15 Ways to Use Apple Butter

Apple Butter Spice Cake on a white plate topped with sauce
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What's the secret ingredient in these cozy recipes? Apple butter! Whether your jar is homemade or store-bought, you'll love these decadent desserts, sauces, and glazes. The thick, brown, rich, and powerfully apple-flavored spread is incredibly versatile: If you're not using it to top your biscuits or toast, try it in autumnal cakes, cookies, and pies. If you're looking for creative ways to use apple butter, you've come to the right place.

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Apple Butter Bars

Apple Butter Bars
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These autumnal cookie bars, dotted with raisins, are exceptionally moist and flavorful. A 3-ingredient vanilla icing is the perfect finishing touch.

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Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie

Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie
Thea

Can't choose between apple pie and pumpkin pie? You're in luck! This streusel-topped pie, with apple butter and pumpkin puree, combines the best of both world.

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Apple Butter Bread

bundt cake with powdered sugar topping
B McC

Here's a fruity quick bread — with warming flavors like cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves — that's perfect for fall. Top with powdered sugar for a burst of sweetness.

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Apple Butter Cream Cheese Spread

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Make this decadent fruit spread with just four ingredients: light cream cheese, apple butter, vanilla extract, and cinnamon.

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Apple Butter Spice Cake

Apple Butter Spice Cake on a white plate topped with sauce
abapplez

Recipe creator Shirley says this old-fashioned recipe "makes a nice addition to any dinner table." A crunch brown sugar-cinnamon topping with pecans makes it simply irresistible.

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Dairy-Free Apple French Toast

Dairy-Free Apple French Toast
rIT

There's no dairy involved in the making of this cozy French toast with soy milk. "My daughter loves French toast and my husband loves apple pie, so this was a big hit at our house," raves 5-star reviewer Rita.

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Soft Apple Butter Delights

Apple butter delights
Peggi Weaver Tebben

An ample amount of butter and apple butter makes these cookies exceptionally soft, while brewed coffee adds wonderful depth of flavor.

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Apple Butter Ham Glaze

Apple Butter Ham Glaze

Brush this sweet and savory apple butter glaze — flavored with Worcestershire sauce, orange juice, and dried onion flakes — on ham for a burst of fall flavor.

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Morning Glory Muffins I

Morning Glory Muffins I
Holiday Baker

Rise and shine! Wake up on the right side of the bed with these wholesome muffins made with apple butter, fresh fruit, raisins, walnuts, and toasted wheat germ.

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Southern Sweet Grilled Pork Chops

southern sweet grilled pork chops
KGora

Pork chops are marinated in an apple butter-brown sugar-garlic barbecue sauce, then grilled to flavorful perfection. Recipe creator weldin-an-cookin suggests serving with grilled asparagus and a good red wine.

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Ukrainian Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup

Ukrainian Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup
Nor

This sweet and sour cabbage-apple soup gets its thickness and flavor from apple butter. According to recipe creator MARBALET, it's great topped with sour cream and chopped apples.

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Spiced Chai Overnight Oats

Spiced Chai Overnight Oats
Amanda Simmons

You only need four ingredients (rolled oats, brewed chai tea, unsweetened almond milk, and apple butter) to throw together this filling, make-ahead breakfast.

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Apple Butter Pork Loin

Apple Butter Pork Loin
Paula

Pork is roasted in apple juice, then topped with a cozy mixture of apple butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves.

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Vegan Oatmeal Cookies

Vegan Oatmeal Cookies
JW

These cookies are "lightly cinnamon-flavored from the apple butter, crunchy from the walnuts, and heart-healthy from the coconut oil, lots of oats and whole grains, plus walnuts and cashew milk," according to recipe creator JW.

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Slow Cooker Pork Loin with Apple Butter

Slow Cooker Pork Loin with Apple Butter
Kim's Cooking Now

Though this restaurant-worthy meal is quite impressive, it couldn't be easier to prepare with just a few ingredients. Apple butter, thyme, garlic and rosemary add delicious sweet and savory flavor.

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Apple Turnovers
Allison TX

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