Morton runs the Apple Butter Celebration, a 13-year-old event where people help make an old treat: apple butter. The event will be held on Sept. 22 at the Skyland Resort in Shenandoah National Park.
What is apple butter? Apple butter is a highly concentrated form of applesauce. It’s produced by a long, slow cooking of apples. You mix it with cider and it comes to a point where the sugar in the apples caramelizes and it turns the apple butter into a really deep brown look. It spreads, so it’s used on breads. A lot of people use it for flavoring in other cooking, and some people like it on products like cottage cheese.
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