 Bake for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, mix the remaining 1/2 cup of apple butter, with beef broth, honey, and 1-2 dashes of cayenne pepper. Whisk well.
6. 6 After 15 minutes, remove the meatballs from the oven. Pour the sauce over the top, making sure to cover each meatball, and place back in the oven for 5-7 minutes.
7. 7 Once cooked through, shake the baking sheet a little to loosen the meatballs and serve warm.

By Musselman's Apple Butter

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• cooking spray
• apple
• sugar
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• cumin
• lemon juice
• soy milk
• vanilla extract
• cinnamon
• salt
• french bread

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. 2 Coat a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Saute apples until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cumin and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, 5 to 10 minutes more. Stir in lemon juice and remove from heat.
3. 3 Blend soy milk, apple butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and salt together in a blender until smooth. Pour into a shallow bowl.
4. 4 Coat a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Dip bread slices into soy milk batter, coating evenly. Cook in the skillet until lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Transfer bread to the prepared baking sheet.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 4 minutes.
6. 6 Place 2 slices of bread onto each serving plate and divide topping among servings.

By SimplyCooking

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• all-purpose flour
• baking soda
• baking powder
• salt
• nutmeg
• clove
• sugar
• butter
• egg
• raisin
• walnut

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x4-inch loaf pan.
2. 2 Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cloves together in a large bowl.
3. 3 Beat sugar and butter together with an electric mixer in a separate large bowl until smooth. Add apple butter and egg; continue beating until smooth. Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Fold in raisins and walnuts. Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

By Bruce Stone

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• butter
• all-purpose flour
• brown sugar
• white sugar
• egg
• baking soda
• apple pie spice
• raisin
• confectioners' sugar
• vanilla extract
• milk

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
2. 2 Beat butter until creamy. Add 1/2 of the flour, brown sugar, white sugar, egg, apple butter, baking soda, and apple pie spice. Beat together until well blended. Beat in remaining flour and stir in raisins. Spread in the prepared baking pan.
3. 3 Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack.
4. 4 While the apple mixture is cooling, mix confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and 1 to 2 tablespoons milk in a bowl to a drizzling consistency.
5. 5 Drizzle icing over cooled apple mixture. Cut into 36 bars.

By Rosina

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• pumpkin puree
• brown sugar
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• salt
• egg
• evaporated milk
• pie crust
• butter
• all-purpose flour
• brown sugar
• pecan

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, apple butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Stir in eggs and evaporated milk. Pour into prepared pie shell.
3. 3 Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a knife inserted 2 inches from the center comes out clean. Sprinkle streusel topping over the pie, and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
4. 4 To make the streusel topping: In a small bowl, combine butter, flour, and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Stir until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans.

By Joyce Lowe

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• all-purpose flour
• cream of tartar
• baking soda
• salt
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• white sugar
• butter
• egg
• vanilla extract
• cinnamon

Instructions

1. 1 Whisk flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a bowl until combined.
2. 2 Beat 1 ½ cups sugar and butter together in a bowl until creamy; stir in egg and vanilla extract until incorporated. Stir in apple butter until well combined. Stir in ½ flour mixture until combined; stir in remaining ½ flour mixture until no dry flour clumps remain. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap; refrigerate dough, 2 to 24 hours.
3. 3 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
4. 4 Combine remaining ¼ cup sugar and 2 tablespoons cinnamon in a shallow bowl or pie plate. Drop tablespoonfuls of dough into cinnamon-sugar mixture; roll into balls, coating well. Place coated dough balls 1 inch apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until edges are just set, about 10 minutes. Cool cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

By Kim

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• brown sugar
• pecan
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• baking soda
• salt
• sugar
• butter
• egg
• whole bran cereal
• wheat germ
• vanilla extract
• sour cream

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2. 2 Combine brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl. Set aside.
3. 3 Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
4. 4 Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in apple butter, bran cereal, and vanilla extract until incorporated. Add flour mixture, alternating with sour cream, mixing well after each addition.
5. 5 Pour ½ batter into the prepared baking dish; sprinkle with ½ brown sugar topping. Cover with remaining ½ batter; sprinkle with remaining ½ topping.
6. 6 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.

