Apple Butter Spice Loafs with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Icing

Homemade Apple Butter & Homemade Applesauce 

What do you do with a bushels of apples? Make homemade Apple Butter and Applesauce for fall baking of course! 

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Apple Butter Spice Loafs with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup oil
1 1/2 cups applesauce
1/2 cup apple butter
1/2 cup buttermilk
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Instructions 

Use butter and flour to grease 6 mini loaf pans or two large loaf pans. Line the bottoms with parchment. Set aside.
Beat together eggs, sugar, and oil in a large mixing bowl. Mix in applesauce, apple butter and buttermilk. Combine dry ingredients and stir in.
Pour into your prepared loaf pans.
Bake at 325° for 30-40 minutes for mini loaves, 60-70 minutes for regular loaves.

Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla
dash of salt
3 cups powdered sugar (more or less)

Homemade Apple Butter

Ingredients

6 medium apples, cored and roughly chopped
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1.5 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 cup pure maple syrup

Instructions 

Stir all ingredients together in a medium-sized pot. Cover and cook on low heat, stirring occasionally, for 2 hours or so until apples have reduced.
Remove pot from stove and let cool, uncovered, for 15 minutes or so. Puree apple mixture with a food processor until it’s smooth and buttery.
If you want to thicken your apple butter even more after you’ve pureed it, just return it to the stove over low heat and let it cook down until it’s reached your desired level of thickness. I cooked the apple butter for an additional 90 minutes – it all depends on the apples you started with! Just keep an eye on it and tailor the process to suit your tastes.
 

Homemade Applesauce 

6 pounds Apples, peeled, cored, and cut chunks
1 cup Apple Juice or Water
Juice of 1 Lemon
1/2 cup Brown Sugar, Packed
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
 

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a large pot and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 30-40 minutes. Carefully puree in a food processor or blender (don't fill too full; split into two portions if needed) until smooth.