Written by Iris Puthoff A few weeks ago, the Oxford Museum Association put on its annual apple butter festival at Hueston Woods in Oxford Ohio. The festival features the colonial creation of apple butter in the pioneer fashion. Focusing on the production of apple butter might lead one to wonder what apple butter exactly is. Apple butter is basically a highly concentrated form of applesauce. It is cooked slowly for a long period of time to allow the sugar in the apples to completely caramelize. This is what gives the apple butter its dark brown color and rich texture. Apple butter can commonly be used as a spread for toast and muffins or in marinades and dips. However, if you happen to have some extra apple butter laying around, there are many other recipes it can be used for, both sweet and savory! One of the most innovative ways to use apple butter is in baking. Whether you're making muffins, cakes, or breads, apple butter can be added for an extra apple flavor. Because apple butter has similar properties to apple sauce, it can also be used as an egg replacement in baking. If you are looking to replace eggs with apple butter, substitute ¼ cup apple butter per each egg in your recipe. It might be helpful to add in ½ teaspoon of baking powder when making this substitution as well. Another method of substitution would be to replace some of the butter the recipe calls for with apple butter. It is a good idea to start with replacing half of your butter with apple butter, and then see if increasing the ratio will work for your baking product. A higher ratio of apple butter to regular butter, will lead to more dense baked goods and will have less calories and fat. Apple butter can also be used in savory recipes. Some ideas include an apple butter honey mustard sauce, chipotle apple butter tacos, apple butter onion chicken burgers, and baked apple butter ham and cheese sandwiches. Whether you are using the apple butter as a glaze or as a mix in with your meat or veggies, it can make for a sweet complement to a tangy dish. The sweet apple butter taste can go well with savory barbecue and maple meat dishes, but you can also experiment to come up with your own sweet and savory apple butter combination!
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