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Cinnamon Cardamom Apple Butter Recipe

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Cinnamon Cardamom Apple Butter Recipe is as buttery as can be with no butter!  With fall flavors throughout, it’s rich, creamy, smooth and oh-so-delicious!Small scoop of Cinnamon-Cardamom Apple Butter on a cinnamon stick. When a raw apple is cooked, the transformation is really quite remarkable.

It’s taken from a tart crisp bite, to one that’s soft and sweet. So soft that it’s creamy, rich and buttery.

What is Apple Butter?

  • Apple butter is a spread that has a buttery or jam-like consistency. It’s typically spiced with a touch of cinnamon.
  • There’s no butter in apple butter — it gets its well deserved name from the super silky texture of the cooked apples.  Add some warm spices and it becomes a butter like no other!

What’s the difference Between applesauce and apple butter?

  • Apple butter is essentially a very concentrated applesauce.
  • Apple butter is cooked much longer than applesauce, which creates a thicker and shinier consistency.
  • Since the apples are cooked for a longer period of time when making apple butter, the apples become more caramelized than they are in applesauce. Therefore the flavor is a bit richer and more caramel-y.

Cinnamon-Cardamom Apple Butter in a red and white striped bowl.

What to Serve with Cinnamon Cardamom Apple Butter

  • Apple Butter is super delicious served with pork, on toast, in a crepe, over ice cream or with a spoon. 😉
  • I love serving this at a brunch with bagels. Just put it out along with the cream cheese, butter, and other jams and preserves. Everyone will love it!

Enjoy every last spoonful of this Cinnamon-Cardamom Spiced Apple Butter!

Below are a few more super delicious recipes made with apples.

serveral red and yellow apples on wooden surface

These are all especially wonderful in the fall and winter months, but work all year long:

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Cinnamon-Cardamom Apple Butter
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Cinnamon Cardamom Apple Butter Recipe
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
50 mins
 

Cinnamon Cardamom Apple Butter Recipe is as buttery as can be with no butter!  With fall flavors throughout, it's rich, creamy, smooth and oh-so-delicious!

Makes 1 1/2 cups

Course: Condiments
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple recipes, great for brunch, recipes for spreads
Servings: 12
Calories: 63 kcal
Author: Valentina K. Wein
Ingredients
  • 2 pounds apples, (I like Fuji for this recipe, but use any crisp apple you like.)
  • 5 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cardamom
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • couple pinches of salt
Instructions

  1. Peel and core the apples. Then cut them into sixths and add them to a medium-sized soup pot. Add the vinegar, sugar, water and vanilla and mix.

  2. Place the pot over medium heat and bring to a boil. Immediately cover and reduce the heat to low. Let this simmer until the apples are very tender, about 30 minutes.

  3. Pour the contents of the pot into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Now pour it back into the pot and add the cardamon, cinnamon and salt. Place it over low heat, this time uncovered, and let it simmer for another 10 minutes, until it's super aromatic and thick.

  4. Let it cool to room temperature and then store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. (It should keep for a couple of weeks.)

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Comments

  3. simon says

    I’m curious how this Apple butter tastes! The spices are intriguing! I once ate it with clove at the dunk! Festival. It was fantastic too!

    Thanks for sharing!

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  8. Shihoko says

    Hi Valentina, I saw your link on FBC. This Apple sauce sounds delicious as I loooove both spice cinnamon and cardamon. I usually use cardamon for my fruit salad too. Thank you for sharing the recipe.

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  13. David @ Spiced says

    What a fun idea! We recently made apple sauce on a Sunday afternoon, and the house smelled AMAZING! Now I need to go back and make apple butter. I’m thinking a bit of these schmeared on a piece of toasted wheat bread would be pretty darned fantastic. Great seasonal recipe, my friend!

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    • valentina says

      I love that, David. Applesauce and things like this (usually involving cinnamon!) always make the house smell so delicious. Thanks. 🙂 ~Valentina

      Reply

  14. Jeff the Chef says

    I have had apple-cardamom on the brain all fall and haven’t found the right dish. Until now. I’m such an apple butter fan. I love your chunky version.

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    • valentina says

      Thanks so much, Jeff! I hope you try and love it. Yes, it has some lovely chunks for apple. (It’s delicious on pork!) 🙂 Enjoy. ~Valentina

      Reply

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