Fruit Butter

This easy-to-follow recipe combines pureed fresh peaches, sugar, and aromatic spices, slow-cooked in a crock pot to a perfect buttery consistency.

Method:   crock pot
Time:   over 5 hours

Made with apricots, sugar, lemon juice

Method:   stovetop
Time:   30-60 minutes

Made with ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, apples, apple juice

Method:   crock pot
Time:   over 5 hours

Got prunes, sugar, corn syrup, and water? Make this creamy prune butter in a snap. Great for spreading on toast or as a dip, and it even stores well.


Time:   under 30 minutes

Made with brown sugar, dried figs, lemon, water

Method:   stovetop
Time:   30-60 minutes

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Made with ground nutmeg, cantaloupe, sugar, lemon

Method:   stovetop
Time:   2-5 hours

Made with orange marmalade, butter, balsamic vinegar, crystallized ginger

Method:   stovetop
Time:   1-2 hours

Made with Granny Smith apples, cranberries, brown sugar, cinnamon stick, cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, orange juice

Method:   stovetop
Time:   2-5 hours

Made with salt, allspice, nutmeg, apples, apple cider, sugar, cinnamon, cloves

Method:   crock pot
Time:   over 5 hours

Made with cream cheese, butter, apricot preserves


Time:   under 30 minutes

Made with butter, maraschino cherries, bananas, sugar, lemon juice

Method:   stovetop
Time:   30-60 minutes

Made with butter, powdered sugar, strawberries, almonds


Time:   under 30 minutes

Made with concord grapes, sugar, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves

Method:   stovetop
Time:   under 30 minutes

Made with peaches, brown sugar, honey, salt, cloves, ginger, allspice, nutmeg

Method:   stovetop
Time:   30-60 minutes

Made with salt, pumpkin or apple pie spice, butter, pumpkin, honey, lemon

Method:   stovetop
Time:   under 30 minutes

Made with butter, dried apple, cinnamon, brown sugar


Time:   under 30 minutes

Made with ground cloves, nutmeg, ground ginger, pears, honey, orange juice, orange zest, sugar, ground cinnamon

Method:   stovetop
Time:   over 5 hours

Made with apples, sugar, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, salt

Method:   crock pot
Time:   1-2 hours

Made with sugar, salt, lemon, orange, lime, butter, dried tarragon, dried basil, black pepper


Time:   under 30 minutes

Made with ground cloves, ground cinnamon, apples, water, sugar, fresh raspberries

Method:   stovetop
Time:   2-5 hours

Made with strawberries, confectioners' sugar, butter, almonds


Time:   1-2 hours

Made with vanilla extract, orange or lemon juice, peaches, sugar, apricot nectar

Method:   crock pot
Time:   2-5 hours

Made with ground cloves, orange blossom honey, unsweetened applesauce, sugar, ground cinnamon, apple brandy

Method:   stovetop
Time:   under 30 minutes

Made with banana liqueur, butter, banana, ground cinnamon, brown sugar


Time:   under 30 minutes

Made with sugar substitute, water, lemon juice, pears, white grape juice, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground allspice

Method:   stovetop
Time:   2-5 hours