Despite its name, apple butter has no butter whatsoever. Instead, apples are stewed with spices, sugar, and cider into an ultra-concentrated form of apple sauce. The reduction is smooth and silky like ...

For me, it’s just not fall unless there is at least one apple picking outing. It’s been a family tradition since I was little — even though I actually fell out of an apple tree and broke my leg when I ...

This is the second in a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” Cooking columnist Ben Mims follows up stone fruit jam with his take on autumnal apple butter. Before there ...

For me, it’s just not fall unless there is at least one apple-picking outing. It’s been a family tradition since I was little - even though I actually fell out of an apple tree and broke my leg when I ...

This story is a component of the feature “Seasons of Preserves: Apple Butter,” which is part of a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” When making fruit jam, which is ...