Apple butter

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Apple butter

Apple butter on a slice of buttered bread
Type	Spread
Place of origin	Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany
Main ingredients	Apples, cider or water
Media: Apple butter

Apple butter (Dutch: appelstroop) is a highly concentrated form of apple sauce produced by long, slow cooking of apples with apple juice or water to a point where the sugar in the apples caramelizes, turning the apple butter a deep brown. The concentration of sugar gives apple butter a much longer shelf life as a preserve than apple sauce.