While I prefer apple butter with homemade tortillas, eating apple butter bread is the next best thing. This is a pretty simple recipe and would be great with some morning coffee or milk don’t you think?  This bread is MUCH better the next day, after it’s had time to settle and completely cool off. If you don’t let it cool off enough, it will fall apart.  Also, make sure you check it at around 50 minutes to make sure it’s not already done.  So many ovens are off their supposed temperature and I’d hate for you to burn it.  It say one hour, but check at 50 minutes!  Enjoy y’all!

Oh! And if you’re really wanting the best apple butter, you should make it homemade too.  No pictures to show it off but darn tasty.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 ½ tsp. Cinnamon
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup butter or margarine, melted
• ¾ cup apple butter
• 2 Tbsp. Milk
• Optional: ½ cup chopped pecans and ½ cup pecans

DIRECTIONS

Combine flour, sugar and cinnamon; set aside. Combine eggs, butter, apple butter and milk; beat well. Stir in pecans and raisins. Add flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove to wire rack and cool completely.  Makes one loaf

Ingredients you’ll need

The batter in a nice Wilton pan.  We all love Wilton.

Apple Butter Bread

OMG, if you’ve never had Apple Butter before, you don’t know what your missin’ folks! My most favorite thing is to spread it all over some fresh homemade flour tortillas ….YUMMY!!! It’s super easy to make and the kids will love it!  There are a few ways to make this recipe but this one is simple and it calls for applesauce, cutting out the work of peeling, coring, and cooking them. 

INGREDIENTS:

• 7 cups applesauce, natural
• 2 cups apple cider
• 1 1/2 cups honey
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves, optional
• 1/2 tsp allspice

PREPARATION:

In a slow cooker, combine all ingredients. Cover and cook on LOW for 14 to 15 hours or until mixture is a deep brown.

Spoon hot apple butter into hot sterilized Mason jars and seal, then process half-pints or pints 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.