apple butter

noun

: a thick brown spread made by cooking apples with sugar and spices usually in cider

Examples of apple butter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Also, family dinners, chicken (eight, 12, 16 and 32 pieces of chicken), turkey (serves four, eight or 12) and fish (four and six piece dinners), served with sides and biscuits with apple butter (from $32.99 to $179.99). —Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025

The palate is creamy and fruity, expressing apple butter, toasted walnuts, cedar, and pumpkin pie flavors. —Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025

My tester boxes included ingredients like gourmet small-batch dark chocolate sauce, a jar of apple butter, and a Speculoos cookie spice blend. —Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 11 May 2025

About Warm Hearted Cinnamon Bites Unlike Dollywood’s infamous cinnamon bread condiments (sugar icing or apple butter), Universal Orlando’s cinnamon bites will feature another iconic flavor pairing. —Deanne Revel, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1813, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for apple butter

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