Cooking Tip:  How To Use Fruit Butters- 20 Ways — Cooking Tip: How To Use Fruit Butters- 20 Ways

Originally posted in 2016, but updated with new content.

Happy Fall, everyone! Fall has officially arrived, meaning it's prime time to enjoy all things apples, particularly apple butter (or any fruit butter, for that matter). We love fruit butters! We love them so much that we wanted to share twenty of our favorite uses for them in the kitchen this Fall and year-round.

So, what the heck are fruit butters anyway? Neither a preserve nor a jam, fruit butters are a class all their own, mixed with spices and slow-cooked to a thick, "butter-like" consistency. There is no dairy, as the name would suggest. Most are familiar with the famous Apple butter, but what about other fruit butter, such as Cherry or Strawberry Butter? Did you know that most fruits can be made into fruit butter spreads?

So, fruit butters are more than just a spread for toast? Correct! The uses are endless, and to celebrate Fall and because we love you, here are 20 of our favorite ways to use fruit butters! What's your favorite way to serve fruit butter? Comment below.

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Use in recipes in lieu of sugar in an apple crisp or applesauce.
Mix 1 part butter spread to 1 part maple syrup for French toast and pancakes.
Mix it into roasted or baked sweet potatoes.
Use butter spreads and pecans as a crepe filling.
Spread it on toast or English muffins instead of jelly.
Add to oatmeal (See our Apple Butter Oatmeal Recipe)
Mix with cream cheese and spread on bagels.
As a side dish with any pork dish.
Heated and placed on top of ice cream (Apple Butter a La Mode Recipe)
Mix with oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper to make a vinaigrette.
Mix with wine and Cherchies® Champagne Mustard for a delicious glaze on pork or chicken.
Spread on melted baked brie fresh from the oven. Serve with Cherchies® Champagne Mustard.
Mix it with plain yogurt or cottage cheese like the Pennsylvania Dutch prefer.
Great with turkey or chicken sandwiches. Mayonnaise on one side, apple butter on the other (Check out our Apple Butter and Egg Croissant Sandwich)
Spread on a melted cheese sandwich.
Make parfaits!
Mix with yogurt and fruit and place in the freezer to make frozen yogurt-fruit popsicles.
Add several tablespoons to a can of baked beans (hot sauce optional).
Mix with fruit and spoon into a pie shell for a delightful fruit tart.
A natural filling for Homemade Toaster Strudels.