Instant Pot Apple Butter

This Instant Pot apple butter recipe is made with apples, sugar, honey, apple juice, lemon juice, cinnamon, and cloves. It's easier than stovetop butter.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
• Calories: 54 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 3 pounds apples - peeled, cored, and sliced
• 0.75 cup white sugar
• 0.5 lemon, juiced
• 0.25 cup honey
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cloves
• 0.25 cup unfiltered apple juice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine about 4 inches water and lemon juice in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot). Add apples as you slice them to avoid browning.

Step 2

Drain lemon water from Instant Pot; stir brown sugar, white sugar, honey, apple juice, cinnamon sticks, and ground cloves into apples in Pot. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to the manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 8 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.

Step 3

Release pressure using the natural-release method according to the manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Remove and discard cinnamon sticks.

Step 4

Purée apple butter with an immersion blender until smooth; stir well with a spoon. Close and lock the lid. Select Slow Cooker function according to the manufacturer's instructions. Set the timer for 60 minutes.

Step 5

Release pressure using the natural-release method according to the manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Check consistency by dropping a small spoonful of apple butter onto a plate. Refrigerate 10 minutes; if apple butter appears to be thick enough to spread with a knife, it is ready. Continue cooking if apple butter appears too thin and runny, 1 hour more.