I had a basket of peaches to use up and I knew just the thing I wanted to make! This peach apple butter – reminiscent of jam – is sweet, delicious, and an amazing autumn-flavored spread. Your house will smell amazing while it’s cooking. Get ready to feel like fall is exploding all over the kitchen! It is simple to make with a slow cooker- it does the work for you. So you can easily keep jars of this stocked in your fridge all year long.
There are so many things you can do with Peach Apple Butter. It’s versatile enough to spread on toast, dollop on pancakes, or use it in your favorite muffin or loaf recipe. You may even prefer to just sit there with a spoon and gobble it up. Most store bought jams and fruit spreads are packed with sugar, but this recipe takes advantage of the natural sweetness that both peaches and apples have. There are just two tablespoons of sugar in this whole recipe, and it makes a large batch. You can use this peach apple butter for your kids’ PB&J school lunches and feel good about what you’re feeding them.
Three reasons why you need to make this recipe!
It’s fun to make fruit spreads at home.
Not only do you get the benefit of knowing exactly what’s in your peach apple butter, but it also doubles as a warming scent throughout the house.
This peach apple butter is packed with nutrients.
Fresh peaches and apples are cooked down with cinnamon to make a delightful spread. You’re getting all the amazing vitamins and minerals that come with eating these fruits, all in a tablespoon.
It makes great holiday gifts.
There’s nothing like a jar of something homemade. Make a double batch of this peach apple butter, and you’ve got a fun, homemade treat you can give to your friends and family.
Ingredients you need to make Peach Apple Butter:
- 2 lbs fresh peaches peeled and cut (use about 7 peaches if you don’t have them weighed out).
- 2 large apples, peeled and cut
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup water
How to make Peach Apple Butter (step by step):
- Peel and cut both the peaches and apples and place them in a crock pot. Add in the spices, sugar, water, and vanilla and let it cook on high 3-4 hours or low 7-8 hours. You want both the apples and peaches to be pierced with a fork easily.
- Transfer the contents to a blender or use an immersion blender and blend it until smooth, similar to an applesauce texture. If you have a small blender, you may have to do it in two batches.
Makes 3 cups or about 48 tablespoons. Nutrition info for 1 tablespoon: Calories 14, Fat 0 g, Saturated fat 0 g, Carbs 4 g, Fiber .23 g, Sugars 1 g, Sodium 0 mg, Protein 0 g.
WW Points
- Fresh, peeled peaches peeled 0 points
- Peeled, large apples peeled 0 points
- Cinnamon 0 points
- Allspice 0 points
- Brown sugar 8 points
- Vanilla extract 0 points
- Water 0 points
8 points for the whole batch based on the WW app recipe creator. It makes 3 cups, so there are 3 points in each cup. There are 16 tablespoons in each cup, so using 1-2 tablespoons of peach apple butter will be 0 points.
If you’re using an older version of WW, check out these points below.
1SP per ¾ cup on all 3 MyWW programs
Different ways to change up this recipe:
- Use this homemade peach apple butter as the fruit spread on a charcuterie board. It will make an amazing appetizer with some wafer crackers, goat’s cheese, and prosciutto.
- Enjoy it on pancakes, waffles, sandwiches, or ice cream. It’s delicious on all.
- Any muffin recipe that calls for applesauce, you can swap out for this peach apple butter, the possibilities are endless!
- It makes a great dip for apples, pretzels, and Nilla Wafers.
Tips and Tricks for Making Peach Apple Butter:
- Be careful to not blend the mixture when it’s really hot, otherwise, the lid could blow off the blender.
- Peach apple butter will store well in the fridge for up to 2 weeks but you can also freeze it. If storing in the fridge, store in a mason jar or sealed container. If you want to freeze the peach apple butter, I recommend putting it in ziplock freezer bags.
- The only WW points in the recipe are 4SP from the brown sugar, making ¾ cup 1SP on all 3 MyWW programs. If you just use a few tablespoons on some toast then it will be zero points. However, if you count blended fruit then feel free to use the nutritional info to determine points.
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Peach apple butter
Ingredients
- 2 lbs fresh peaches, peeled and cut *approx 7 peaches depending on size
- 2 large apples, peeled and cut *I used granny smith but any is fine
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp all spice
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Peel and cut both the peaches and apples and place them in a crock pot. Add in the spices, sugar, water, and vanilla and let it cook on high 3-4 hours or low 7-8 hours. You want both the apples and peaches to be pierced with a fork easily.
- Transfer the contents to a blender or use an immersion blender and blend it until smooth, similar to an applesauce texture. If you have a small blender, you may have to do it in two batches.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Could you use unsweetened canned peaches? Since it is winter in PA fresh are non-existent
Hi Janet, I think so, or frozen maybe?