Today I delight you with apple butter in jar cooking. A quick recipe to cook apples in jar cooking that can be enjoyed by the spoonful or become a sugar substitute in light desserts. The recipe is very simple, like those our grandmothers used to make, which takes me back to my childhood. Apple butter is basically an apple compote, without sugar, perfect for those who love to eat healthily and deliciously. Jar cooking in the microwave, as always, fits perfectly, as it has the ability to amplify the taste and aroma of the foods.

A jar of apples and vanilla will give you a delicious apple puree in jar cooking. I’ll let you in on a secret, this is my ultimate comfort food. I love to enjoy it warm, in the evening on the couch, instead of high-calorie sweets. I must say that, in particular, I love all the fruit cooked in jar cooking.

Apple butter in jar cooking is excellent for the diet of children and the elderly. It tastes like baby food and is very convenient to keep in the fridge, ready to be enjoyed.

This recipe is taken from the chapter dedicated to “breakfast and snacks”, of my second book on microwave jar cooking, Light Jar Cooking (Gribaudo edition). In this volume, you can find all my light, balanced recipes with nutritional values.

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how to make sugar-free apple butter in jar cooking

Difficulty: Very easy
Cost: Very cheap
Rest time: 20 Minutes
Preparation time: 7 Minutes
Portions: 2
Cooking methods: Microwave, Jar Cooking
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons

72.74 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 72.74 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 15.82 (g) of which sugars 15.82 (g)
Proteins 0.48 (g)
Fat 0.00 (g) of which saturated 0.00 (g)of which unsaturated 0.00 (g)
Fibers 4.47 (g)
Sodium 3.60 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 130 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients to Make Apple Puree in a Jar

2 apples (small (10.6 oz))
1/2 lemon (the juice)
a quarter vanilla pod

What You Need to Make Apple Butter in a Jar

You can purchase the jars suitable for jar cooking on the site Decorazioni Dolci, using the discount code WECK10.

1 Jar from 2 cups with thin seal
1 Knife small
1 Hand Blender

How to Make Apple Butter

Peel the apples, remove the core and cut them into small cubes, letting them fall directly into the jar. Pour the juice of half a lemon over the apple cubes and mix. Scrape the vanilla pod seeds* with the tip of the knife and add them to the apples.
Clean the rim of the jar, close and latch, as per instructions, place the jar in the microwave and start cooking for 6 minutes, at medium power. I cooked it at 500 watts, based on a 750-watt water test.
At the end of the cooking, let the closed jar rest for at least 20 minutes*. During the rest, the apple butter in jar cooking recipe will finish cooking and a vacuum will form in the jar.
When the jar is at room temperature, you can store it in the fridge closed and keep the apple butter for 15 days.
To enjoy the apple butter, proceed as follows: remove the clamps and pull the seal; if you prefer, you can gently warm it in the microwave, insert the hand blender into the jar and reduce the apples to a puree. Serve or use it for your recipes.

From the Pan to the Jar Recommends

Instead of the vanilla seeds, you can use a piece of exhausted pod, removing it before blending. This is a great way to use up exhausted vanilla pods.

As an alternative to vanilla, you can use a pinch of cinnamon.

Before cooking, assess the sweetness of the apples and, if necessary, add a tablespoon of erythritol or coconut sugar.

It is preferable to let the jar of cooked apples rest for 24 hours before opening.

How to Use Apple Butter?

Besides being enjoyed by the spoonful, apple butter, also known as apple butter, can be spread on toasted bread or pancakes, becoming a substitute for butter and sugar in cakes.