apple butter

apple butter (countable and uncountable, plural apple butters)

1. Preserved apple purée with spices.
   • 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 142:

     APPLE BUTTER SANDWICH: On thin slices of lightly buttered white bread, spread apple butter. Sprinkle chopped candied orange peel, cover with another slice of bread.

• jam
• jelly
• preserves
• spread