By shirley

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• butter
• apple
• sugar
• vanilla extract
• buttermilk
• canola oil
• brown sugar
• egg
• cinnamon
• clove
• nutmeg
• salt
• baking soda
• baking powder
• all-purpose flour
• vegetable shortening
• apple cider

Instructions

1. 1 Pour apple cider into a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook, without stirring, until reduced to about 1/2 cup, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
2. 2 While cider reduces, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously rub shortening all over the inside of a 12-cup Bundt pan. Sprinkle some flour all over inside of pan over shortening and tap around to completely cover in flour. Tap out excess flour and set pan aside.
3. 3 Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cloves, and 2 teaspoons of the cinnamon in a medium bowl.
4. 4 Whisk eggs, brown sugar, oil, buttermilk, apple butter, vanilla, 2/3 cup of the granulated sugar, and reduced apple cider together in a large bowl. Add half of flour mixture to egg mixture and stir to combine. Add remaining half of flour mixture and grated apple and stir until just incorporated, but some lumps still remain, and making sure apples are evenly incorporated (you may need to use a fork to separate apple pieces). Pour into the prepared pan.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool cake in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove cake from pan to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
6. 6 Stir together remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar and 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon in a small bowl. Brush melted butter evenly over outside and center ring of cake. Sprinkle top and sides of cake with cinnamon-sugar.
7. 7 Enjoy!

By Marianne Williams

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• rolled oat
• chai tea
• almond milk

Instructions

1. 1 Combine rolled oats, chai tea, almond milk, and apple butter in a jar or bowl.
2. 2 Refrigerate until oats are soft, 2 hours to overnight. Stir before eating.

By G D M

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• butter
• white sugar
• egg yolk
• all-purpose flour
• cinnamon
• apple pie spice
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed until fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and apple butter. Add flour, cinnamon, apple pie spice, and vanilla. Beat at low speed until well blended.
2. 2 Divide dough in half. Shape each half into a 6-inch disc on waxed paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. 3 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4. 4 Invert one disc of dough into ungreased 9-inch round pie plate. Press dough into plate with lightly floured hands, covering plate completely. Flute edges using the handle of a wooden spoon. Deeply score into 8 wedges. Prick surface using tines of fork. Repeat steps with remaining disc of dough and another pie plate.
5. 5 Bake 35 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove to wire rack. Cool completely and cut into wedges.

By nicole

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• spice cake mix
• apple
• pecan
• coconut
• currant
• egg
• brown sugar
• vanilla extract
• butter

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease bottoms of two 9 inch round layer cake pans.
2. 2 In a large bowl, mix the spice cake mix, dried apples, pecans, coconut, currants, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla extract and butter. Pour the mixture into the cake pans.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
4. 4 Split each cake layer into four sections. Spread apple butter between the sections and reassemble layers.

By Sara

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• butter
• honeycrisp apple
• crystallized ginger
• apple brandy
• lemon zest
• lemon juice
• kosher salt
• ginger
• cinnamon
• white bread

Instructions

1. 1 Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in chopped apples, apple butter, crystallized ginger, brandy, lemon zest and juice, salt, ground ginger, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cover and cook over medium-low heat until apples have softened, 15 to 20 minutes. Uncover and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has evaporated and mixture has thickened, an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool while you prepare the crust.
2. 2 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3. 3 Melt remaining 12 tablespoons butter in a small microwave-safe bowl, in 15- to 30-second intervals. Stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
4. 4 Remove crusts from bread slices. Gently dip both sides of each bread slice in melted cinnamon butter and arrange inside a 9x5-inch loaf pan, cutting them as needed to line the bottom and sides of the pan completely. Overlap pieces slightly to ensure there are no cracks. Spoon in the apple mixture and cover with remaining butter-dipped bread slices.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until bread is crisp and golden, about 50 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. Place a plate or serving platter over the loaf pan and flip so the bottom has now become the top.

