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 ...

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 ...

Made by slow cooking apples mixed with autumn-favorite spices like cinnamon and allspice, apple butter is a highly concentrated jam-like spread filled to the brim with apple flavors. It’s essentially ...

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 ...