By Liv Dansky

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• whole wheat flour
• whole wheat flour
• cinnamon
• baking powder
• salt
• butter
• demerara sugar
• brown sugar
• egg
• vanilla extract
• apple juice
• oat
• apple

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a large bowl, mix all of the whole wheat flour together with the cinnamon, baking powder and salt.
2. 2 In a separate bowl, mash the butter, demerara sugar, and brown sugar together until thoroughly combined, then stir in the apple butter until smooth. Stir in eggs, vanilla extract, and apple juice until well mixed; pour the liquid mixture into the flour mixture about 1/3 cup at a time, stirring after each addition. Mix in the oats and chopped apple.
3. 3 With 2 teaspoons, form the dough into balls and place onto ungreased baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are lightly browned and set in the centers, about 10 minutes; allow to cool for about 2 minutes on baking sheets until removing to finish cooling on wire racks.

By veeparkes

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• all-purpose flour
• rolled oat
• baking powder
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• pumpkin pie spice
• ginger
• salt
• butter
• brown sugar
• egg
• vanilla extract
• pumpkin
• walnut

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
2. 2 Stir the flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, ginger, and salt in a bowl.
3. 3 Beat the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add 1 egg and allow it to blend into the mixture before adding the other along with the vanilla. Add the pumpkin and apple butter; continue beating. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the walnuts, mixing just enough to evenly combine. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, about 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

By Lisa H

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• wheat germ
• walnut
• vanilla extract
• vegetable oil
• egg white
• egg
• raisin
• apple
• carrot
• salt
• baking soda
• baking powder
• cinnamon
• sugar
• whole wheat flour
• all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly oil 18 muffin cups, or coat with nonstick cooking spray.
2. 2 In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, egg whites, apple butter, oil and vanilla.
3. 3 In a large bowl, stir together flours, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir in carrots, apples and raisins. Stir in apple butter mixture until just moistened. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them about 3/4 full.
4. 4 In a small bowl, combine walnuts and wheat germ; sprinkle over the muffin tops.
5. 5 Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the tops are golden and spring back when lightly pressed.

By Jack D

Ingredients

• ✓ apple butter
• mini chocolate chip
• orange marmalade
• pineapple preserves
• cherry preserves
• peach preserves
• strawberry jam
• raspberry jam
• yogurt
• egg
• sugar
• butter
• salt
• baking soda
• baking powder
• all-purpose flour
• vanilla extract
• egg
• sugar
• cream cheese
• sweetened flaked coconut
• oatmeal
• almond
• pecan
• walnut
• butter
• cinnamon
• brown sugar
• all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. 1 Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9-inch square metal baking pan with cooking spray. Fold a 17-inch length of heavy-duty foil to 8 1/2 inches wide and fit in the pan bottom and up 2 sides, so you can use the foil overhang as a handle to pull the baked cake from the pan.
2. 2 Topping: Use hands to thoroughly mix ingredients in a medium bowl, pressing together to form large clumps; set aside.
3. 3 Cream cheese filling: Beat cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer until thoroughly mixed. Beat in egg and vanilla until smooth; set aside.
4. 4 Cake: Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
5. 5 Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer set on medium-high until light and fluffy. Beat in egg until smooth. Beat in half the dry ingredients, then the remaining yogurt. Beat until ingredients are fully incorporated.
6. 6 Spread batter evenly over prepared pan. Spread cream cheese filling over batter. Dollop fruit filling (or sprinkle chocolate chips) over cream cheese filling. Finally, sprinkle evenly with crumble topping, pressing on it lightly to adhere.
7. 7 Bake until batter is fully set and topping is golden brown, about 45 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Run a thin-bladed knife around the sides, then use foil handles to pull cake from pan onto the wire rack. Cool to room temperature and serve. Can be covered with foil and stored at room temperature for one day.

By USA WEEKEND columnist Pam Anderson